Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1920 — COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES. [ARTICLE]

COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES.

A very successful rural educational conference was held at Tefft last Wednesday. The roads were so drifted that the speakers for the occasion were compelled to go by who took tile train from Renselaer were John Rush, Warren Pools, Burdette Porter, C. If. Sands, Stewart Teaming sad if. K Sterrett At DeMotte they were joined by C. E. Fairchild. The party landed in Tefft at about 11 o’clock. Trustee Duggleby had previously arranged a sumptuous chicken dinner for the hungry men. The domestic science department of the school served this, dinner in a fashion that is deserving oft highest commendation. Mr. Duggleby had given five oL his best corn fed frizes which wore- prepared superbly along with the rest of the superfine trimmings.

The crowd began gathering early so that the pralfaiinary anhnol ymgram opened df 1:80. The primary room upder the direction of Miss Poole and. Miss Lettie Porter rat on a play and drill that was excellent The intermediate room, under Miss put--oh 1 several recitations that won applause after applause. A stage had been erected for this occasion and it was nicely decorated. Ji Following tins school program, which was about a half hour in length, came the rural educational program of the day. - Principal Paul W. Ashby gave an excellent little address of welcome and then turned the meeting over to the County Superintendent, who acted as chairman of the meeting. The first speaker who appeared was Trustee aPorter, of "Carpenter town- • Mp. i Mr. tartar gana a strong talk emphasizing the tax payers investment of their funds in educating the beys and girl* in prdpexbt equipped buildings. Mr. Porter was followed by Mr. John Rush, of Newton township, who spoke op, ideal school conditions. Mr. Rush outlined his idea of an ideal school building. Mr. Rush was followed by Warren Poole, of Hanging Grove township, who gave several reasons why teachers preferred the consolidated schools to that of the one room

building.. Mrs..: Duggleby gave an and forceful ttttie talk on tfce intereat mothers have in their children. She shewed how a mother’s sympathy in children’s play, their work, schooling, etc., etc., was ofgrest service m shaping the lives of tiie children. Chas. M. Sands felt at heme among hh fellows and expressed himself very emphatically as proud of his native township. He urged KariMMR Township Consolidated Schools should show growth as the school grew larger. Mr. Sands was followed by County Agent I .earning, who spdke in a pleasing manner about the merits of the school auditorium as a socializing center. TfiA speaking closed with Trustee Duggleby who kept his audience in continuous laughter with his puna and Jokes. Trustee Duggleby catered to the suggestions of Mr. Band* by showing that the greatest present need of the school at Tefft was .room for home economics and land for agricultural and school gardening experiments. He advised the tax’ payers to purchase the several lots adjoining the school grounds which could be purchased vew senably from Ex-trustee Elwood Davis. After Trustee Duggleby had spoken upon the point the County Superintendent called upon several of the tax payers who responded unanimously favoring the proposal submitted by Mr. Duggleby. Some of those who responded ; were neFf Albin, otAlbsmn, Besides were Misses Peregrine, ; Jom& Seegrist, etc. Prof. Ashby estimated 125 patrons present who favored the project wrihout any opposition from any angle. There is afine school spirit among the citizens of efficient and set an- example to the next rural adneationai conference will be held in the wrest is designed to get the impressions from the tax payers of Newton townsMp ; to the construction of a < centralized school or the rebuilding of the one room structures asihey now are and have been for the last fifty years. of either runs about the same.