Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 141, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1918 — TURN IRON FENCE INTO BULLETS [ARTICLE]

TURN IRON FENCE INTO BULLETS

Now would be an opportune time for the city school board to take down the hideous iron fence around the school house in order that the iron might be used to make bullets with which to put a few Huns to rest. This fence is not only unislghtiy but also dangerous. The sharp iron pickets are a positive menace to the safety of the young people of the city. It was erected years ago when cows - Were allowed to run at large upon commons of the town of Rensselaer. The old stoves in the original building have been replaced by a modern heating and ventilating system. A high school building, thoroughly modern, has been erected and most respects we are up-to-date I in curriculum and a faculty equal to ' the best. Let us remove this relic of the dark ages and use the iron in the unsightly fence in destroying the Huns rather than leaving it here to injure our own lads and lassies.