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GREETINGS FROM INDIANA ASSOCIATIONS. 



FROM THE INDIANA STATE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION. 



By Geo. W. Benton. 



Mr. President and Members of the Academy: Iu the absence of Dr. 

 Robert J. Aley, State Superintendent, and president-elect of the Indiana 

 State Teachers' Association, it has devolved upon me and is my great 

 privilege as retiring president to extend to you the greetings of the teach- 

 ers of the State, and to congratulate you upon the completion of the series 

 of notable meetings culminating in this anniversary. 



It is peculiarly fitting that we do this in view of the importance of 

 each of these societies, and of the part which each has had, and is destined 

 to continue to perform in the life history of the State of Indiana. 



The State Teachers' Association last December passed its fifty-fifth 

 milestone, and in its uninterrupted history of fifty-four years has marked 

 the successive stages of educational progress in the State, and has had an 

 increasing influence in establishing standards and in directing the current 

 of educational thought. Many of its officers and members have become 

 prominent in the educational work of the State and nation, and many of 

 them have enjoyed the privilege and honor of membership and active 

 participation in the affairs of the Academy. 



No less prominent in its own sphere, through the years of its activity, 

 we recognize the importance of the great work which the Academy has 

 done for the State and for the nation, in the spreading of scientific knowl- 

 edge, in the encouragement of research, and in the inspiration of the 

 younger generation of science teachers to greater effort and increased 

 efficiency. We see in the Academy the most powerful agency in the solu- 

 tion of the great problem of fitting the highest development of scientific 

 thought into the general scheme of education for all the people ; and we 

 confidently look forward to the achievements of the coming years of the 

 Academy, believing that its services to the State and to education will con- 



