Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 216, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 September 1914 — LOCAL BOARD NOW CONTROLS SCHOOL [ARTICLE]

LOCAL BOARD NOW CONTROLS SCHOOL

Monnett School For Girls Entirely a Home Now Building Planned. The Monnett School for Girls is now .an entirely home institution so far as the ownership and management of the school is concerned. The deed is held by a board of Rensselaer citizens and the* affairs of the school will be directed by them. When first stated the school was owned and controlled by J. S. Myers, of tfhe Chicago School for Home and Foreign Missions. It was later transferred to the Dcaconness Association and managed by a board of trustees, several of whom resided in other places and the school was incorporated under the laws of the state of Illinois. It has now been placed in the hands of the local board, composed of Dr. Paul C. Curnick, D. D., Dr. M. D. Gwin, Henry Amsler, C. R. Dean, J. D. Allman, Mrs. F. A, Turfler, drS. A. A. Fell, Chas. Battleday and Rev. C. W. Postill, of Rensselaer, and Rev. D. L. Harper, of Delphi, and Rev. G. W. Switzer, of Lafayette. The school Is incorporated in Indiana under the name of ‘Monnet't School for Girls?’

It is in position to receive either gifts or endowments and all money received will be expended in the del- - of the school. The board has decided to bend every effort toward the erection during next year of a new building to cost $12,000, a modem school building with conveniences that will greatly facilitate the splendid work of giving to these girls the advantage of a Christian education. To this end it is planned to place in the field a financial secretary w(ho will endeavor to secure money for the building fund. Miss Waymire will continue her Iwork as field secretary. The new building* which it is expected to have finished in time for the opening of the school in the fall of 1915, will be so erected thgs additions can be made and it is expected within a few years to develop the Institution into a fine school with a large attendance. There will be about thirty girls again this year. Two of these are supported by an annuity gift by a Chicago person. Certainly to any one who has the means to-do .go there is no worthier way of expending it than to provide for the Christian education of some little girl. Only about $125 a year will do this. Last year the school spent right here in Rensselaer considerably in excess of $5,000. Th years to- come there is every prospect that the school will be many times its present size and that it will be an important factor in the future Rensselaer. The Monon railroad is often called “the educational rouw,”because of the large number of colleges along the route. Among these are St. Joseph’s at Rensselaer, Purdue at Lafayette, Wabash at Crawfordsville, DePauw at Greencastle and the state university at Bloomington. When Monnett School for Girls gets well established it would be a fine thing if another college could be started" In this city, to be known as Van Rensselaer College or other appropriate name. Many of the great schools are crowded and new colleges are being started and are succeeding and Rensselaer would doubtless be able to build up another great school if it* were in the right hands. For the present let us commend the .noble labors performed in bringing MonnCtt School for Girls up to its present state and recommend It In the highest terms as worthy the support of all who are Interested in givng to the little girls, many of whom are orphans or who have only one parent who Is compelled to work, or who are compelled to live apart from their parents, the benefit of an education where Christian refinement and culture as well as- a general education is a part of the curriculum.