Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 April 1912 — SUPERINTENDENT WARREN TO BECOME MANUFACTURER. [ARTICLE]

SUPERINTENDENT WARREN TO BECOME MANUFACTURER.

Head of Public. Schools For Past Seven Yean WDI ’Resign to Ran Tile Factory. Superintendent I. N. Warren, of the Rensselaer schools, has notified the school board that he will withdraw as the head of the schools at the close of the, present term, in order to engage in business for himself. This comes as a sequal to an investment he made Monday of this week, when he purchased of John Reed and S. C. Irwin the old Alter tile mill, two miles north of Rensselaer. It is his intention to take charge of the mill as soon as school is out and to manufacture and sell tile. Superintendent Warren informed a reporter tor The Rpeublican, who called upon him at the school building, that he had two or three motives in leaving school work for other business. He said: “I realize that for my own sake as well as for the good of the schools that I can not . always remain here. Changes are occasionally necessary at the bead of educational institutions and as I have been here for seven years, I believe the time has come when I may turn the work over to other, hands. While I would ba able to secure employment at the head of other schools in other places, I do not care to do so because of local investments which I have made and attachments which I have for Rensselaer, in the way of relatives and friends and because it is my home town. I believe I will be able to make more money in the tile business than I was able to make teaching school and I wanted to get into some business where my sons could find employment. Superintedent Warren graduated from the Rensselaer high school in 1891, and after completing his education at college engaged in teaching school. He was principal of the Laporte schools four years and of the Ft. Lor.ge, lowa, schools for three years. He succeeded Superintendent W. H. Sanders as the superintendent of the schools here, returning to his old home town seven years ago. His school work here has been extremely successful and it is certain that the schools were never in a better condition than they are this year. His excellent qualities as a citizen have also served to make his residence here one of great benefit and while there will be general regret that he has decided to give up his school work, there will be pleasure in knowing that he will continue his residence here. The school board is already looking for a snitabie man to succeed Mr. Warren and have a man or two in view whom they would like to secure. They are not in a position, however, at this time-to give out any information.