Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 269, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1917 — County Eductional Notes [ARTICLE]

County Eductional Notes

Most of the teachers have had their visiting day this year. Amanda Steinke, Lulu Nelson and Bertha Hershman of Walker township visited the Kankakee township consolidated schools at Tefft last Friday Zona Dillon of Jordan township visited at Remington Friday. Esther Sage of Jordan visited with Ada Huff at Egypt in Jordan township last Friday. Clyde Duncan of Hanging Grove visited the McCoysburg school last Friday. Ernest Wineland of Hanging Grove visited his sister Frieda’s school at Blake in Jordan township. R. A. Conn of Kniman visited the Brook schools last Monday. Margaret Pettit of Walker township visited the DeMotte schdol last Monday. Louise Lake of Kniman primary visited at Mt. Ayr last Monday. Cynthia Houston visited Bess Hullihan’s school in Gillam township last Friday. Ethel Johnstone. of Carpenter visited Dottie Porter’s school last Friday. The following teachers were assigned to visit next Monday: Leah Flora and Helen Flora of Barkley will visit at Parr, Grace Waymire will visit at Parr next Friday, Mildred Selkirk will visit Leah Flora next Friday, Madge Humrickhaus of Lewiston will visit A. C. Campbell of Newland next Friday. Superintendent Sterrett visited the following teachers in their work last week, Grace Waymire, Leah Flora, and Vesta Brown of Barkley township, Mary Walters, Margaret Pettit, Louise Lake and R. A. Conn of Walker township, Cynthia Houston and Grace Schoonover of Gillam township, Ernest Wineland, Millie Hoover, Herbert Powers and Clyde Duncan of Hanging Grove, Zona Dillon and Esther Sage of Jordan, Ethel Johnstone, Gertie Misch and Dottie Porter of Carpenter township. The county superintendent is highly pleased with the work that is progressing in Jasper county. Most schools are teaching respect for the American flag, in a most impressive manner. The daily salute coupled with repeating a patriotic verse is very impressive. The teachers are doing a wonderful work in crystallizing the American spirit in Jasper county. Georgia Linton and Gertrude Jackson of Marion consolidated school visited the Gary schools last Thursday and Friday. There were three of the Gillam township teachers, Grace Schoonover, Jess Duncan, Hazel Miller, at Gary visiting the schools tihgpe a week ago. R. A. Coffin^of Kniman will make a double'visit at Brook Monday. He has a baby daughter who was born one day last week at his home in Brook. ”

The harvesting season has closed and teachers are especially anxious that parents will be fair with them now. They, the township trustees, the truant officer and county superintendent have been lenient this year on account of the war. The children should be in school now. There are complaints from Tefft, Gifford, DeMotte, that parents are somewhat neglectful about their children. The mere fact that a boy or girl is under sixteen years of age is all that, is necessary to establish a case of truancy. Parents should familiarize themselves with the truancy law. Trustees Poole of Hanging Grove and Foulks of Milroy townships report that a very interesting township institute was held at McCoysburg last Saturday. • 1 The Barkley township teachers met in regular institute at Cozy Palace in Barkley township last Saturday. A. C. Campbell is president and Mildred Selkirk secretary of this institute. Trustee Grant Davisson and Supt. Sterrett were present at their forenoon session. A big dinner was a special feature of the day. 1 "All teachers were present and performed their assigned parts very well. \