Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 297, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1919 — COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES. [ARTICLE]

COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES.

Jasper county is fast comitfg to Its own educationally.* ’One of’.the earliest after effect? of the; rural educational conference held for Union t°wnsMp at Fair Oaks' a little over a week ago Jias already materialized. Prof. A. C. Campbell has secured a graduate from the Lafayette Conservatory of Music who teaches piano and violin lessons to eighteen pupils and teachers in the, Fair Oaks school. The course requires , twenty lessons and is not a very ex-I pensive proposition since such a large number from the school are taking the course. The lessons are given at the building and pupils are credited in school music for the work done. This is an expression of the interest that Union .township patron® have in their boys and girls. The same course from a regular teacher is offered at tn® I School that can be gotten by resident i pupils at Lafayette. A diploma will, be given to those who finish the | twenty lesson course satisfactorily, . just as pupils receive a diploma who, do this work at the conservatory in Lafayette. The teacher begins her; work next Thursday, December 11. which is but ten days after the educational conference. KathrVn Chamberlain, Who teaches the Moore school in Hanging Grove township, has been unable to teach for a week on account sickness. Paul W. Ashby, the wide-awake principal at Tefft, oversees the publication of a weekly school paper by the junior and senior English classes in the high school. A Parent-Teacher® organization has been in existence since the term opened last fall. Miss Catheryn Yeager, one of the high school teachers, is president. This organization meets once each month. A community meeting also occurs once a month whore all matters of community interest are discussed. Mr. Ashby is able to get the best results since Kankakee township has a centralized school building at Tefft, where meetings of township proportions can be accommodated. Keener township has a building of similar proportions at the disposal of the township for like purposes now. These community centers * are proving to be the most valuable ■ community resources in the township I when used for community purposes. Getting together unifies by Americanizing the entire township.