Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 231, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1918 — COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES. [ARTICLE]

COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES.

Miss Marie Madlung took the Canada school in Walker township, taught it one week and then resigned. Trustee Salrin is attempting to have the children transported to Knlman. It has not developed as to the cause of the resignation, but it placed the township trustee to an extraordinary sacrifice in wheat sowing time to clear the situation. Patrons* should not send their children to 'school this year unless they become six before the Christmas holidays, ’if a child comes six after the holidays he Should not attend school. It is decidedly detrimental to the, child should any teacher be so kind as to permit it to come to school too young. It would be all right If the teacher was equipped to do kindergarten work, but first grade work is a full year or more In advance ox kindergarten work. October 12th should be observed as Liberty Day as well as Discovery Day this year. Teachers should plan a program that would stimulate the purchasing of Liberty Bonds in each community. A general survey for war purposes will be made soon through the schools to furnish the Government with data on the number of hogs and cattle in the county. Jennings Winslow, a senior Ln the Fair Oaks high school, substituted in the primary room last Friday on account of, the illness of the regular teacher, Mid; Brouhard. The following seniors of the Fair Oaks school are aspiring to teadh next year: Jennings Wlinslow, Elsie Zellers, Goldie Kessinger and Gladys Ogie. This high school will be placed upon a commissioned basis this year. They have manual training equipment for twelve pupils ordered, but .owing to traffic conditions the equipment has not arrived. In the meantime the class is studying forestry and other kindred subjects. Tefft is still short a high school teacher but they are at work without the teacher. It Sf»ems impossible to get high school teachers this year. ■