Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1920 — COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES. [ARTICLE]

COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES.

The board of education met Monday in the office of the county superintendent . but was unable to transact legal business owing to the lack of a quorum, Bowie of Wheatfield,- Duggleby of Kankakee, Fairchild of Keener, Postill of Marion, Rush of Newton, and Huff of Jordan were present. The board resolved itself into a committee to act upon a “ recommendation from Purdue University of a young man by the name of Mahorton, who appled for Mr. Learning’s position as county agricultural agent. The committee was assisted by Frank Welch of Jordan and Russell Van Hook of Marion. The latter were drafted unsolicitously to represent the farmers. It was the impression of this committee that the young man be selected. A recommendation, was made that Mr, Mahorton remain over until Wednesday whence the president was instructed to call a special meeting on that day to convene at ten o’clock. State Supt. L. N. Hines will deliver the commencement address at Fair Oaks on Wednesday night, April 21st Music for the occasion will come from Indianapolis. Fair Oaks is planning to give a program for this commencement that out does any school function that has been held in their building. Eleven grade pupils from various parts of Union township have enrolled there. They are Loretta Lockard, Alice Kiersma, Dean Zellers, Ivan Cedarwall, Lester Ogle, Agnes Cedarwall, Roy Gunyon, Ora Whited, Alva Whited, Hazel Lowman and Edith Sanders. _ . .. IThere were a number of the eighth grade applicants on ■ the diploma examination who passed. The highest general average was made by Joseph , L. Wuethnch of the Fairview school in Gillam township tonght by Alpha E. Kerlin. The second highest average was made by Alice Sayers of the Oak Grove school in Walker township taught by Betty Royster. The former made and average of 93.1 per cent and the latter 90.8 per cent. About 45 ■per cent of the applicants passed the examination in March free of conditions. The next examination will be held April 17th.