Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1913 — Resolutions Passed by Teachers of Four Townships. [ARTICLE]

Resolutions Passed by Teachers of Four Townships.

Wheatfleld, Ind., Feb. Bth, 1913. - We, the teachers of Wheatfleld, Walker, Kankakee and \ Keener Townships, Jasper County, Indiana, do hereby adopt the following resolutions: 1. That all school books, apparatus, supplies, etc., essential to the conduct of the Public Schools, be furnished at the expense of the State. 2. That we favor a rigid medical inspection law, applicable to the rural, as well as to the city schools. 3. That we favor industrial schools continuous through the summer season, free and accessible to all pupils of the state. 4. That the compulsory school age limit be changed from fourteen to sixteen years. 5. That teachers be paid the same wage per diem for attendance at the county institute as they receive for teaching, and that the two per cent now paid for such attendance be not allowed. 6. That we strongly indorse the “consolidation of schools” movement. 7. That one copy each of those resolutions be forwarded to the state senator and representative, respectively, dnd one each to the county papers. Signed,

WM. G. WILLIS,

Chairman. JOHN E. PLASTERER, Secrotary Resolutions Com.