Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-28
State Teachers Endorse Actio n
of Governor Deneen in Nam
ing Commission
TO DRAW UP A REVISION
Many Go to Other States to Buy Text
Books Because They Are Sold
Cheaper There.

dSSOCidIlUu tOudy eleCteu tHe lolloWlhS
officers for the ensuing year:
President-EdmondJ James, president
of the University of Illinois, Urbana.
First Vice President-GeOrge w.
Ohonn of Woodstock
Second Vice President-E. f. Van
Cleve of Murphysboro.
Third Vice President-Miss Ger
trude NJ. Gregg of Pontiac.
Secretary-Miss Caroline Grote of
Normal.
Charles Hertel of Belle
vile.
Railroad Secretary-E. E. Rosseter
of Chicago.
Executive Committees. 3. Hipsch
of Macomb, one year to fill vacancy;
J. E. Wooters, Carlinville. three years
Board of DirectoIs-F. B. Ormsby of
l.. Gregory of Aledo. r. B. Templeton
of Pinckneyville. Mrs. White, High.
land Park
Member Nominating Committee of
National Educational association-D
B. Parkinson of Carbondale, the retir-
ing president.
The next meeting of the association
will be held in Springfield. a motion
to meet in Peoria being tabled.
support for Governor.
Springfield, H., Dec. 2S.-The State
Teachers association gave Governor
Deneen assurance of its approval OF
his newly appointed educational COM
mission yesterday. At it's morning
session at the capitol building the ped
agogues took action to create a sup
Elementary commission or 100 educa-
tors which will assist the state body in
its investigation of educational condi-
tions throughout the United States.
Superintendent John A. Long of Jo-
liet introduced the measure with a res.
olution providing for "a commission of
members of the association, represent
ing all departments of school work, to
cooperate with the governors commits
sion and place data at their disposal -
The body will be appointed, proba-
bly,, by the president of the association,
and an appropriation of 5000 will be
made for the work
Knocks for Laws of state.
Superintendent Longs resolution was
decidedly apropos. 1t came toward the
end of session in which each of the
speakers appeared to be vieing will,
the others in showing why Illinois
needs a new educational system Just
little worse than any other SPOT on
earth. Nobody wants to knock. They
said so at the beginning of their ad
dresses. Then they proceeded to say
what was in their hearts. And this is
how things looked when they got
through:
| The school laws of Illinois are ineffi.
cient and insufficient.
| Many Illinois teachers near the Indi-
ana border are going into the latter
state to buy textbooks because of the
difference in price. Textbooks in Kan.
sas are from 40 to 40 per cent cheapei
than in Illinois.
| Illinois teachers meet countless OBJ
stacles in securing the right to teacl
through the constantly varying stand
lards and the lack of a certificate which
would be honored in any county in TIL.
state.
School boards are far too large" il
Illinois.
instruction in physiology is hamper
ed and made monotonous by the com
tpulsory Temperance teaching law
Score Temperance Teaching,
The last point came up in connection
with the long anticipated report of tn
committee on alcohol and narcotics.
As predicted several days ago. the CON
mfttee urged the repeal of the presen
law, which was secured by the Illinoi
IWoman's Christian Temperance unior
and the presentation of bill provit
: ing merely that the effects of alcoho
ism shall be taught in connection wit
hygiene-not physiology-in the elt
mentary schools. The resolution. whic
was presented by Principal ]. E. Arm
strong of the Englewood high schoo
; was passed without discussion by
vote of 163 to 16 and roundly a,
Iplauded.
You might as well have the stat
tell physician the size of his dose a
l to have this law" said one superil
tendent in seconding the resolution.
Frnternities Scored.
Fraternities in high schools wei
vigorously denounced by c. E. D
butts, principal of the Pontiac his
school, in an address before the hie
y school section of the association ye
e terday afternoon. No one defende
5 the. fraternities.
The Illinois High School Athlet
association met yesterday and discus
It led the subject of salaried coaches f,
thigh school athletic teams. The teac