The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-02


He referred a number of times to |
school 50 in Indianapolis. whefe he said |
the problem of giving Industrial train |
Ing along with the three RS and the |
culture studies was being solved bet
ter than anywhere in Indiana. This |
school he said is located in factory
neigh borhood and while not single
pupil in thirty years had gone to coll
lege. still the boys and girls there
leave school have more than the aver
age boy or girl They have learned the
fundamentals of some trade which
| makes them valuable soon they
leave school.
| AS matter of fact Hammond al
ready has very good beginning along
these lines. Manual training is taught
| in the grades far it is permissf-
BILE under the law, and In the Wallace
school. especially. where many of the
children of the foreigners attend. the
idea is put into practice.
Elastic Tax Law Needed.
The needs of the children are anti
cpated in giving them cooking and
sewing lessons. There are two girls
in the Wallace school in the second
grade, who have to do the cooking at
home, and the instructions they receive
at school are a material help to them.
l
tiers. one in Central school and the 9TH
er in the Franklin school. where the
boys are taught the use of carpenter
and other soois.
The greatest difficulty as 1t was
| pointed out to the commission yester-
day lies in the Enthusiastically of the law
| with reference to a city's bonded in
debtedness. Under the present law
city cannot go into debt for more than
2 per cent of its assessed valuation.
1t was pointed out that the cities up
here grow so fast that 1t is all that
they can do to provide schools suff-
| cient for the teaching of the ordinary
| branches. Were a greater latitude al
lowed a city to increase its bonded in
idebtedness Industrial education could
be added, it was urged The re-valua-
ttion of property in Indiana every four
years was also said to be out of keep
ing with the increase that occurs here
4 yearly, because of the fact that this Is
a growing community 1t was argued
that If property were re-valued every
two years instead of every four years
that the growing communities would be
benefited while the others would not
suffer
Hold Evening Meeting.
Judge Becker, in short but very
! virile talk before the commission last
- night. emphasized the disadvantages OF
: the ? per cent limit law and pointed to
, the cities of Germany. where co-opera-
, ton and specialization, and the city s
. right to tax itself as much as ii desired.
. had made the country pre-eminent
among the nations OF the world He
: said that. private interests and individ-
: ualism we're too much in control in this
country to permit any sweeping meas
: ures for the public generally.
: Among those who addressed the COM
! mission yesterday afternoon were: SUI
; perintendent c. NJ Mcdaniel. John F.
. Krost E. #. Johnston. w. p. Conkey
W. C. Belman, Jesse Wilson. W. A. Hill
Rev. C. A. Smith. DR.. w. r. Howat. DR.
; Z. NJ. Shanklin. Louie Coombs and e. e
, Cole.
: F ID. MeElroy, principal of the Ham
: mond high school, who is a member OF
, 1.-THE commission opened the meeting al
!. the Hammond theatre last night. Ow-
: ing to the Indictment weather the at
: tendance was small. but rnuch Interest
: was taken in what the speakers said
. Senator Yarling was the first to speak
He outlined the scope of the commits
sions work. He was followed by Mr.
: Ketcham. who pointed out the needs
: in educational work in Indiana. Thos
, r. Fitzgibbons, superintendent o.
: schools at Columbus, spoke of the ad-
: vantages of industrial training. Shor
= talks were also made by Judge Becker
; Carl Bauer and Barney Carter. Judg,
: Becker said that in his estimation tbs
results attained from the high school.
as they are now conducted. did no
warrant the great expense with which
they are kept up. and that introducing
= IND toll ira nip in ecb WI
: result in a benefit to a greater mum
, Der of people. Mr.. Bauer Endorsed in
p dustriaI education, saying that he hat
? had the advantage of it in Germany
: Mr.. Carter expressed himself Yer.
:. strongly in favor of industrial training
- Speaking as the president of the ak,
!. County Trades and abor Council. h
said the union men Endorsed it. Per
sonally he advocated that the girls b
given the same advantages that tn
= boys have in this kind of training.
= The commission went to Gary today