Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1915 — MT. AYR SCHOOL CLOSING FRIDAY [ARTICLE]

MT. AYR SCHOOL CLOSING FRIDAY

Four Graduates From 3rd Year High School—Township Exhibit at Schoolhouse—Good Work. The annual commencement of the Mt. Ayr schools and the annual exhibit of the work of the grade schools of Jackson township will take place Friday of this week in Mt. Ayr. The exhibit will be shown throughout the morning and afternoon and the program will take place in the afternoon beginning at 1:30 o’clock. The basket dinner is announced for 11:30.and promises to be a most enjoyable affair and largely attended if the day is an agreeable one. There are four graduates this year from the third year high school, which is as far as the Mt. Ayr schools go, although there is prospect Of adding the other year and securing a commission before many years. The graduates are, Archie Lee, Leota Dirst and Senia and Alsie Benson. Archie will have no part in the program as most of his credits were secured from the Rensselaer school. The three young ladies will each take part in the exercises. The school work has been unusually satisfactory this year and patrons generally praise the work of the faculty, Prof. Lloyd Hopkins, and Misses Jessie Covell, Gladys Murray, Lyda Renwick and Flora Parke.