Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 184, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1916 — Rensselaer Commercial Teacher Wins New School Honors. [ARTICLE]

Rensselaer Commercial Teacher Wins New School Honors.

Richard A. Rice, of Lafayette, commercial teacher in the Rensselaer high school, has just returned to Lafayette from Bowling Green, Ky., where he took a post graduate course at the University of that place, and last week at the graduation exercises received the degree of Bachelor of Commercial Science. He was also selected as one of the speakers at a banquet given the graduates, his subject being, “To the Special Teacher.” The advanced class of ’l6 numbered 69, out of an enrollment of nearly 700, every state in the union being represented. Mr. Rice is a graduate of Jefferson high school of Lafayette, afterward attending Purdue University and later taking a course in accounting at Winona College at Winona.

■■W ■ f Three years ago Fountain Park placed itself on record as being overwhelmingly in favor of equal suffrage, and this year a suffrage speaker of national reputation will be secured if possible to apeak sometime during the meetings. The date will be Announced later.