Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 141, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1919 — MONNETT SCHOOL ENJOYS BEST YEAR IN HISTORY. [ARTICLE]

MONNETT SCHOOL ENJOYS BEST YEAR IN HISTORY.

The school year for the Monnett School for Girls, which just closed, was the most successful in the history of that institution, according to figures recently compiled, showing that the school is on a firm financial basis and that the number of students attracted to the school each year is steadily growing. Receipts of the institution during the 1918-19 term approximated SIO,OOO, while the disbursements reached a figure between $9,000 and SIO,OOO. Truly a wonderful showing for a school which was founded only a short time ago and which has faced many discouraging obstacles during its brief career, and a tribyte to the efficiency of those who have so successfully managed it. During the term just' closed there were forty young ladles from various parts of the United States in attendance, and there would have been a great many more had the facilities of the school been greater. During the year it was found necessary to rent one of Earle Reynolds’ residences on Washington avenue to accommodate the increased number of students. The Mbnnett school is steadily and surely growing and bids fair in time to become the leading schooLof its kind in the country. The commencement exercises of the school were held last week, seven young ladies receiving their diplomas. The Rev. William Grant Feaman, of the First Methodist church of Gary, delivered the commencement address. The cantata was under the direction of Mrs. Loren Sage, of this city, and the performers acquitted themselves in an admirable manner and the children’s chorus was unusually good.