Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 232, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1918 — COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES. [ARTICLE]

COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES.

Miss Clyde Dyncan, teacher at Pleasant Grove in Barkley township, has an enrollment of twenty-two pupils. SupL Sterrett visited this school a few days back and noted that an invoice had been taken of the amount of Liberty Bonds, War Saving Stamps and Thrift Stamps held toy the pupils of that school. The invoice read as follows: Liberty Bonds —Clyde Schreiner, 350: Mary Markin, 3150; Hattie Moore, 3100; Hazel Moore, 3100; William Moore, flOO; grand total, 3500. There was a long list of pupils ■holding War Saving Stamps. The aggregate holdings was 3145. They also had 31.25 in Thrift Stamps. Supt. Sterrett made inquiries at several schools and learned that there was much bond holding and holdings of war saving securities in all of the schools. Teachers, will kindly send in reports from tbedr schools for publication. Miss Duncan feels that she has the banner school in the county. The teachers are doing a wonderful work towards stimulating the purchase of war securities. Every school is arranging to get the nuts for the government. South Lawn in Barkley hulls walnuts at noons and intermissions. Miss Rosabelle Daugherty ife teaching that school. They gather the walnuts in sacks and bring them ot school to tramp out at noon and recesses. This was also going on at the Parker school in Hanging Grove township, wihene Miss Gladys McGlynn is teaching. Thdre is a genuine patriotic sentiment in eyery school that is headed by the teacher and results are coming from this. Carpenter township will select a “Nut Gathering Day’’ and all will spend the greater part of the day gathering nuts for the government. All schools are singing patriotic songs, repeating pledges to our Flag, salutes, etc. It seems to be the watchword of every boy and girle, “Help our soldier and sailor boys.” Most teachers have war maps and the positions of the armies are posted for morning exercises.