Each Monday afternoon there is an hour devoted to general culture.

Two delightful hours have been spent listening to the talks on Music by Mr. Oliver Willard Pierce. His work has been illustrated by Mrs. Herbert M. Woollen, vocalist, Mrs. Clarence Coffin, pianist. Miss Jeannette Orlopp, violinist, and Miss Hughel, 'cellist.

In this series of Monday afternoon talks, Mrs. Wilmer F. Christian, extension secretary of the Social Welfare work of Y. W. C. A. gave an interesting talk on "The High Cost of Living and Why."

During January, several students will complete their two year courses in the Kindergarten and Primary departments, receiving the provisional certificate on life exemption.

The college was represented at the 50th anniversary of the State Normal school at Terre Haute, by Mrs. Francis M. Kelsey.

Twelfth Night was celebrated by the students who live in the college dormitory, in the usual way. The Christmas greens were burned after the telling of the Christmas legends.

Rural Education Conference.

A state-wide conference on rural education is being arranged for the five days beginning Monday, July 12, at Indiana University. County school workers of all kinds, farmers and rural experts, will be given an urgent invitation to attend. This meeting will be the culmination of this year's campaign for better rural schools and a forerunner of next year's campaign. It is hoped that the summer meeting of the county superintendents can be held at the University during the same week. The program is being arranged by Dr. H. L. Smith, Prof. W. W. Black and others.

The annual convention of the Ninth Congressional District Teachers' Association, will be held in Frankfort, the latter part of February.

J. S. Hubbard, Deputy State Superintendent, spoke before a rural school meeting, in Wells county, Jan. 13. Trustee A. E. Hunt had charge of the exercises.

The people of Blooming Grove township, Franklin county, held a lively meeting, Jan. 14, in the interest of better school accommodations. The township has three buildings at the present time, the people want only one, a big, consolidated, modern school of the very best type. Seven townships in Franklin county are pushing for better things educationally. County Supt., James A. Fisher is leading in these campaigns.

The La Grange County Teachers' Association, held its annual meeting in LaGrange, Jan. 16 and 17. County Supt., A. B. Cookerly was the moving spirit in the meeting.

The 1919-1920 Indiana School Directory, was issued early in January. A copy may be had by sending five cents in postage to the office of the State Superintendent of schools, Indianapolis.

Twelve hundred women have been enrolled in the Vincennes evening schools during the last four years.

Supt. Jesse Bruner, of Kosciusko county, is pushing a campaign for doing away with one-room rural schools.

The Kentland high school, has a girls' glee club.

Jasper county is fast coming to its own educationally. One of the earliest after effects of the rural educational conference held for Union township at Fair Oaks a little over a week ago has already materialized. Prof. A. C. Campbell has secured a graduate teacher from the Lafayette Conservatory of Music who teaches piano and violin lessons to 18 pupils and teachers in the Fair Oaks school. The course requires 20 lessons and is not a very expensive proposition since such a large number from the school are taking the course. The lessons are given at the building and pupils are credited in school music for the work done. This is an expression of the interest that Union township patrons have in their boys and girls. The same course from a regular teacher is offered at the school that can be gotten by resident pupils at Lafayette. A diploma will be given to those who finish the 20-lesson course satisfactorily just as pupils receive a diploma who do this work at the conservatory in Lafayette. The teacher began her work Thursday, which was but 10 days after the educational conference.-Exchange.

The teachers of Cass township, Sullivan county, unanimously voted, in December, not to give a Christmas treat to their pupils. The old-fashioned teacher's treat seems to have gone into the past.

Hot lunches are being served at noon in the Fowler schools, to those pupils that remain at school all day. The innovation is proving to be a sucess.

Supt. H. J. Reid, White county, has received a thousand dollars increase in salary.

School lunches are being served with great success in the Columbus schools.

Supt. R. R. Roudebush, Hancock county, has succeded Supt. A. F. Hutson, of Howard county, in the Indiana rural school survey committee. Supt. Hutson was compelled to resign on account of the pressure of his work.

The twenty-fifth annual session of the Boone County Teachers' Association, was held in Lebanon, Jan. 16 and 17. County Supt. E. M. Servies, was president. Other officers were: S. R. Wells, Emma Smith, Marie Moran, Mrs. W. J. Sanford and Ethel Orear.

The annual Allen county teachers' institute was held in Ft. Wayne, December 29 to Jan. 2. Supt. D. O. McComb presided.

The junior and senior English classes of the Tefft high school are publishing a

weekly school paper under the direction of Paul W. Ashby, principal.

