Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1919 — COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES. [ARTICLE]

COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES.

The Jasper County Board of Education met in regular session Monday, March 3rd, with the following members present: Porter of Carpenter; Lafever of Gillam; Poole of Hanging Grove; Huff of Jordan; Duggleby of Kankakee; Fairchild of Keener; Postal! of Marion; Rush of Newton; Harrington of Union; Pettit of Walker; Bowie of Wheatfield, The absentees Wt?re Davisson of Barkley and Wood of Milroy. The Milroy trustee, Mr. Wood, was in Rensselaer before the board met and transacted the necessary business of the day. Each trustee present including Mr. Wood of Milroy decided to hold the Eighth Grade Diploma Examination for March in his respective township. Mir. Davisson of Barkley was absent and has not made arrangements at -this time but will likely hold an examination at two points since his township has twenty-six applicants this month. The following is the decisions reached by each trustee as to place of holding this examination March 15th. Carpenter at Remington; Gillam at Center; Jordan at Never Fail ‘ r Hanging Grove Porker* or McCoysburg (not definitely decided); Kankakee at Tefft; Keener at DeMotte; Marion at Rensselaer; Milroy at Center; Newton at Blue Grass; Union at Fair Oaks; Walkjer at Walker, Center; Wheatfield at Wheatfield. _ I A genuine school spirit prevails at Fair Oaks among the teachers and patrons. The high school there is j asking for a commission this year. To obtain a commission certain requirements are neces«ary as to the equipment. The people are responding to the needs by donations and \ sacrifices far beyond the ordinary, i A few of the many reported are as j follows: Joseph Winslow a thirty- 1 one volume set of encyclopoedaes of j a reliable standard; Mrs. Browhard j four volumes; Mrs. N. A. McKay ten volumes; Elsie Zellars one volume; Lural Anderson six volumes; Mrs. Harry Rea six volumes; Mrs. Abell one volume; Chas. Warren seven volumes; Florence McKay three vol-i times. There were donations to the Domestic Science equipment made by Mts. Gilmore, Mrs. Sterrett, Mrs. Kessinger and Mrs. Gundy. On Thursday, March 6th the ladies of | that community will give a supper for the benefit of the piano fund.