Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1919 — SCHOOLS MAY CONTINUE IN UNION TOWNSHIP [ARTICLE]

SCHOOLS MAY CONTINUE IN UNION TOWNSHIP

A school meeting has been called Union township to be held at the Parr school house next Saturday, to determine whether to continue the schols for the regular eight months or to lop off two months and thus save the township the expense of hiring teachers, etc. The extra expense would naturally boost the taxes some, about onepercent, but isn’t education just as important mow as it ever was? It always did cost something. True enough, two months’ school will cost more now than it did 25 years ago, or even two years back, because labor and supplies are higher now than they ever have been. But two months more school now, after the school machinery has bee« running six months, wfll cost no more per day or month than it did the previous six months. Then, the only question to decide is, do we want the schools to continue at the expense of the township, or stop and save the township a few hundred dollars? It must be remembered that as the influenza chopped two months out of our term, a very few scholars can be promoted unless we have more school ; also that unless we have some graduates this year it will badly hamper the high school next year, which may not be certified as a consequence. There has been* some talk of teaching the eighth grade on out ip connection with the high school, which would be discriminating, and would hardly be approved of by all; and since the law requires all the grades to be taught an equal length of time there would be a chance for an argument. So let every taxpayer come out and vote to continue the schools. If you have no children now enjoying our school privileges, don’t be selfish; perhaps you have had or will have, so don’t miss an opportunity to boost education.