The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-04-03
Teachers of Northern Indi-
ana Association Meet in
South Bend.
40 TO GO FROM HERE
Professor Clark Leaning Has Promi-
nent Place on Program-Speeches
By Celebrities.

A congress of brains will convene at
South Bend this week beginning next
Thursday and will last until Saturday.
Many delegates from Hammond and
from the entire county will be pres
ent, the event being the annual meet
ing of the Northern Indiana Teachers
association At least forty teachers
from Hammond will attend and it is
expected that the number from the en-
tire county will exceed one hundred.
Most of the Hammond teachers will
leave Thursday afternoon, going to
whiting and from there on the Lake
Shore to South Bend
Hammond has the honor of hav
ing one of its ablest teachers on the
lengthy program in the person of Pro-
fessor Clark Leaning, who is to lead
the discussion on a paper which Will
be read by Miss E. f. Harmon of
South Bend on the subject of Relation
of the Public School and the Normal
School to Music" Hammond teachers
especially will find in Professor George
e Vincent of the Chicago university,
a familiar acquaintance on account of
a number of lecures he has given
here Another interesting speaker will
be DR.. Hugh Black Of Edinburg, Scot
land. at present professor of homiletics
in Union Theological Seminary, New
York.
Embraces 10000 Teachers.
The territory of the association in
cludes the section north of Indianapo-
lis. and not less than 10000 teachers
are daily instructing the youth in this
part of the state. OF these it is eX-
pected that $500 will attend the con-
vention at South Bend, and ample ar
rangements have been made there for
the visitors accommodations.
To make the meeting a success the
business Mems association has pledged
its support and is cooperating with
the committee Is soliciting funds for
expenses. All stores throughout the
city have provided special comforts for
the teachers such rest rooms and
chairs In their buildings The head
quarters of the association will be the
oliver hotel, one of the finest of it's
kind in the state.
The sessions Of the general associa-
ton will be held at the Auditorium, the
largest theatre In the city, while the
Auditorium Annex will be used as a
place for the enrolment of the teach
ers A bureau on information will also
be established in this building. The
meetings Of the convention will be
divided into seven sections
Instructors Celebrated Men.
The instructors for the convention
include some of the most celebrated
men in the educational world, among
them Professor Clifton Fremont Hodge,
professor Of biology of Clark univer-
sity; William II. Mace Of Syracuse uni
versity; John NJ. Greenwood, superin-
tendent of schools of Kansas City, Mo.
An interesting feature of the con-
vention will be the choruses of the
schools OF South Bend, Elkhart, La
Porte high schools and Valparaiso uni
versity Thursday will be devoted TO
visiting of the South Bend schools, the
first session of the convention not be-
ing called until evening. Besides the
music by the El1hart high school stu
dents w. 2. Modlin of Hartford City,
the new president, will deliver his in
augural address. the Introduction be-
ing made by the retiring president, Q.
p. Kinsey OF Valparaiso. The lecture
will be made by G. E. Vincent of Chi
cago university, children vs.. Grown
ups"
Beside the association itself, South
Bend viii nave many places or interest
TO the visitors as for instance, the No
tire Dame university public library. new
Y. NJ C. A. building, three theaters,
Studebaker Wagon works, oliver
Chilled plow works, Singer Sewing Ma
chine works, besides many beautiful
churches, fine clubs and lodge halls.
artistic residence and a large number
of we'll appointed retail stores.
In 1898 when the seventeenth associa-
ton was held at Fort Wayne, ". c.
Belman, then superintendent of the
Hammond schools. was the president OF
the association.