Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 233, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1917 — County Educational Notes. [ARTICLE]

County Educational Notes.

The school directory has been printed and will be mailed to each teacher within a few days. . There are 136 teacMters in the county. Of! this number 94 are under the supervision of the county superintendent. There are twenty-three men teachers in the entire comity and 113 lady teachers. Several townships have no men teachers on the roll, 'being Barkley, Newton, Jordan, Milroy and Carpenter. Hanging Grove township was able to get three of its five schools supplied with men. There are 28 beginning teachers in the county. The general institute will be held at the Primo Theatre at Wheatfield on November 10th. This is the second Saturday of the month. All teachers and patrons are cordially invjted. . A skilled Jspeakejy will be employed to address this institute. Miss Minnie Tinkham will teach a model lesson to primary pupils before the institute. The DeMotte senior girls will sing. Alex Jensen will play a violin solo. Miss Grace Poole will give a patriotic drill with her primary pupils. Bertha Hershman will sing a solo. The school orchestra at Wheatfield will furnish several musical numbers. This promises to be a good institute to which everyone is invited. There will be no assessment for attending this educational meeting. Teachers from Carpenter, Milroy or from Remington, Rensselaer, etc, can attend this affair. It is open to all teachers, patrons and friends to education. A regular joint township institute was held at Tefft last Saturday. The grade domestic science girls of Tefft under the direction of Miss Poole and Miss Pinter served an. excellent dinner to all the teachers, the county superintendent and William May, a teacher in Hanging Grove who was attracted all the way to get a good dinner. The work in this institute was done very thoroughly. There were a few beginners who gave excellent discussions of their assigned work without the aid of many notes. The round table discussions were led by Mr. Matt. Mr. Ringham, of DeMotte, acted as secretary in the absence of Mr. Lewellen, who was called away on account of sickness. The Walker township institute was held at Walker Center last Saturday. Their work was done very satisfactorily. R. A. Conn, the only man teacher in Walker township, is the chairman. Mr. Sterrett has been able to visit most of the beginners. The object has been to get the 28 beginners started well and this has been accomplished by the beginners getting “themselves started without the aid of anyone. r