Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1914 — BOOK STACKERS WERE NOT H. S. STUDENTS [ARTICLE]

BOOK STACKERS WERE NOT H. S. STUDENTS

Culprits Escaped Punishment by Making Confessions and Athletics Have Been Reinstated.

ago when the books in the high school building were found stacked the school authorities made the ruling that all athletics were suspended until the identity of the offender® was made known. The high school boys were loud in their assertions that the offenders Were outsiders. They were told that it was up to them to establish this fact and in the interest of athletics they showed a commendable Spirit by doing a little defcecm.va wm'k .and soon had the do sired information. There was no tattling done or encouraged but influehce exefted by the boys soon brought about a confession. The school board, blacked by public sentiment, was decidedly in favor of legal prosecutions for beraking into a public building, but being informed by Principal harp that immunity had beett promised in return for full confession the bqprd agreed to suspend action with the understanding that a similar occurrence in the future would probably result in a reconsideration and prosecution of the case just disposed of. While it is to be regretted that the incident happened still it is a pleasure to know that the ones implicated were not Students in high school but outsiders. This shows that the high school boys as a body appreciate the efforts of the school officials to make this local system the best in the State. Public sentiment has 'been with the school authorities throughout and indicates that book stacking and kindred depredations are no longer in vogue in Rensselaer. Athletic games have again been reinstated and the high school basketball team held its first practice in more than two weeks at the gymnasium this Monday afternoon.