Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 February 1918 — EDUCATIONAL NOTES. [ARTICLE]

EDUCATIONAL NOTES.

Teachers who took the state teachers examination at Rensselear in Jan., either made a license or reached a condition. This is the one case that stands alone indicating that the state department in either easing on the grading or that the examination was not so difficult. The applicant who occupied seat number 13 and also got number 13 as manuscript number to state made a license without a condition. The first eighth grade diploma examination will be held over the county on the third Saturday in March. Each, trustee will provide a place for the examination in his particular township. Joseph Salrin of Walker will hold his examination at Walker Center. Elwood Davis of Kankakee will hold his at Tefft. Albert Keene, of Wheatfield, will hold his at Wheatfield. Clifford Fairchild of Keener will hold his at DeMotte.

Joseph Salrin dropped into the county superintendent’s officej last Monday. Mr. Salrin reports that Mrs. Salrin has been sick but is improving rapidly since the winter weather has released its grip. Albert Keene, of Wheatfild, came into the office last Thursday. He will take the insurance from his new Kersey school building, which was destroyed last winter by fire and erect another just like the burned one. There are a number of the rural schools in the county teaching on Saturdays. The town schools. at Tefft are now running on Saturdays., The Wheatfield schools began several weeks ago. Mabel Worland substituted for Mrs. Petty at Fair Oaks last Friday. Miss Rosabelle Daugherty has been doing this work this week. Mrs. Petty he been very sick, but she is improving very rapidly. The Remington . schools have requested application blanks preparatory to joining the Junior Red Cross.