The membership of the Indiana rural school survey committee is as follows:

Benjamin Burris, assistant state superintendent, chairman; Z. M. Smith, state vocational education supervisor to represent Purdue University; W. W. Black, Indiana University; Rudolph Acher, State Normal School; R. R. Roudebush, Hancock county school superintendent; and Samuel Sharp, Columbus, Bartholomew county school superintendent.

A parent-teacher association has been organized at Sanborn.

The establishment of memorial park on a tract of land in one of the rugged sections of Indiana has been suggested by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, as a suitable memorial to the teachers of the state who served as soldiers, sailors, marines, or nurses during the world war. Mr. Hines placed his suggestion before the Indiana State Teachers Commission, a committee of which has been authorized to investigate a plan for erecting a suitable war memorial.

N. E. A. "Breakfasts."

The Institute for Public Service has arranged to hold a breakfast conference each morning during the coming meeting of the National Educational Association. Among the subjects to be discussed are the teaching of labor civics, "nut tests," teachable facts about bolshevism and sovietism, democracy in education. Invitation is extended to all to attend these breakfasts. For reservations and details write the Institute for Public Service, 51 Chambers street, New York City.

Miss Vivian Day is a new teacher in the New Castle schools.

Miss Grace DeHority, Elwood, has entered the State Normal to finish her course.

All the high schools in Putman county, twelve, are now classified.

The principals of the Wells county schools are making an effort to stamp out the use of cigarettes.

Goshen college has raised $200,000.00 in two years.

The Richmond Federation of Teachers, held a meeting, Jan. 9, in the art gallery auditorium at the high school. There was a splendid attendance. Miss Flora Broaddus is president.

Food tests have been conducted recently in the Logansport schools. Almost all the pupils that were given forenoon lunches of milk and graham crackers gained in weight.

WINCHESTER, Ind.-O. H. Griest has been chosen by the Randolph county board of education to succeed Lee L. Driver as county superintendent of schools. Mr. Driver resigned a few weeks ago when he accepted a position as director of rural education for the state of Pennsylvania. Mr. Griest has been superintendent of the Union City schools for several years, coming to this county from Shoals.

Supt. E. L. Powell, Miami county, recently published an open letter addressed to the patrons of his schools. In this letter Supt. Powell analyzed reasons for poor work on the part of some of the pupils.

The first county conference on rural schools in Parke county, was held January 7. Supt. J. H. Jollief, B. J. Burris, Z. M. Smith, Richard Park and others were on the program.

The state Normal at Terre Haute, has an enrollment of about 600 this term.

The Tangier high school has a new gymnasium.

Supt. M. E. Dinsmore, Hebron, has resigned to enter business.

The Peru school board has given Supt. D. H. Brown authority to employ a nurse for the city schools.

H. E. Guthrie is teacher of the Turley school, Lawrence county.

J. W. Ray, teacher of agriculture, Greensburg, has resigned to take employment with a tractor company.

E. B. Wetherow, high school inspector, is carrying a camera with him these days and is taking pictures of interesting Indiana school scenes. From these pictures slides will be made for use in the campaign for better Indiana schools.

Richmond-Plans for a $125,000 high school in Centerville were announced recently by Charles O. Williams, county superintendent of schools, following the action of the Centerville town board to consolidate its school with Center Township. Several sites are under consideration, one of them the homestead of Oliver Morton, Indiana's famous war Governor.

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Elkhart, Ind.-The school board in special session recently, voted to increase the salaries of all teachers in the city, schools, and the increase will aggregate $15,000 for the period from January 1 to June 1.

The board's action, which applies to all of the 132 teachers in the city schools, followed the filing of a petition by the 30 High school teachers for a 25 percent increase in salary, and brings the annual payroll up to approximately $145,000.

The increase was not a horizontal one, but in determining the amount of increase for each individual the board took into consideration the teacher's period of service efficiency, co-operation and general teaching ability.

Superintendents, teachers, and other educators passing through Chicago to or from the annual meeting of the Division of Superintendence, of the N. E. A., to be held in Cleveland, during the week of February 23, are extended a cordial invitation by Prof. P. G. Holden and his assistants to visit the Agricultural Extension Department of the International Harvester Company, Harvester Building, 806 South Michigan Avenue, where pains will be taken to show them many things that will be of help to them in their work.

The Department will have an interesting exhibit at the convention, which every one interested in our public schools should see.

Lecture charts, lantern slides, stencils, bird cards, and educational literature on agriculture, live stock, domestic science, gardening, canning, better country schools and many other subjects will be included in the exhibit. Members of the Department will be on hand to give information and render any assistance possible. Booklets on the Rotation Plan for Vitalizing the Teaching of Agriculture will be distributed.