Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 162, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1919 — COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES. [ARTICLE]

COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES.

The Jasper county board of education met in regular session in the office of the county superintendent last Monday. The Leonard Supply company was awarded the contract to furnish 2,000 semi-annual manuscripts for use next year in the rural schools of the county. There were several competitive bids. They were as follows: T. M. Woodburn Co., 5 cents each; Kiger & Co., 4.68 cents each; D. H. Goble Printing Co., 5.25 cents each; Leonard Supply Co., 4.25 cents each. A general resume of the teaching force in all townships already employed was taken. The situation showed a lack of experienced teachers, but an over stock of prospective teachers asking for schools for their first year. Mildred Gifford, who taught for Warren Poole in Hanging Grove township last year, has been employed by Mr. Rush to teach in Newton township. Jessie White, who taught for Mr. Bowie in Wheatfield township last year, will also teach for Mr. Rush. Mildred McGlynn, of Remington, who taught for Mr. Rush last year, -will teach for Mr. Porter, of,Carpenter township. Robert Rayle, Who taught for Mr. LeFevre in Gillam township, will teach for Mr. Rush in Newton. Oka Pancoast, who taught for Mr. Rush last year, will teach for Mr. Postill in Marion township next year. Nellie Johnstone, who taught for Mr. Davisson in Barkley, will teach for Mr. Huff, of Jordan. Mr. Lewellyn, who taught for Mr. Fairchild, will teach for Mr. Bowie in Wheatfield township. Zona Custard, who has been in the service, will return to teach in Wheatfield township next year. C. M. Blue, who has been principal of a ward school at Highland for two years, will teach in Union township next year. Gladys McGlynn, who has been teaching in Hanging Grove township, will teach for Mr. Wood in Milroy. Dott Porter, who taught for Mr. Postill in Marion, will be in school all next year at Terre Haute. Rosabel Daugherty, who taught for Mr. Davisson in Barkley, will attend school ali of next year. Mildred Rush, who taught for Mr. Davisson last year, will teach in Newton the coming year. Grace Knapp, who taught in Barkley, will teach for Mr. Fairchild in Keener next year. Lila Delehanty, who taught for Mr. Davisson, of Barkley, will teach the coming year for Mr. Duggleby, of Kankakee. Martha Parker, who taught for Mr. Porter, of Carpenter, will teach in the town schools at Remington next year. Marie Nevill, who taught for Mr. Postill in Marion, is in school at Terre Haute working on her senior work at that school. John D. Matt, who taught at Tefft, will teach at DeMotte next year. Anna Hunsicker will attend school at Indiana university next year. The brief survey in today’s board meeting revealed numerous changes not here recorded. It was noted that men were deserting the teaching and that those who were

attracted to the profession were paid a strong wage. Trustee Bowie, of Wheatfield, has employed three men in his township, instead of two, as was noted in former school notes. The junior high school has been legalized in Indiana by the last legislature. Teachers who have seventh and eighth grade pupils will need license themselves in junior high school subjects in order to give the rural pupils competent teachers so that the diploma examination may be dispensed with in the country schools if the present trend continues. This seems to be the next revolutionary step in Indiana. Jas-i per county teachers should prepare • for this forthcoming requirement. ■ Oka Pancoast has the honor of mak-' ing the first junior high school li- J cense in Jasper county on the June examination. The law requires the applicant to make a grade of 7 5 per j cent or more on high school scaence of education and on junior high school English. Then such applicant, can license herself in as many sub-' jects as she pleases to lie incorporated in this junior high school license. No greater examination stimulus has ever been devised in Indi-

am to give efficiency and encouragement to the teachers. It anticipates growth to remain in the schools where patrons demand efficient teachers. A rural teacher who supplements the regular common school and primary licenses with a junior high school license would 'be in demand in preference to a teacher who held a lower grade license only. The regular junior high school questions will appear on the high school questions next July. Each teacher should get acquainted with this new kind of license.