The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-29
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
WESTERN WRITER'S CHOOSE LEAD
ERs FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
Annual Banquet Held-The Music
inss Held I'm Indiana Cities.

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WINoNA LAKE. Ind, Tune Is. - The
to-day, the morning meeting being post
poned to afternoon on account of the morn
ing session of the county school superin-
tendents. Among the prominent Members
of the Writer'S Association who arrived
last night were George c. Cottman. of
Irvington. and J. C. Ochiltree. of Cincin-
natl.
The writers elected officers to-day as fol-
lows: President, Hon. Will Cumback,
Greensburg; vice presidents for Indiana,
James Whitcomb Riley, Indianapolis; w.
w. Pfrimmer. Kentland: George s. Cott-
man, I%rvington; Evalen Stein. Lafayette; ].
w. Carr. Anderson. and I. M. Davis. Terre
Haute; vice presidents for other States,
James Newton Matthews. Illinois; Robert
]. Burdette. California: Young E. Allison.
Kentucky: Eugene F. Ware. Kansas; F. F.
Oldham. Ohio; Mrs. Alice E. Bartlett,
Michigan; Isabel Richey. Nebraska; secre-
tary. Benjamin S. Parker, New Castle,
Ind; treasurer. Jethro c. Culmer: execu-
tive committee. Lee o. Harris. Mark L. De
Motto, John Clark Ridpath, s.. p. Thomp-
son, w. H. Venable, A. w. Butler. John j.
Curtis, Joseph s. Reed. Minnie T. Boyce.
JOIN Uri Lloyd; programme committee,
Will Cumback. Benjamin S. Parker, Maude
c. Smolley, Amos w. Butler, E. S. L.
Thompson. The usual literary programme
was presented this afternoon. William
Norman Guthrie, of Cincinnati, delivered
an address on 1.-THE Vital Principles of
Literature" and George S. Cottman. of
Irvington. read a paper on Dialect" A
story by Mrs. Cora Gaines Carrel, of the
Cleveland Plain Dealer. and a poem by
Mrs. Isabel Richey, of Nebraska. consti-
tuted the remainder of the programme.
The annual banquet of the association
was held tonight at the Winona Hotel.
Mark L. De Motto. of Valparaiso. was
POSTMASTER, and the following members re-
sponded: Coates Kinney, Cincinnati, 1.-The
Guest Of Honor Mrs. Esther Harris. Fort
Wayne. DUTY" Lee o. Harris, Greenfield,
wv. A. W." N. NJ. Heiney, Mt. Etna, 1.-The
JESTER Mrs. swafford. Terre Haute. ANY
Old Thing I. K. Friedman. Chicago;
Harris Dixon. Vicksburg. Miss, and Will
Cumback, Greensburg. extempore; Mrs.
Alice E. Bartlett. Detroit. Minor Poets Of
the West" John Uri Lloyd. Cincinnati. ].
j. Curtis, Indianapolis, and DR.. Hickman.
Greencastle. extempore; Miss Berdice Blye.
Kentland, Art and Music Benjamin s.
Parker. New Castle. The Poet of War
saw Mrs. c.. H. Wright, THE Temper
ance Question from the Dutchman's Point
of View
The County Superintendent Association
held its last meeting this morning Of
ficers were elected as follows: President,
s. l.. Harris. Putnam county: first vice
president, Lawrence McTernan. Anderson;
second vice president, N. H. Senour. Frank
lin; treasurer, II. d. Shideler, Huntington;
secretary, M. w. Deputy, Jennings.
The plan of the winona Assembly to es-
tablish a school for librarians at Winona
was indorsed by resolution, and the SUPER
~intendents pledged themselves to sign a
petition and to secure the signatures OF the
eachers In their counties to a petition to
be presented TO Hon. Andrew Carnegie,
asking for a gift of money sufficient to
found such an institution. The resolutions
expressed appreciation Of the efficiency,
honor and dignity with which State Su-
perintendent +. l.. Jones has guarded the
interests of the schools of this State. They
also instructed the delegates to the Ma
tional Educational Association to use their
influence to have the association meet In
some central city next year.
The principal address of the morning
meeting was made by DIR. Severance Bur-
rage, of Purdue University, who spoke on
''The Influence of Fine School Architec-
ture and Decoration" Superintendent A.
A. Hughart. of Porter county. led the gen.
eral discussion. Superintendent Elijah A.
GLADDEN., of Scott county, spoke on the
ssValue of the County superintendent As
ISOLATION and Nature of Its Work" The
subject Of state Adoption of Uniform
High School Textbooks was discussed by
Superintendent Clark. of Bartholomew.
There was a general discussion of the sub
feet Needed Amendments to Textbook
Laws" After the meeting the superintend-
ents took an excursion on the lake.
Among the late arrivals at the hotels are
the following: Winona-Jennie Ray Orms-
George H. Taffy and wife and Halle Ma
son. Columbia City: E. HI. Andrews and
wife, Peru; Allen collars and wife. Fort
Wayne; George D.. Marks. Plymouth; Will
liam Glen. South Bend; Maud Hedrick.
Russellville, o.; Mrs. N. w. Hedrick, Wa
bash; E. G.. Maehan. Lagrange; William
NJ. Heiney. Mount Etna: j. f. Thomas,
Fort Wayne; Cynthia Smith. Hartford
City; w. A. Beam, Columbia City; T. A.
Mott, Richmond; Juliet V. Strauss and
daughters, Rockville; j. w. Carr, Ander-
son; z. r. Jones. Indianapolis; w. H. Hick-
man, Greencastle: H. u. McLain, Craw-
fordsville; E. A. Forkner, Anderson; Nor
ton Myers, Fortville; James w. Frazier,
Alexandria; A. A. Norris. Syracuse; George