Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 253, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1914 — SCHOOL NOTES. [ARTICLE]

SCHOOL NOTES.

The Rensselaer pubflic schools will be closed Thursday and Friday of this week to allow the teachers to attend the state teachers’ association, which meets at Indianapolis Thprsday, Friday and Saturday. The visit to Indianapolis takes the place of the annual visiting days to the different city schools, and is the plan adopted by many school boards throughout the state. The enrollment in the high school is the largest for several years, while the senior class is the largest in the hirtory of the school, the class numbering 44 at present. ... The report cards for the first six weeks will be sent out Wednesday afternoon and the parents are especially urged to examine them carefully. Personal interviews between parents and teachers will often be the means of better work on the part of the pupils. Too often pupils stay out of school or leave the city when they should he in school A large per cent of the failures are caused by irregular attendance. Tt is to be hoped that many people will visit the schools this year, not only on 'patron’s day, any time. These visits are welcomed by the teachers and are often the means of better understanding of the pupils. The boy scouts will meet at the high school gymnasium tonight. The hour has been changed to 7 o’clock. Please time. There will be drill, basketball, flrrt aid inrtruetion and other games.