Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1918 — County Educational Notes. [ARTICLE]

County Educational Notes.

The County Institute date for the coming year has been set for the first week in September. Schools throughout the county will begin on the Monday following (September 9th.) The county institute last year, 1917, cost the county and teachers $216.53. The receipts from all angles was $306.50. This left a balance of $89.97 which was used to defray the expenses of the three special institutes. The assessment last year was $1.50 for each teacher. It is likely that the assessments will t>e no more next year. There has been no assessments levied on the teachers to defray the expenses of the two special institutes, one held at Wheatfield and the other one at Rensselaer. The Remington special will be held February 28rd and all care is being made to eliminate the necessity of levying an assessment upon the teachers of the south end. These special institutes have been very extraordinary as they come at a time of the year when the best talent can be obtained at the least figures. The local entertainment by way of music, the special lessons by home talent and the' numberless little things that the home teachers and people do and have done throughout in both the county and special institutes, shows the appreciation of the county in general. This develops home pride in our school system. Patrons are present at the special institutes when held in different parts of the county, thus pinning a very important influence to the school cause.