Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 268, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 November 1917 — County Educational Notes [ARTICLE]

County Educational Notes

Mr. Sterrett visited the following schools last week, Mabel McAhron at Bowing Green, in Marion county, township, Nancy Coleman at the Lane school in Newton township, Lottie Porter in Carpenter township, Martha Parker in Carpenter township, Jesse Williamson in Carpenter township, and Marguerite Cumins in Carpenter township. The county superintendent has been making short talks before the schools on “Coal Conservation.” The coming week he will talk and urge the formation of Junior Red Cross organizations in the schools. A number of the schools are in possession of enough funds from box socials and other school entertainments to become 'members of this most worthy organization. Others are contemplating a box social or entertainment of some sort and will eventually have enough funds to become a member of the Jufiior Red Cross. The schools .joins this as a unit not as individuals. The teacher is the president of the local school unit. Some member of the school may be its treasurer. A minimum sum equal to the number of pupils multiplied by 25c will represent the amount necessary to join the Junior Red Cross. There can be more donated for the working fund but this represents the smallest amount to join. This money remains in the school and is to be spent only when permission is, given from the Senior Red Cross. It will be spent for anything that the army or navy needs to lessen tne sufferers in this war. No organization that has yet been given life can surpass the genuine good that will come from this organization. Our boys and girls will grow up under its influence and receive the notions of chanty that is the nucleus of the great Red Cross. The membership of the Junior Red Cross can be renewed each year at the opening of eaeh term. The teachers have been intensely devoted to every movement that has patriotic merit in it. The county has stepped to the forefront with a surprisingly rapid step in all of these movements. No teacher is coerced but every teacher happily volunteers to aid and does aid in these movements. With the precedent already earned it is a safe forecast that each school will soon oecome a member of this Junior tied Cross with the teacher as its guiding spirit. It is then that the Jasper county schools will be patriotically happy from the primer Hass to the senior class in high jchobl inclusive. Nothing would please the county superintendent nore than to be able to clear any /ague notion that a teacher may lave so that her school may become i member of the Junior Red Cross. The Marion-Newton township joint institute was held in the southjast of the third floor of the court house at Rensselaer last Saturday. The forenoon was given over largely to the discussion of school problems that needed solution to prevent the schools from moving too sluggishly etc. etc. All teachers were present by ten o’clock Oka Pancoast is suffering from a loss of her voice and may be unable to teach for a few days. Ernest Wineland visited at Blake in Jordan township last Monday. Herbert Powers visited the Wheatfield schools last Wednesday. Martha Parker of Carpenter township visited with Miss Welch who teaches across the line in Newton county last Friday. If you are not displaying your flag there is something that needs in Jasper county has a moral right to teach who willfully neglected to display the flag this year. No trustee should compel! the teacher to purchase a flag. The trustee borrow money at any rate of interest to supply his schools with American flags of proper dimensions.