The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-28
THE INDIANA COLLEGES
AN INTERESTING MEETING HELD AT
THE GRAND HOTEL.
The Relation of Colleges to the Press
Considered i'm One ~Paper-New
Officers Elected.

The annual meeting of the Indiana Col
lege Association was held at the Grand
Hotel yesterday. DR.. w. p. Kane, Of Wa
bash College, called the meeting to order
at 10 o'clock. o. L. Kelso, of the State
Normal, presided part Of the day. TIL
association is composed of the faculties of
the different colleges of the State. Several
interesting and profitable papers were read.
The first was by Prof. J. E. Manchester, of
vlncennes University, on THE Relation of
the College Teacher to His Student" He
held that the teacher must deal with every
student as an individual and not as a MEM
Der of a class. Before the teacher can have
the right attitude toward the student he
must have a deep and abiding interest in
him. This interest must not be merely
professional, it must be personal. amount
ing to a hearty and genuine friendship-a
friendship that stands the strain of every
trial.
Prof. Kelso, of the State Normal School,
had a paper on Some Contributions of
Geometry One of the points he made
was that the mastery of geometry gives
man power to govern matter. Prof. Kelso
held that the best that Is to come from
geometry is not found in the high school
geometry, but is found in more advanced
work.
Prof. Kingery. of Wabash College, real
a paper on THE Colleges and the Press
He held that there ought to be a closer
relation between the college and the news
PAPER. He was Of opinion that the news
paper should be pleased to publish the truth
In an honest and fair way about colleges.
and o the other hand, he felt that any
honest college president should be willing
to furnish the newspaper with the legiti-
mate inside news or the college.
AN uIIrSTRA ALTON
AS an illustration of what he desired to
impress on the minds of his hearers Prof.
Kingery said: In a Western college a few
years ago a teacher shot herself on COM
mencement night. There was some doubt
whether 1t was by accident or design, but
several circumstances and a few easy
conjectures afforded material for a very
sensational tale. This the reporter was pre-
pairing, and already saw in his minds eye
the scare head and the double-leaded
article In a place Of honor on the first
page. The president saw him, told the
plain facts as he knew them, and the re-
porter let Ii go at a quarter column on
the local page. Such self-denial was not
wholly due to consideration for the good
name of college or victim, but more to
the fact that reporter and editor knew
they could trust the president for legiti-
mate news and were willing to suppress
a sensation at his request. We may as
well face the undeninable fact that the pa
pers will have the news, and that every
truth will come out sooner or later. Is it
not better, therefore,, to have 1T out at
once. without imaginative adornment?"
iege, had for his topic Honorary De-
| grees." He recommended that colleges
unite in limiting the giving of honorary
over this proposition, which appeared to
meet with approval. Some went so far
vocate the abolition of the custom of con-
ferring honorary degrees. 1t was pointed
out that in some instances men have re-
ceived these degrees who have never at
tended college. In this connection Presi-
dent Swain, of the State University, offered
a resolution to the effect that the college
associations of Indiana commend the pres
ent tendency of the colleges of the State
to give few, IL any. honorary degrees. The
resolution was adopted without a dissent
ing vote. <aha5rVd sew
COLONEL wEAvER'S PAPER.
A paper on 1.-THE Freedom of Economic
Teaching was read by o NJ. Walker.
1t had been prepared by Col. j. r. Weaver,
of De Pauw University. After discussing
the topic at length the paper concluded
that 'the only commendable course left
is to pursue a wise conservatism, being
the middle ground. permitting a liberal di-
vergence of thought, or, more specifically,
CcdOi VI sAotoit ohu hhfNSSi6dtAOh
should be granted full right of way. More
over, teaching all phases as long as
judicially and fairly lone may be per-
mitted, or, better still, should be insisted
upon, allowing the right of rejection to be
a personal matter. Only when an instructor
unduly espouses controverted doctrines
from a prejudiced and biased mind which
would threaten the highest welfare of the
group can there be a wise, rational inter-
ference"
The association elected the following off,
GERS: President, l.. J. Aldrich. of Union
Christian College,; vice president, w. c..
Stevens. of Purdue University; secretary,
Andrew Stephenson, of De PAW; treas
| urer, o. L. Kelso, of the State Normal. The
executive committee appointed last year to
consider the a~dvisability of bringing about
a closer union between the College Associa-
ton and the Indiana Teachers Association
made its report. The committee announced
that the question had been duly considered
and that, while it is recognized tina a con-
fict in the time of holding meetings is UNI
desirable, 1t is believed by the committee
to be wise to continue the College Associa-
ton under its present organization, but
hereafter, when possible. to arrange it's
meetings at least a day in advance Of the
teachers meetings. thereby giving the
members of the college association an op-
portunity to attend the sessions Of the
other association.