South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-17
YES, TERESA! INDIANA LEADS MICHIGAN
WITH ITS CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS.

In keeping with what has become something of a
habit-a peculiar penchant for seeing things
only at long range farsightedness and imagination
that the diamonds that under your feet
but exaggerates them million times at distance
Indiana newspapers the other day devoted great space
and considerable township meeting held
over in Michigan dedicate a consolidated school
indianapolis paper wide circulation.
descended fool itself before its thousands
country readers by going far TO declare edor
ally that place in Indiana. except at Gary had
any such thing occurred.
As a matter this the particular in
which Indiana leads the natlon. Under the present
administration school consolidation has been pushed
with special There has been hardly month
that such dedication has not taken place during
the past four years. The result is that Indiana was
called upon by the Francisco exposition make
special exhibition of this particular thing, and Secy Of
state Homer l. Cook Charles A. Greathouse state
superintendent of schools display that at
tracted national attention and special awards.
Take Randolph county for instance. and one of
the ninety-two counties could be used as example
Joseph county OsceOla and two
others that mean pretty much the Now in Ran
doIph county twenty-one consolidated schools are
operating and another will be dedicated this summer.
dedication the whole county Will be conso-
dated. Today there zoos Randolph county school
children being hauled school and there 9s large
in the service. The Improvement in the school
system Indiana has wonderful in the last
years. The advance guard of the last admin
strations including the present promised consolidated
schools vocational education both city rural
districts. That promise has been fulfilled to a re-
marxabIe degree.
Dr. Charles W. Eliot president emeritus of Harvard.
issued address pamphlet New
days ago in which he criticised the educational sys-
lie failed take what all the states
have been doing and spoke 'antiquated methods
that the elements of progress" Seemingly even
great educators fall behind the times and then
keeping tab the of progress in shatter-
ing the idols their criucism-or they dis
like keep space for things criucse? Pres't
Eliots dictum follows:
The changes which ought 20 be made inn
mediately in the program of American second
airy schools, in order to correct the glaring de-
hciencies Of the present programs. chiefly:
The introduction of more hand. eye and
work. such drawing. carpentry. turning,
music. sewing cooking
In secondary schools situated in the
ny. the elements Of agriculture should have
important place in the program and the
pupils should all work in the school gardens
and experimental plots. both individually and
in cooperation with others.
In city schools manual training should be
given which should prepare q boy for any one
OF many different trades
Or. Eliot described exactly what Indiana been
doing under the present state administration what
raany other states have copied Indiana doing one
OF the most important educational conventions held i'm
country these progressive is that Of the
National Association for the OF Vocational
Education. always held in the which is at
the me the recognized leader IN vocational education
In order that the delegates have the greatest op-
portunty studying practical results
The next meeting Is to be held in indianapolis in
January 1917 and Indiana has been chosen as the
meeting place in national recognition Of what has been
done by Indiana. Let also hope that IL may serve
10 call attention OF the people at home the state
leadership
II is ali old story. "A prophet with
honor in his country" this applies to
consolidated and vocational schools well hu-
Is also