Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 132, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 June 1919 — COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES. [ARTICLE]

COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES.

The Jasper county board of educa- j tion met in regular session last Monday. The board voted unanimously j to fix the minimum wage for teach- j ers in Jasper county at $3.25 per ( day. Last year it was fixed at $3. This will likely appeal to tihe inter- 1 est of the beginning teacher in this i county. The trustees were pleased j with the scarcity of failures among , the inexperienced last year. They ■ felt that the beginner Should receive | some recognition in a financial way; this year, so that the amateur would : put exceptional effort into the work j to avoid failure. Possibly no county in the state has fixed a minimum scale at such high figures, yet it is the only means to develop 'an efficient teaching force. The county ean well afford to pay teachers who' make Jasper county their home. The money reappears in Jasper county | when the teachers are fixed assets of the county. Commencements were fixed at the following places and dates: Gillam, at Independence Church on Monday, i June 23rd, at 8 p. m.; Marion at' Marion consolidated on Tuesday, June 24th, at 8 p. m.; Newton at I Bradford Poole home or the Swaney: Makeever farm where it was held, last year, on June 24th at 2 p. m. Hanging Grove and Milroy will hold a joint commencement at McCoys-1 burg Wednesday, June 25th, at 8 p. - m. Jordan will hold its commence- j ment at Union school on Thursday, j June 26th, at 8 p. m. Walker will hold its commencement at Kniman on the afternoon of Thursday, June 26th, beginning promptly at 2 ©clock,' new time. It will be noted that two townships are holding their cooimencehienits in the afternoon. CL Stanley Coulter, Prof. H. Babson and Prof. T. F. Moran will be the speakers for these occasions. -A complete list of the graduates by township will appear in a later issue. Keener will hold its commencement on June 13ith at Konovsky s hali in Demotte. Barkley will hold its commencement on June 21st, t.s previously announced. June is always construed as the vacation month for the county superintendent. a