The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-21
FRANKLIN MAN
ELECTED HEAD
OF TEACHERS
Robert Hougham Is New
President of Indiana
Association.
FIGHT EARLY CLOSING
Battle Against Reduction of
Budgets Progresses at
Convention.

HODert HOugnam OF FRANKLIN,
johnson county schools superin-
tendent, was elected president, and
E. w. Horton, Muncie schools super
intendent, vice president of the In
diana Teachers Association at the
annual business session at Cadle
tabernacle today.
Miss Blanche Feuque, Terre
Haute, and Russell Earl, Frankfort,
were named delegates at large.
No mention was made on the
convention floor of the invitation
to hold the 1888 convention at the
worlds fair in Chicago.
New president of the teachers has
been Johnson county schools super
intendent for seven years and for
merly was principal of Franklin high
school. He is a Franklin college
graduate and Indiana law school
graduate, and did gradute work at
the University of Chicago.
Hougham has served two terms in
the Indiana legislature, for three
years was chairman of the teachers
association executive committee and
last year was lieutenant governor of
Indiana Kiwanis.
Fight Reduced Budgets
Convention battle against possible
early closing of some schools be-
cause of reduced budgets progressed
with adoption of a resolution au-
thorizing the executive committee
to cooperate with education agen-
cies in drafting a program for sub
mission to the legislature to re-
plenish depleted school funds.
The convention heard the report
OF Donald DuShane, Columbus
schools superintendent and chair
man of the legislative committee. in
which he reported that twenty bills
Injurious to schools we're killed
during the last session of the legis-
lature and that the committee ex-
poets at the next session, continued
attacks on the teachers license law.
wage, retirement and
tenure acts.
DuShane received for the legis-
lative committee a funds increase
from 7 to 10 cents of each So mem
bership fee.
The convention went on record as
favoring enforcement of the
Eighteenth amendment.
Amendment of the state Consti-
tuition to permit taxes on intan-
gibles was advocated by Miss Clara
Rathfon, state president, 4n her in
augural address at the first general
session of the convention Thursday
night.
Principal address OF the evening
was given by Dr. Daniel A. Polling
of New York, noted writer and lee
turer ard prohibition advocate.
Age owes youth a good example
as we'll as discipline" he said. THE
present brings three great causes to
youth in a high challenge. the
liquor problem. the effort to bring
peace and the fight to stamp out
crime. We owe youth our conf
dence. In return they will answer
the now unansweraple questions"
Two Sessions Are Held
Two general sessions were to be
held this afternoon, one at Cadle
tabernacle, with addresses by DR..
Ray Lyman Wilbur, secretary of the
interior, and Senator Arthur r.
Robinson. and the other at the
Murat theater, where Thomas Alex
ander, Columbia university, and
Francis Kirkham, New York, were
to speak.
DR.. Charles A. Beard, New Mil
ford, Conn, and Allen D. Albert,
Chicago world fair executive secre-
tary, will speak at the closing gem
eral session tonight at the taber-
nacle.