The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-03
PROF. JONES TO LEAVE
ELECTED TO OVERWHELMINGLY OF
THE CLEVELAND, o., SCHOOLS.
He Says He VIII Probably Accept the
Position - His Service with
the Local Schools.

Prof. Lewis II. Jones, superintendent of
the Indianapolis public schools, was yester-
lay elected superintendent of the Cleve-
and. o., public schools, and will probably
accept the position rendered him by the
School Board of that city. The announce
ment was made some time ago that the
Cleveland School Board was considering the
ACCESSIBILITY of asking Prof. Jones to accept
the position, but he surprised when he
heard the report When first informed of
il several weeks ago he thought he would
prefer to remain in Indianapolis another
year at least.
He was asked last night if he would ac-
eept the election to the presidency of the
Cleveland schools. He smiled as the ques-
ton was asked. having not heard of the
election, and when assured of it's truth, he
said: 1T is question that 1 am not pre-
pared to answer positively tonight, but
shall certainly give the matter due consid-
Grafton. If the conditions prove TO be as
favorable as they seem L think l shall ac-
cept 1t is true that l have been reelected
here for another year but any teacher in
the public schools has a right to resign
with months notice. / have not been in
any sense a candidate for this place and
have taken no steps to secure ii. / have
been connected with the public schools
them double in number and rise TO the first
rank in the schools of the country, so that
l naturally feel deep regret at leaving,
but 1 feel that the conditions are such that
another man can carry on the schools and
maintain the standard so that when so in
Viting a field as Cleveland presents itself
l feel that / am at liberty TO accept Dur
ing the last two years l have been rendered
the Presidencies of number of normal
schools and the inCumbency Of several at
tractive chairs of pedagogy, but | felt that
my work lHas not done here and have
Changed so that NAV leave. feeling sure
that | have done the right thing.
Professor Jones is native OF Hamilton
county, this State, and is now nifty years OF
age. He was educated first in the common
schools of the state and prepared for col
lege in an academy in this city: He did
courses in the OSwego y. Y, State Normal
School, graduating in both. He studied next
under Agassz at Harvard in a natural
.icience course He began his life work as
teacher in the chair of natural science
at the Indiana State Normal School, at
years. From there he came TO the public
schools of this city, serving as principal Of
the training school for eight consecutive
years, then was made assistant superin-
tendent for two years. and for the last ten
years he has been the Superintendent. The
schools have developed into the first rank
under his direction and received the high
est praise from J. NJ. Rice in his investiga-
tons of the public schools of the country
published in the Forum. Professor Jones
has thus won a reputation second TO none
in the country educator He was
given the degree of Master OF Science by
DePauw University. He has been president
OF the State Teachers Association, was FOR
sixteen years leader of the indianapolis
Pedagogical Club, president Of the Indiana
Educational Round Table, an exclusive body
of twenty members, is a member of the
National Council of Education, an eXclu-
sive body OF one hundred composed of mem
bers of the National Educational Associa-
ton, and has frequently been invited to
read papers before the most renowned
educational circles Of America. He is at
present chairman of the committee on ele-
mentary education in the National Educa-
tional Society. In personal appearance ne
looks younger than he is and is a man
Of suave gentle and modest nature. He
has greatly endeared himself TO the people
OF this city and was so much esteemed
by the School Board that the entire educa-
tiOnal side OF affairs was left to him. He
selected teachers. adjusted them to their
places and conceived the methods which
have done much to place the public
schools Of this city where they are. He
is married and has one child.