graduate of the Indiana State Normal school, and formerly resided at Williamsport.

Mr. Collicott was particularly successful in his work at Evansville. The present superintendent there, Prof. James H. Tomlin, speaks most favorably of the record made by Mr. Collicott.

Mr. Collicott has much ability as an organizer. He had not been at Tacoma long until he succeeded in raising $50,000 to be applied toward the erection of the high school stadium. When the Board of Education there decided to elect a new superintendent, Mr. Collicott was the only person considered for the position. His election as superintendent of the Indianapolis schools may be considered a very high compliment, as the names of several prominent and successful educators in the East were considered by the Indianapolis school commissioners. He will enter upon his new duties at an early date. He retires from the northwest with the respect and confidence of many prominent educators who have personal knowledge of his professional success at Tacoma. His work there is commended very highly by Professor W. E. Wilson, Principal of the Washington State Normal school, and by Hon. Henry B. Dewey, State Superintendent of Public Instruction at Olympia. Mr. Collicott has been elected to serve out the unexpired term of Dr. Calvin N. Kendall, which extends to January 1, 1913.

By virtue of his new position Mr. Collicott will become a member of the Indiana State Board of Education. That he will prove himself able and conscientious in this position is predicted by his many friends. That he

will succeed in maintaining the high standard of the Indianapolis schools is not doubted by those who are familiar with his work as student, teacher, principal and city superintendent. His return to his home state will be welcomed by his many Indiana friends. We are confident that he will receive the active co-operation of the teachers under his supervision. He will prove himself both able and practical. He will receive $5,500 a year for superintending the Indianapolis schools and $300 as a member of the Indiana State Board of Education.

When Prof. George A. Mirick agreed to become the acting superintendent of the Indianapolis schools it was with the distinct understanding that he should not be considered a candidate for the superintendency. The principals and his teachers, however, would have been glad of his election as Dr. Kendall's successor; but he preferred to become assistant State Commissioner of Education at Trenton, N. J., under Dr. Kendall.

Hon. Chas. A. Prosser, Deputy State School Commissioner at Boston, was in Indiana a few weeks ago. He was former superintendent of the New Albany schools, but resigned same to become a student in Columbia University. His success there led to his appointment as Deputy State School Commissioner of Massachusetts.

Hon. Frank L. Jones, former State superintendent of Public Instruction in Indiana, and his daughter Eleanor, will leave Indianapolis about the middle of January for a trip around the world. They will first pass through the south

to California, and will sail from San Francisco to be gone about eight months. They will visit Hawaii, Japan, China, Philippine Islands, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Malay Peninsula, Burma, India, Ceylon, Egypt, Italy, France, Sicily, Switzerland, The Tyrol, Germany, Belgium, Holland, England, Ireland, Scotland, Norway and Sweden.

We wish Mr. Jones and his daughter a most delightful trip and a safe

return.

Mr..Edgar Webb, publisher and editor of the Ledger at Attica, Ind., since 1904, disposed of his interests to become the western manager of the Thompson Brown Company. He entered upon his new work November 1st, and we are pleased to note the fact that the headquarters of the western office. of that firm has been removed from Chicago to Indianapolis. He succeeds Mr. Lawrence McTurnan, who returns to D. C. Heath & Co., to continue his agency work.

In 1899 Mr. Webb graduated from the four years' course at the Indiana State Normal school. He was presently elected principal of a ward school at Vincennes. Subsequently he became a student in Indiana University. He next accepted the principalship of the high school at Williamsport, Ind. He resigned to engage in newspaper work at Glenwood Springs, Colo., but in the fall of 1904 he returned to Indiana because of his purchase of the Attica Ledger.

The Thompson Brown Company is an old firm, having been established in 1844. The business of this company has heretofore been confined almost

entirely to the East, where they have a very large business.

Mr. McTurnan and Mr. Webb are both Indiana men, and we wish them great success with their respective companies. They deserve to succeed, and we are very confident that the firms employing them will not be disappointed in the business that they may develop. Conditions in Indiana and in the adjoining states are favorable for effective work by such representatives.

Prof. J. A. Carnagey, superintendent of schools at Paducah, Ky., is Secretary-Treasurer of the First District Educational Association in that state. Interesting meetings were held at Marion December 1 and 2, but Paducah was selected as the next place of meeting. Prof. Carnagey was elected. President by unanimous vote. Over 400 teachers attended the meeting at Marion.

