Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 120, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1913 — SCHOOL CHILDREN CAN SEE CIRCUS [ARTICLE]

SCHOOL CHILDREN CAN SEE CIRCUS

Schools Will Close Wednesday Afternoon—Superintendent Tells of Personal Record Plan. To Patrons of the Public Schools: The public schools will be dosed on Wednesday afternoon of this week. This will give all children who desire to do so an opportunity to visit the circus which comes to Rensselaer on that date. It must not be construed, however, as an endorsement of the circus by tge school officials. They are not acquainted with the merits of this particular circus. It was necessary to allow time for making out final reports in the schools and it seemed advisable to allow the time oh a day when many pupils wish to be out anyway instead of some day later when this would not be the case. • Another matter in which parents will be interested is the making out of personal records for each of the school children, which Is now being done by the teachers under the direction of the superintendent On a separate sheet the height, weight, physical condition, scholarship, moral traits, mental traits, etc., of each child are being recorded. It is the plan that this shall be done annually and the record of each child kept on file in the office. This will serve as a basis for a more intelligent estimate of the powers and capabilities of each of the children. It is hoped in this way to jnake the schools more serviceable to the child by adapting them so far as may be possible to the individual needs of each pupil. It Is also hoped that this better understanding of the child may enable the schools to be of more service to him in the matter of finding his place in the work of the world. The Superintendent.