Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-02
GIVE TEACHERS
CONSTITUTION
State Tutors Convention Re-
ceives Draft o.. Proposed
Changes.

Approximately two hundred delegates
from the various units of the State
Teachers Association met today in Caleb
Mills Hall to pass on the proposed new
constitution. Dean L. II. Smith of the
school Of education at Indiana University,
presided at the meeting.
A draft of the proposed constitution
was handed each delegate, and it was
predicted that few, If any, changes would
be made.
The constitution is designed to simplify
the conventions by reducing individual
representation to the basis of delegate
representation. The adoption, however,
would not prelude the annual gathering
Of teachers for instruction purposes in
Indianapolis, but would place the actual
business Of the organization in the hands
of chosen delegates.
One Of the important sections OF the
new constitution adopted was that IN
relation to the representative bly,.
This section provides that "the repre-
sentative assembly shall consist of rep
resentatlves from local branches, or from
com binations Of such, in no case to ex-
coed one delegate for every sixty five
members Of such branch or mbination
additional sixty-five members or portion
thereof who are enrolled as members Of
the State Teachers Association; pro-
vided that any local branch or eombina
ton Of local branches must have sixty
five members before being entitled TO a
delegate; provided, further that each
county shall be entitled to at least one
delegate even If the total membership
in all the combinations of units within
its boundaries should not be equal to
sixty five members or fraction thereof; ;
and provided further that so per cent OF
the teachers of the county be enrolled as
members Of the State Teachers Associa-
ton
The constitution provides that dele
gates to the representative assembly
shall be elected annually at a meeting
prior to the annual convention Of the as
sociation. Representation in the assem-
bly, shall be determined on the basis of
enrolment in the association Of the pre-
ceding year, according to the records In
the office Of the secretary.
The new constitution is to be effective
after the annual meeting OF 1921, pro
vided 1t has been ratified by two-thirds
of the local units as specified in the orig
inal resolution adopted by the State
Teachers Association In Its annual busi-
ness meeting Of 1920.
A change was also made In the conven-
ton plan Of the association. In the flu
turs conventions will be held at such
date and place as may be determined by
majority vose OF the members Of tie
assembly present and voting.
movement was on foot some time ago
to abolish the big annual convention, and
to. hold in its place several district meet
ings. This plan. however, was discarded.
Adoption Of a new constitution became
necessary through the large growth OF
the teachers association, 1t was stated
at the convention today. When the con-
stitution under which the association is
now operating was adopted the associa-
ton had only approximately two thou
sands members. The size of the Organi-
zatjon now makes operation under the
old constitution extremely cumbersome.