South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-12
INDIANA SCHOOL
HEAD TO RETIRE
Charles a. Greenhouse viii
Leave Office After Six
Years of Service.
News -Tlmes Special service:

INDIANAPOLIs. March u. -
with the retirement Of Charles A.
Greathouse from the ofhce Of state
superintendent Of public instruction,
his term expiring March IA, he viii
have terminated =iN years OF the
greatest accomplishments in this
department in the history Of the
state
Sir Creathouse was first elected
uperintendent at the elections Of
1910. along with William H..
OBrien. who was chosen auditor Of
state and with William n. VOll-
mer. who became treasurer Of state.
These were three of the most COM
petent men who ever entered the
state house in any capacity. No
three men ever were elected 10 the
three important offices who did bet
ter service. The people never profit
ed more directly than from the
work.
Never In the 100 years Of state
hood has the state of Indiana been
IN worse shape financially and in
other particulars than when these
three men assumed control OF the
three respective Offices AS has fire.
quenuy been published. the day
when Auditor O'Brien and Treas
urer Vollmer stepped into office.
their first conference with Gov.
Marshall was TO survey an empty
treasury and confront a mountain
OF debt inherited from their repUb-
Ican predecessors.
There was exactly S9,463.91 cash
in the treasury with which TO tackle
the job Of keeping the state gov
eminent moving. If there had been
no state debts. it might not have
been so bad. but republicans had
accumulated a state debt Of 5000
1912. this including many current
bills pressing for payment. O'Brien
and NOllmer set 10 work 10 pay
these debts. At the same time they
were planning 20 pay all the debt,
they were devising way for prop
erly sustaining all the state insti-
buttons. including those for educa-
tional purposes They put an end
10 the Biegardly treatment of the
higher educational institutions and
those or benevolent and correctional
character I'm which are cared for the
states unfortunates.
The financial end OF the state
government was put upon "A bust
ness basis. The net result is the
condition in which business Of the
state stands today. Due TO the work
of O'Brien and Vollmer is the fact
that when the democrats retired the
other day, they turned over TO Gov.
Goodrich and bis republican Off
ciaI associates. S5,699.331.94. with
not one penny Of debt. 1t is the
first time in So years that the state
has not owed one penny of debt
The state treasury had just $500
O31.15 more cash on hand the day
Gov. Goodrich assumed office than
was turned over to O'Brien. Great
mouse and Vollmer six years ago.
II that record. due TO the work Of
two men is remarkable. il is hard
Is so much so as has been the serv-
ice OF Mr. Greathouse in the educa-
tioual department for the six years.
He has made a record which is
without precedent in any state in
the Union I'm development of the
state educational department and
institutions. Vocational education
was new 10 the schools The voca-
tional law was passed by the legis-
lature of 1913. in accord with the
IDEAS OF Mr.. Greathouse. Under his
direction the development Of the in
dustTial education has attracted the
interest and attention of every state
that looks for progressive ideas that
nave been established i'm city and
have established and demonstrated
their worth.
The industrial educational classes
vural schools. i'm day and night
classes. sor boys and girls and for
their fathers and mothers. educat-
ing for trades. instruCting to in
crease efficiency of men and women
already employed as we'll as the
teaching Cf the first principles Of
the trades. Men and women. boys
and girls. fathers and mothers. en-
ployed or not during the day or
night class instruction. are equipped
for good employment primarily or
made competent 10 receive and earn
larger pay
This branch OF the school work