Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 284, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1918 — FAIR OAKS SCHOOL NOTES. [ARTICLE]

FAIR OAKS SCHOOL NOTES.

Last week was one of our best weeks of school in spite of the fact that we were closed for six weeks on account of the “flu.” The sophomore Class is studying Homer’s Odyssey now. Mrs. Brown, our new English and Latin teacher, is making a very favorable impression on the pupils. The Wood boys from Parr are back in school this week. We were mighty glad to see them back. The floor was W din our new gym last week. The boys are getting rather anxious to try it out. Miss Karr, a teacher of near Bloomington, Ind., visited Mrs. Brouhard’s room last week. The manual training class is getting under way now. We have a fine lot of splendid equipment for this work now. Both basket ball teams are now ready for practice. The pupils have a good school spirit, which counts a long ways two strong teams in the higfr school. Carroll Burroughs was elected president of the War Savings club and Mae Halleck secretary. J < Fair Oaks is planning for a box social for the near future. The domestic science class served a Thanksgiving diner in the domestic science room last Thursday, whi ch not only reflected much honor upon the girls but would make one wish every day was Thanksgiving. Mrs. Allen died last Monday night of heart trouble. Three of the high school teachers were eating at the Allen hotel. The death of Mrs. Allen came as a diock to the teachers an< pupils. She had been a mother to our pupils and teachers. School was closed for the funeral in due respect to the teachers, pupils and grief stricken family.