Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1915 — MONNETT SCHOOL REACHES CAPACITY [ARTICLE]

MONNETT SCHOOL REACHES CAPACITY

Attendance ol Thirty and Applications On File—Future of the School Encouraging.

Monnett School for Girls, the capacity of which has been considered twenty-enght, now has an attendance of thirty, for which nmikber arrangements have been made. Four more applications are already on file and it is probable a dozen new pupils could be secured with a little effort to start in the February term. There fs a demand for a girls’ boarding sehool where the best Christian influences are offered and the Monnett School for Girls is growing so rapidly that immediate steps for building new lines must 'be undertaken. It is probable that within two or three years the attendance . can be brought up to 75 or even a hundred. Theer Is immediate need of a commensurate building, new and modern and inviting. Rensselaer is indeed fortunate to have this promising school in our city and it is surely to be hoped that some Rensselaer person will recognize its great good, its great need and make a big gift toward the new building. It is now a distinctly Rensselaer institution, with a local board of management and it will be in only a few years an institution to-which we will all point

with pride. There is only one possible solution to the present congested situation, and that is to arrange sleeping accommodations for the girls away from the school. Otherwise they must be turned down.. It is probable that Miss Simpson will be pleased to hear from any who can furnish rooms for the overflow that seeks admission. All Rensselaer should help the Monnett School for Girls. '