Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1920 — COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES. [ARTICLE]

COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES.

The first diploma grade examination will be given on the third Sat- 1 urday in March (March 20th). I There are more in the graduating class this year than usual. At present there are 170 enrolled in the eighth grade. These are distributed as follows: * Barkley 28, Car-1 penter 6, Gillam 19, Hanging Grove j 7, Jordan 10, Kankakee .10, Keener 21, Marion 16, Milroy 6, Newton 5, Union 20, Walker 12, Wheatfield 12. The West Vernon school in Gillam ‘township was closed for a week last month on account of the flu. The attendance in Gillam township has been running at about half for several weeks on account of sickness. A peculiar situation is developing at the South Marion Consolidated. Two teachers handle the eighth grades at this school. The present enrollment shows forty pupils in each room with splenlid prospects of several additions to these numbers. It has begun to look as though an extra room will be needed already and yet that school is not more than four years old. Walter Seegrist of near Tefft has consented to teach at DeMotte during the present shortage. It has been very difficult to secure a teacher to take the place of Miss Marie Nevill who resigned. there a few weeks ago. The local minister substituted for several days. Mr. Seegrist is a graduate of the Rensselaer high school and also of Purdue University. ’ . ' The next teachers’ examination will be given on March 27th. Returns from state department have not arrived for the- January examination. It is very likely that all who were not notified of conditions and failures will get a license from ■there within a few days. It is- very advisable that all experienced teachers license themselves at state this year. The examinations are running much simpler in most subjects than for years. Possibly this is one device, to seicure more teachers the coming year. Township institutes were held at Rensselaer, Fair Oaks, McCoysburg, Center in Barkley, Center in Milroy last Saturday. Reports to successor and term reports are being distributed already. This is a ugu .of school endings. Schools in Union, Barkley and Milroy townships wSll have a seven months’ term and close in five weeks.