Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 154, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1919 — COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES. [ARTICLE]

COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES.

' A joint commencement for Hanging Grove and Milroy townships was held at the school house at MeCoysburg last Wednesday night. Prof. Clarence Thurber, who has been substituting for G. Stanley Coulter, of Purdue university, gave the address of the evening. Trustee Poole was present and supervised the room decorating. The front stage of the school room was decorated with flags, flowers and class colors. After the ten of the graduating class had marched in and taken their places, the stage presented an exceptionally pleasing appearance to the parents and the friends of these young graduates. Trustee Wood, of Milroy, secured eight pieces -from the Monon band who, under the leadership of Earl Foulks, gave some excellent music for the evening. Mr. Wood was unable to be present at these exercises. The Rev. John Dean gave the invocation and benediction. Superintendent Sterrett distributed the diplomas to the ten members. Those from Hanging Grove were: Renetta Baughman, Ruth Cochrane, Charles Cook, Elvin Jordan, Kenneth Moore, Roxie Smith and Thelma Timmons. Those from Milroy township were: Viola Beaver, Clifford Beaver and Lloyd McCurdy. State Superintendent L. N. Hines mailed from the stake department last Friday licenses for the following applicants on the May examination: Ora Sage, Rensselaer; Eva Lilly, Tefft; Myrtle Irene Howard, Remington; Ida J. Fleming, Rensselaer; Thelma Noland, Lee; Lottie Porter, Remington;’ Mary Louise Hartman, Remington; Lillian Fisher, Wolcott; Florence McKay, Fair Oaks and Jennie Eib, Rensselaer. John D. Matt, formerly of Tefft, has been employed by .Trustee Fairchild, of Keener township, to serve as principal of the DeMotte schools next year. Charity M. Wolff and Margaret Delehanty have been reemployed in »the grades at this school for the coming year. Earl W. Ashby, of Terre Haute, has been employed by Trustee Duggleby to take the principalship at Tefft made vacant by Mr. Matt. Lottie Porter and Grace Poole have been re-employed by Mr. Duggleby to teach in the Tefft school.