Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 266, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1918 — COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES [ARTICLE]

COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES

The local county board of health has released the county-wide quarantine to ®ke effect Wednesday morning! The schools in the county wiH open on that date (Nov. 13) except in those districts where the “flu” is still hanging on. Superintendent Sterrett has written urgent appeals to the teachers t» keep a careful watch over their schools .throughout the coming winter. Plenty of fresh air without reducing the temperature t>elow 60 degrees, plenty of open air play, dry feet as well as warm, clean wholesome eats coupled with plenty of pure milk, are a few of the many suggestions urged by the board of health. Whenever a child feels a chill followed with a fever, headache, eyes aching, and general debility it is pretty clear evidence that a cose of “flu” is in school. Teachers should send the pupil home at once and parents should be instructed to isolate the child in the house and compell ft to remain in bed. This malady has and is being spread by negligent older people. The flu is very infectious and it requires more precaution in this than a disease as dreadful as cholera. The reason that strict quarantine is not required of each home is that there is a case of it dh nearly every home whence strict quarantine might work greater evil than the way it i 3. Parents and teachers must co-operate an this matter so that our boys and girls can continue in school. This disease is worse than the great world war to us. The war on the Kaiser is over but this flu is not conquered. Patrons will now change their fighting lanes and come to the health board rescue. We will soon win this second great war if patrons will not treat this dreadful disease as a sort of Joke. \ ‘ A few resignations have occurred during this forced vacation. Zelda Daugherty, who taught at Burnstown in Barkley township has resigned to join the nurses corps. Jennie Eib will finish the term there. Grace Halleck who taught the Gleason school in Keener township bias resigned and Frances Davis has been procured to teach there. The place in Carpenter township.made vacant by the death of Edna Christenson has not been fiHed as yet. It is very likely that other resignations will come to the surface when school convenes Wednesday. The new board of trustees elected at the polls will take their offices on Jan. 1, T 919. The following townships will be represented by the following trustees: Barkley, Grant Davisson reelected; Carpenter, Burdette Porter reelected; GHam, F. Lafever; Hanging Grove, W. E. Poole reelected; Jordan, Julius Huff; Kankakee, Alfred Duggleby; Keener, Clifford Fairchil, reelected; Marion, Rev. C. W. Postill; Miboy, Charles Wood; Newton, John Rush reelected; Union, Walter Harrington; Walker, Jtihn Pettet; Wheatfield, John Bowie It will be noted that there will be eight new faces to transact the educational work for the county beginning their work in January. The five reelected tructees wifi be very helpful advisors to the newly elected men in these board meetings until they get acquainted with the trustees’ work.