The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-21
Resolutions Drafted Yester-
day by County Teachers
Protest Against Repeal of
Uniform Text Book Law.
SUPT. Alley THINKS
SENATE WILL KILL IT
State Superintendent Elect in
Address Said Teachers
Should Not Give All Atten-
ton to Billiards.

The Wayne County Teachers Associ-
ation. in resolutions adopted Saturday
afternoon, put itself on record as un-
deniably opposed to the uniform text
book law repeal, now before the Indi-
ana legislature. which will remove the
bar to present requirments for teach
ers and place the selections of tect-
books IN the hands of the county board
of education The resolutions state
chat these laws will be menace to the
effectiveness of the schools and urge
that the Wayne county representatives
in the house and senate vote against
the bills. A. copy of the resolutions
will be sent to each member from
Wayne county so that he cannot fail
TO know just where the teachers of
Wayne county stand on the inimical
measures.
Nice for Book Trust.
The teachers think that some willy
legislators have fixed things pretty
nice for the school-book companies in
the Cox-Garrard bill now up for pas
sage. The bill provides that book
companies shall still file their books
with the state board of education for
the board to approve. The list which
the board approved they will present
TO the various county boards for con-
tracts. This latter feature, in the
opinion of the teachers, is the opening
wedge by-which the school book COM
panies again hope to gain control Of
the school situation
Alley Discusses Laws.
Dr. A,ey discussed the laws before
the Wayne County School Masters
club. He thinks that the danger is
over for the present as the senate will
undoubtedly kill the bills. But he
says that the proposal may be renewed
at any time, and it requires constant
watching on the part of the school
men of the state to prevent bad bills
from slipping through.
Another resolution passed by the
teachers, praised the work Of the
Wayne county board of education in
raising the standard of scholarship for
promotion from the eighth grade 20
the high school. 1t is thought that the
change will aid the high schools of the
county to maintain a higher standard
of work.
Adopt Resolutions.
The teachers passed the following
resolution on the death of Anna P.
Hill, late teacher of music in the Gar
field building:
Resolved. That in the death of An
ma p. Hill, the teachers of Wayne coun-
ty have lost from their ranks one
whose work and life were of inestima-
BILE value to her associates and to the
community which she served. Her in
fmence upon the lives of the youth of
Richmond has been cor .ant force
for higher and nobler civic and private
life. Her unfailing cheerfulness and
answering adherence to duty has been
an uplift and encouragement to five
thousand of the city's men and women
at the most impressionable period of
their lives.'
At the semi-annual meeting of the
Echoolmasters' club 1t was decided to
hold an afternoon banquet in the near
future at which some speaker of note
will be provided to address the club.
Saturday afternoon.
Vote to Have Banquet
The Woman Teachers club voted to
have banquet at one of the city
churches on the afternoon of March
13. Miss Adelaide Bailor. superin-
tendent of the Wabash schools, will be
the guest of honor and address the
teachers.
DR.. Robert ] Alley, in his last ad.
dress TO the teachers Saturday after
noon, said that in the future the indi-
Sidual must be looked after more care
fully in the schools of the state. He
believes that at present there is no.
tion among educators that the greatest
amount of effort must be placed on the
education Of the dull pupil. AS re
suit, the schools OF the state have not
done Justice to the bright pupils. He
believes that the exceptional pupil de
serves just as much of the teachers
time as the dullard. The schools have
been especially unfortunate in dealing
with the geniuses which the state has
produced. He gave instances where
painters and writer's. who later shed
lustre upon Indiana. were forced out
Of the schools because they did not fit
Some teacher wanted to reduce them tc
the level occupied by the other pupils
and because they could not be thus re-
duced, drove them from the school.
Cites Judge Lindsey.
DR.. Alleys plea was that each indi