We respectfully invite attention to the Orange Judd Company advertisement in this issue, as they are doing very much for the advancement of school agriculture, domestic science and manual training in connection with the public schools. The editor is Mr. Willis E. Blodgett. His paper is published at Springfield, Mass., and a single subscription is only 40 cents a year; but in clubs of five or more to the same address, 20 cents a year. The purpose of this paper is to give the boys and girls the fundamentals pertaining to farm life and efficient home keeping. Mr. Blodgett will take pleasure in favoring our patrons with important information pertaining to all phases of agriculture,

rural affairs, manual training, nature study and school libraries.

Quite a number of County Superintendents in southern Indiana held an interesting meeting in the high school building at Jeffersonville November 11th. Prof. S. L. Scott, Superintendent of the Clark county schools, presided. Interesting papers were read by Superintendent Wm. Melchior, Dubois County; Superintendent Orra Hopper, Washington County, and Superintendent Stuart A. Beals, Crawford County. The discussions that followed were quite interesting and thorough. The next meeting will be held at Indianapolis during the State Teachers' Association.

Hon. David Snedden, Commissioner of Education in Massachusetts, has kindly favored us with a list of subjects for those persons who wish to obtain. the certificate of approval from the

Massachusetts Board of Education for the position of superintendent of schools. The examination includes the

following subjects: School Laws of Massachusetts; School Administration, Management and Supervision; History of Education; Courses and Methods in Rural Elementary Schools, including Agricultural Education; Courses and Methods in High Schools. Credit will be given for (1) Results of Examination, (2) Professional Study, (3) Experience in Teaching and Supervision.

We take the liberty of quoting as follows from the bulletin received from State Superintendent Snedden:

"The union superintendency offers an inviting field of work and an opportunity for valuable experience to young men who are ambitious for a career in school supervision.

Two hundred and forty-two towns of the State are grouped in seventy-seven unions. The number of towns in each group varies from two to six, and the number of schools ranges from eighteen to fifty-six. (By school is meant a room, but the high school is always. counted as one school.) Distances between school buildings, trolley and railroad facilities and condition of highways affect the amount of work which falls to a superintendent.

Physical vigor and power of endurance are needed because of the amount of traveling necessary in visiting. widely separated schools under all conditions of weather. The life is, on the whole, conducive to good health.

Tact and good judgment are requisites because the superintendent must deal with people differing greatly in views. He must also keep in mind the interests of the several towns in his

charge. Each community has its own needs and characteristics, and public opinion must be wisely directed."

We are assured by Dr. Irwin Sheppard, Secretary N. E. A., that the outlook for the meeting of the Department of Superintendence at St. Louis, February 27, 28 and 29th is most proming. We are confident that Indiana will be well represented. Our February number will contain important announcements pertaining to this meeting.

A wise old owl
Lived in an Oak;
The more he saw

The less he spoke,
The less he spoke

The more he heard;
Why can't we be

Like that old bird?"

Summer Courses for Teachers of Agriculture, Domestic Science and Manual Training in Rural Schools.

Purdue University announces its intention of conducting during the coming summer a special school of five weeks duration, beginning June 17th and closing July 19th, for the accommodation of teachers in rural schools who desire to prepare themselves for teaching in an elementary way the subjects of Agriculture, Domestic Science or Manual Training. The very great interest in this whole question of vocational training in public schools occasions a demand for teachers who are prepared to administer these subjects and the authorities of Purdue have regarded it as their duty to respond to this growing demand by organizing a school for the above named purpose. Instructors will be the regular members of the faculty, and all of the facilities of the University, in the shape of library, laboratories, experimental fields, apparatus, and equipment will be available.

It is the purpose in conducting this school to place at the command of teachers in rural schools such elementary knowledge of the principles of agriculture and the other named branches as to enable them to organize brief courses, to select material, and devise simple apparatus such as the resources and circumstances of the schools will permit. The work will be in charge of Professor George L. Roberts and an earnest effort will be made to make it of the most useful and proper character to meet such demands now arising in our schools. A detailed statement outlining courses of study

and with full particulars will be issued at an early date.

The subject of "Standardization of Janitor Service" having been assigned to me for discussion at the meeting of the Superintendent's Section of the N. E. A., at St. Louis, I desire the co-operation of Superintendents reached by the Educator-Journal. You will please draw off the following Questionaire of Janitor Service, filling in the blanks quite fully. Do not leave any space blank. If nothing is done, indicate it. Your co-operation will give a check on recent studies, and also show whether or not improvement has been made during the last two or three years. Your immediate response will be greatly appreciated. Fill out the Questionaire at once, addressing same to G. M. Wilson, Connersville, Indiana.

Thanking you for your co-operation, Sincerely,