Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 January 1913 — School Information. [ARTICLE]

School Information.

Froity time to time in the past, and we hope he will keep it up in the future, Sm>erintendent Wm. F. Clarke, of the city schools, has supplied The Republican articles regarding the schools. These articles are directed to the patrons and should be tread carefully by every parent of school children, for the subjects discussed are of vital Interest in determining the best means of securing the practical things that education should supply, and they can more readily be solved If the patrons will inform and express themselves. In an article at this time, Superintendent Clarke points out the fact, well known but seldom considered in the relation he presents it, that about 40 per cent of the scholars in Rensselaer get no higher than the eighth grade; that there are more scholars under each teacher in the grades than in the high school; that the grade teachers are not paid nearly so much as the high school teachers and therefore the big expense Of our educational system is in the high school, where so small a per cent of our boys and girls go. At the same time less efficiency is provided in the grades, Where there are so many more pupilß. 1, and these need and should have the ablest instruction that can be given them. Mr. Clarke’s article thoroughly the subject and every person who is interested in our public school system should read his article and join with him in the modern thought along the lines of epdeavor to procure the best results by the adoption of practical methods.