The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-14

TEACHERS IN
Fl. WAYNE
MANY LOCAL INSTRUC-
TORS ATTEND THE
NORTHERN TEACHERS
ASSOCIATION.
0. r. Baker of Winchester is
Elected President for the Com
ing Year-Organize by
Districts

Superintendent r. A. Randall,
Principal Q. f. Mcdowell and
practically all of the Plymouth
Public School teachers were in Fl
Wayne attending the Northern
Indiana Teachers Association
in session Thursday and Friday.
The meetings are being held in
the Princess Rink at that city.
The convention opened last
evening, with over $500 in atten-
dance. The incoming president, O
r. Baker was introduced by his
predecessor. ]. T. Giles, who
spoke OF his appreciation OF the
honor that he had held during
the past year as chief officer of a
great educational body.
The Teachers Profession.
Prof. Baker took for his inaug-
ural address '"The Teachers Citi-
zenship." Only in recent years,
he said, has teaching been look
ed upon as a profession and has
the teacher taken his proper
place in the affairs of his conrnn-
nifty. His civic influence has suf-
fered because he has been regard
ed as creature of isolation, abb
sorbed in his books and his
school and living in a world
apart from his fellow men. This
mistaken idea is now almost com
pletely lost and now when
teacher advances some theory for
the betterlnent of civic conditions
he is not hailed as a dreaming
student, but his ideas carry as
much weight as those OF any
other man
Resolutions Committee Named
At the conclusion of the ad-
dress President Baker announced
his selections of the resolutions
committee as follows: Supt.
Grant Derbyslrare, OF Portland
Supt. ]. NJ. Mcdaniel OF Ham
mond; Supt. John Wood, ci
South Bend; Supervisor j. O.
Batcfrelor, of Marion and Supt ]
NJ. Hamilton of Monticello. Thii
committee will meet at its con
venience and will report at the
close OF the corvention Saturday
forenoon.
The teachers met by congress
lonal districts ait the adjourn
ment for the evening and each
division elected one member each
to the nominating committee and
the executive committee will be
in session this morning and viii
report to the convention during
the forenoon the new officers OF
the association for the year 1911
This committee is: composed OF
the following; Sixth district, n
&C. Hefronimus of Richmond
Seventh district, Homer L. Cook
Of indianapolis; Eighth district
Lee Driver OF WinChestsr
NINTH district, S. B. Plasket OF
Kckonro; Tenth district, Prof
Hu ehar1 of Valparaiso, Eleventh
district. Charles HI. Brady AT Wa
bash; Thirteenth district, A: l.
WhGtmer of Rochester. The
tweaftqI district held its meeting
and named committeeman, hat
no report was made to eqtfer
Merwin or President
Baker. The new executive com
mitltee will be; Sixth histrict, N.
c. Hcironimus of Richmond Ho-
mer l.. Cook of Indianapolis
Eighth district, F.. F. Rice OF
Decatur Ninth district. +. I.
of Noblesville; Tenth
district, Prof. Farnum OF La
porte; Eleventh district, James h
Gray of Huntington; Thirt zenith
district, Elmer E. Rodgers, of
Knox Either today or tomorrow
the executive committee
will meet and select a chairman
from outside their number to sue
cecil Smpt l.. N. Hines of Craw-
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