Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1920 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

’ Don Wright, J. W. Horton and Mildred Biggs were Chicago goers today. Mrs. Nancy Barnum, who underwent an operation recently is recovering nicely. Mrs. W. L. Bott went to Lafayette today for a visit with her daughter.

State Superintendent L. N. Hines and Governor Goodrich have /jointly issued an appeal to all county superintendents to solicit every school child to make a contribution of from one cent to a dime to. do for France today what French children did for America in 1879. It „was then that the schools of France contributed towards the fund that paid for the Statpe of Liberty that was placed at the entrance of New York harbor. Now American school children can reciprocate this expression of gratitude by contributing to a fund to be used in erecting a shaft on the | battlefield of the Marne where fifty thousand soldiers were buned in a heroic struggle to prevent the Germans from entering Paris. This marks the nearest approach the Germans made during the _ great world war to Paris. This will appeal to the French children in France as the “Statue Of Liberty** appeals to American children in America. Each school child will be asked to ,make a contribution ranging from* one cent to a dime which will be collected by each teacher and forwarded' to the county superintendent who will then forward the aggregate from Jasper county to Indianapolis. A circular letter of similar content has been mailed to every teacher in Jasper county from the county superintendent. This is a grand piece of unfinished work in Jasper county that should awaken a genuine admaration for those heroic French people and at the same time stimulate a feeHik of fellowship for the nation that has always given us a helping hand at a time when such was meet needed. The teach-' ers of Jasper county are privileged to give from a quarter to a half day upon the proper presentation of this fine lesson of reciprocated Franco-American admiration in some sort of school program. It is not important as to what sort of device the teachers may use to get the results. But it is very necessary that after whatever is done tito, American boys and. girts should have a finer and more exalted notion of our long time friend and recent ally on theother side of the Atlantic. - 1 m 1 ** * a- „•