Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 234, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1912 — NO SCHOOL NEXT WEEK; TEACHERS’ INSTITUTE [ARTICLE]

NO SCHOOL NEXT WEEK; TEACHERS’ INSTITUTE

Early Holiday is Occasioned by Holding of Institute for All Teachers of Jasper County.

Next week will be a school holiday all over Jasper county and while the pupils are having a holiday, the teachers will attend the institute in Rensselaer. The schools of Rensselaer, Remington and Wheatfield, as well as all the district schools, will be closed.

While it; was planned to hold the institute in the Presbyterian church, it Is possible that another place will have to be selected, owing to the fact that the church is undergoing some repairs. This will - probably be the the best attended Institute ever held in the county and should at the same time be one of the best. The plan heretofore has been to hold the institutes the last week of August, but the hot weather has been a serious drawback to the best work and the experiment of /holding it during milder weather should prove beneficial to all concerned.

Prof. G. I. Christie, of Purdue University 5 will be here all next week and this is an assurance of a fine program. As he is engaged Jn agricultural extension work at the university, his instruction here will be of especial interest to the rural district teachers and patrons. On Thursday he will deliver a lecture and will have for his subject “Better Country Life Through the Country Schools." x