Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 267, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1916 — Almost All of Votes In At Two Thirty Today. [ARTICLE]

Almost All of Votes In At Two Thirty Today.

The four precincts in Rensselaer showed that at 2:30 this afternoon practically all of the voters of the four precincts had cast their ballot. The voting at all the polling stations was brisk throughout the day. There were but wo hundred and forty-three who had not yet cast their ballots at 2:30. The number of those who had voted n the different precincts at the time we go to press and the number of registered voterh in each is given below : Regt. Voted Marion No. L 255 313 Marion No. 2 300 356 Marion No. 3 175 230 Marion No. 4 178 252. Total 908 1151

taken away by the parent or legal guardian. On this farm are all kinds of thoroughbred cattle, horses, hogs, sheep and poultry and those boys who have taken up farming as their profession have little farms mapped out to them and are under special instructors to teach them scientific farmring, and a prize is given at the end pf the year to the one who raises the best crops. From this farm all the milk, butter and provisions are raised. In this school no teacher is permitted to in any manner punish any of the pupils. They have what is known as an assembly in which their president is elected and their consul is also elected. They formulate their own rules of conduct and each child is placed upon his honor, and if they fail to live up to the rules prescribed by themselves a trial is had and the phildren themselves vote and mete out whatever punishment the child should deserve and it is strange to .relate that this is the best disciplined school in the world. With all of these admirable qualities is it any wonder that this institution has grown to be one of the leading organizations in our cty?