The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-19
TEACHERS OF
State elect
TREY AS HEAD
Bloomington School Chief
Is Elected Without
Opposition.
FIGHT FAILS TO BREAK
Noted Educators Speak at
General Sessions of
Convention.

Ralph M TREY. superintendent
Of schools at Bloomington, today
was elected president of the In
diana State Teachers Association,
without opposition.
The convention departed from
precedent by failing to elect a
woman, it being customary to all
ternate the office between men and
women from year to year.
A threatened fight on TREY by
the faction composed of the Fed
Grafton of Public School Teachers
did not materialize, The federation
had backed Miss Matte Frye of An
derSon for the, presidency.
Others elected were: Mrs.
Goldie Brown, Peru, ce-president:
P. G. Emmons, MiShawaka, and H.
E. Elder, Monticello, members of
and Della M. Sanders, Frankfort,
and Nellie White, Losantvile, dele
gate Sto the National Education AS
ISOLATION convention.
The thirteen district committees
men in secret session at the Clay
pool nominated TREY on the first
ballot, TREY received seven votes;
Miss Frye, Charles F.. Miller, super
intendent of indianapolis schools.
two; Milo Stuart. principal Of Ar
senal Technical high school, one,
and w. w. Borden of South Bend,
one.
Choice of the nominating com.
mittee always has been approved by
the convention.
While the balloting over the NOM
mating committees choice for preSi-
dent wa sbeing held, 10000 teach
ers were assembled in Cadle Taber-
nacle for the general session of the
program.
Two important addresses we're to
be heard. Education in Flux," by
DR.. r. B. Won Klein Smid, president
of the University of Southern
California, and Business and Ed
ucation," by DR.. r. l.. Cooley,
director of the Milwaukee Vocational
school.
1.-THE salvation of the nations
business is educated labor" declared
Dr. Cooley.
1.-The tremendous changes now be-
ing undergone compels a readjust-
ment of the entire economic system.
Twenty-Five years ago SO per cent
of the people had to till the land
to provide what would be needed by
the other half. Today, with adj
vanced agricultural machinery and
other improvements, but 20 per cent
is needed on the farm.
Machinery to Fore
1.-THE same condition exists today
in every industry from mining to
the making of pencils. Machinery
has taken the place of the raw,
unskilled labor" DR.. Cooley said.
1.-THE solution is in education, ma
chinery needs skilled men to take
care of it,
THE solution to our economic
problem is education.
THE business man should realize
this, because through education he
will have cutomers able to buy the
enormous annual output of every
thing from automobiles to radioS,"
Dr. Cooley said.
The meeting this morning was
opened with musical selections by
members of the Booker T. WASH
ington school.
While the general sessions were
going on today a score of frater-
mites, educational societies and
allied associations were holding
meetings throughout the city.
Growth Is Traced
Growth of the Teachers associa-
ton in it's seventy-five years Of ex-
istence was traced by G. E. Hinshaw,
Kokomo, president of the organiza-
ton, at the opening session Of the
convention Thursday night in Cadle
Tabernacle.
HinShaw was introduced by G. w.
Boucher, of Valparaiso, retiring
president.
The invocation was asked by
Charles F.. Miller, indianapolis
school superintendent.
DR.. Lotus D. Coffman, president
of the University of Michigan, deliv-
cred the educational lecture, in
which he declared: "The safety Of
a democracy depends as much upon
the character of its citizens as on
their intelligence and willingness to
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