The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-18
TIMES BUREAU
AT STATE CAPITAL.

Indianapolis, Ind. March 1s.--The
school authorities OF the state are very
well pleased with the new laws passed
by the last legislature affecting the
school system of the state. Charles A.
Greenhouse, state superintendent of
public instruction. speaking for the
school people of the state, says that
they were we'll treated by the general
assembly.
The purpose of most OF the mem
bers," he said, was to do those things
which would promo<e the educational
| interests of the state without impos-
| ing additional burdens the taxpay-
| ers. In their consideration of educa-
tional measures they consulted freely
with this department and members of
the state board Of education, and in ALI
cases made careful Investigations be-
fore acting. 1t think they showed much
intelligence and high mindedness in
passing such educational bills as Were
passed and in defeating many meas
lures which did not possess merit
] Among the bills which I consider the
most beneficial to the educational in
| terests of the state are the following
House bill 11s (Guild). provides that
! towns may discontinue their schools
| turn all school property over TO the
| township and the township trustee then
takes care Of the school affairs. II at
/ any time the town wishes to resume
control of the schools, they can do sc
by electing a school board and paying
the township trustee a sum to be hxec
by arbitration committee for such
expenses as may have been incurred by
the township trustee in erecting build
ings or other improvements.
House bill 6Is (Cook) enables cor
tees to furnish transportation to trans
ferred pupils from other corporations
the cost of transfer to be divided be
tween the two corporations upon thu
lper capita basis. Heretofore 1t has beer
illegal to transfer such pupils
House bill 4s9 (Oldaker) enable
trustees to permit teachers to attent
educational meetings with pay, limiting
the number of days which may be thu
used to three. While il has been gen
eral to permit such attendance Their
was no statutory provision enabling IL
House bill SIG (Cook) ena les cor
. porations to have longer term IN tn
high school than the term in the grad
land district school. Commissioned an
: certified schools must have terms Q
ieight and seven months, respeetivel,
commissioned corporations desiring I
maintain such high schools are unabl
Ito have that long a term in all of the'
schools. This act makes it possible
have such schools in any school col
poration regardless as of the length {
tern in the various districts.
Senate bill At (Yarling) establishe
a commission to investigate needs IL
e any methods of industrial and agricu
o ltural education. Students of educs
$ ton are coming to realize that thes
], things have a place in the currivulun
0 Students of sociology and economic
e realize that sour population increase
h there must be more scientific method
lof employed in the arts and in ayr
e culture 1t is believed that the result
: of the investigation by this commits
o sio nwill help make the Industrial an
g agricultural work in our various edt
e cational institutions more definite an
e profitable.
= Senate bill 214 (Hauck) enable
e school officials of this state to pay II
tuition of pupils desiring to atten
: school in adjoining state. This la
n takes care of some difficulties that hay