Major Indianapolis Men’s Meeting Opens Seventh Season
Gov Thomas R Marshall to speak at the opening of the seventh season of the pig meeting movement in Indianapolis. The event features a 21 piece orchestra, a 1500-voice male chorus, and a Masonic quartet. Attendance averages 1700 men weekly from 130 cities nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas FR. Marshall
Nopers House
Indianapolis
United States
Xeoang Men's Christian Association
Kerner
John N. Carey
Masonic Mele
Messrs
Homer
van Wie
Raymond Lyon
F. M. Loomis
O. W Isensee
Wen
Gov. Marshall
Southern Educators Visit Indiana For School Inspection
A party of southern educators will tour Montgomery and Tippecanoe counties in Indiana to inspect consolidated schools, signaling high regard for centralised systems. Delegation includes G W Knorr and A P Bourland from Washington and other officials from Texas to Virginia, meeting state leaders in Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Tippecanoe
Indiana
Indianapolis
G.W. Knorr
Department of Agriculture
Washington
A. P. Bourland
Southern Board
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Charles A. Greathouse
E. G. Bunnell
FP. M. Brasley
Austin
Tex
M. L
Brittain
Atlanta
G. B. Cook
Little Rock
Ark
J. D. Eggleston
Richmond, Va
H. G. Grunnels
Ala
W. H. Holloway
Tallahassee
Fla
R. L. Jones
Nashville
Baton Rouge
T. J. Coates
Frankfort
W. E. Tate
Columbia
8. C
T. 8
Bettle
Richmond
Rural high schools surge under state plans
The biennial report notes no rural high schools commissioned years ago to ready graduates for state university entry. Now 127 township schools exist, with towns hosting 132 commissioned high schools and cities 96. The state has 6,003 district schools, 1,032 graded with two or more teachers, and 730 graded high schools including noncommissioned ones. Total special school revenue for 1909 10 amounts to 11,843,164.60 dollars, with 7,920,110.87 spent since July 31, 1909 and 3,923,054.79 dollars on hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Public Instruction
Pension scheme for pedagogues takes new form
Indiana moves to create the state teachers disability and retirement fund. Legislation would grant a life annuity of 1 percent of the average of the last five years for teachers aged over 55 with 35 years service, and offer benefits after 15 years for disabled members. Funding would come from 1 percent payroll assessments and 1 percent on annuities paid. The governor would appoint two board members. the act covers public school teachers and state normal schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Public Instruction and Teachers of
Indiana
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Greek class planned at Shortridge High School
Shortridge High plans a Greek class making it the only Indiana high school with Greek in its curriculum. Miss Ella G. Martheng will teach starting January 30, with enrollment already underway. If enough students enroll, the Greek program may become a permanent fixture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shortridge High School
Shortridge
Indiana
Ella G. Martheng
Auto Tire Stolen From Boyd Car Front Grand Opera House
A tire was stolen from Bert Boyd’s automobile parked outside the Grand Opera House Friday night. The tire, taken from one wheel, was an extra and strapped to the car’s side. Boyd has an office in the board of trade building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Boyd
Board of Trade
Grand Opera House
Missions Here for Bic Jubilee Campaign in Indianapolis
Four hundred Indianapolis workers plan a two month campaign for education with mass meetings at First Baptist Church Tuesday and Wednesday. Luncheon for 1,500 women at Murat temple Wednesday marks the event’s social centerpiece. Notable speakers include Helen Montgomery, Mary Noble, Ella MacLaurin, and W T Elmore. Tickets at 401 Indiana Trust Building. sale ends Monday.
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First Baptist Church
2. C. Atkins
Louis H. Levy
Meredith Nicholson
Helen Montgomery
Rochester
N. Y
Missionary Societies of
United States
Mary Noble
North India College of Medicine For Women
Ella MacLaurin
Baptist General Board
W. T. Elmore
Todia
America
Indiana Trust Building
Name Trees for New Born Tots Deams Way to Reforest America
Charles C. Deam proposes planting a tree for every child born in Indiana in 1909, arguing 54 445 trees would create a valuable eighty acre forest. He envisions long term care by families and a civic love of nature, turning childhood memories into living trees.
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Deam
America
Charles C. Deam
State Board of Forestry
Indiana
George
Forester Deam
Mary
John
Safety Board Hears Charges In Street Car Incident
Rev Henry Lodge testifies at the safety board on Patrolman Isaac Simpson for detaining two Lodge brothers and two teachers on a city street car. The board sides with the officer citing anti highwayman duties and delays traffic improvements including new stop signals in the downtown area. Michael Hunter’s conduct unbecoming an officer case is postponed pending criminal court action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Lodge
Grace Pro-Cathedral
Board of Safety
Isaac Simpson
Alice Slegling
Genevieve
Michael Hunter
Board of Works
Street Car Company
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Cure for Catarrh
Advert provides claim that catarrh weakens lungs and organs, causes headaches and other symptoms, and that Hood's Sarsaparilla offers a constitutional remedy. Notes liquid form and Sarsatabs tablets, 100 doses for $1.
Principals Club to Meet at Shortridge High School
The Indianapolis principals club will hold its second meeting Tuesday evening in the teachers room at Shortridge high school. The topic is Music in the Public Schools with Miss Lulu Kanagy giving a talk on primary grades Miss Blanche Bummer on grammar and high schools and Mrs Charles Carroll Brown on school music and the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Shortridge High School
Lulu Kanagy
Blanche Bummer
Charles Carroll] Brown
Manual training classes fill Indianapolis schools
Demand for after school manual training in Indianapolis public schools has grown so large that director Louis A. Bacon ordered shop access for nonstudents. Twelve schools report crowded workshops during special sessions and officials say adding more shops is not feasible. Priority goes to fourth to sixth graders over twelve. Officials plan to allocate buildings across districts to expand capacity, with more shops needed to serve interested boys. A second item notes Robert Garrett alias Robert Ford held by police after Chicago trip to face confidence game charges.
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Indianapolis
Louis A. Bacon
Man Wal Training
Robert ‘Garrett
Robert ’ Ford
Chicago
Jett
Garrett
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Masonic Quartet
Southern
Montgomery and Tippecanoe
Raply
Peve LoriNs
The
Indianapolis Sun
Department of the Indianapolis Sun
Murat Banquet Hall
Woodlands
Indiana Silviculture Officer
Safety Board
Continental National Bank
Yes We
Corte Icc
Meveitee Sxe
Marion Paint CO
S. Pennsylvania Street
Hal Shan
McLee
Wade Ayg
Shank
Washington St
Safe Deposit Department
Fletcher American
Pennsylvania and Market Stree
the Leading Trust Company
the Union Trust Company
Office Company's
E. Merket Street
Wechsler
Delaware
Aio
Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction CO
Northwestern Division
Thi&e
Lafayette
Wellville
Peatanti Cereal Company, Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
Lv.Indpls
Ar. Lafayette
Clover Leaf
Danville
Decatur
St. Louis
J. T. Burnett
J. H. Crall
Greeval
Terminal Building
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