Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 128, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1917 — Rensselaer Boy Promoted. [ARTICLE]

Rensselaer Boy Promoted.

Omar H. Day, for the past few years a member of the high school faculty of Indianapolis, was given a fine promotion and a substantial increase in salary on last Tuesday evening, May 12, 1917. Prof. Day has been engaged with the manual training department and has been very successful. He had an excellent foundation for this work, having been graduated from Purdue University after taking the course in mechanical engineering. For a while after his graduation he was employed in a large machine shop, after which he accepted a position in the Indianapolis high school as indicated above. The school board at their meeting last Tuesday promoted Prof. Day to the head of the department of the metal working shops. In his new position he will have complete charge of two machine shops, a sheet metal shop, foundry and automobile shop, and pattern shops. He will have in addition to this the supervision of the mechanical drawing. ~ The Indianapolis schools stand in the front rank among the schools of the nation and the place to which Prof. Day has been promoted is one of the very best positions offered by that institution. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William S. Day, of this city. This community rejoices with them in the splendid success that has come to this another - example of a Jasper county boy who has gone good, and mighty good, too.