Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 April 1920 — COUNTY EDUCATIONA LNOTES. [ARTICLE]

COUNTY EDUCATIONA LNOTES.

A few weeks ago a circular letter Was sent out from the office of county superintendent requesting the teachers of Jasper county to impart a reciprocated lesson of friendliness that should exist between the school children of America and France. The county superintendent was made chairman of the movement in Jasper county. Schools were urged to spend a quarter of a day in giving a program to emphasize the reasons why we Americans should appreciate France. The response from our patriotic teaching body has been wonderful. They emphasized the lesson of reciprocated friendship by , programs, talks, etc., etc., and then requested each pupil to contribute between one cent and a dime to the Marne Memorial fund. This fund is to be used toward erecting a memorial shaft at the point where the German army came nearest Paris. Here 50,000 brave men died in behalf of French liberty. In 1879 the schools of France took up a similar contribution and erected the Statue of Liberty on Bedloe Island at the entrance to New York harbor. Now American children are in a position to do for France what France did for America in 1879. A full list of every boy and girl who contributes is sent in with each collection from each school or room. On April 15 the collections will be mailed to Indianapolis by the county superintendent. Jasper county’s minimum quota was S4O. But there has been contributed to date $82.02. This means a little over 200 per cent contribution to date with a number of schools to contribute yet. The largest sihgle contribution came from the city schools of Rensselaer with $25.60. The next highest came from De Motte with $9.21 and Wheatfield town school SB.IB. Contributions from the single rooms are ranging from 15 cents up to $1.25. Remington schools have not reported to date. There are a few country schools to report yet. Contributions will be received until April 15th. x Charles M. Blue is finishing a term end out for Ernest Shultz who was teaching at Gifford. Mr. Shultz resigned to enter Danville school where he will get more professional training to properly teach in the schools of Winamac where he has been employed as a special music teacher. The young man taught a very successful term at

Gifford last winter. 1 The records in the office of county superintendent shows that the following pupils passed the eighth grade diploma examination; Barkley—Minnie Cavender, Samuel E. Smith, Ronald Adams, Ralph Macy, Laura M. Hurley, Martha Stanley, Wayne Comer, Harold Nuss, Edna Axen, Reed Pinnell, Nellis E. Rees, Viola Wolfe. Carpenter—Daniel HartsOck. Gillam —'Rolland Johnson, Andrew Houston, Christian H. Wuethrick, Henry Ludeman, Esther Culp, Mable M. Harper, Nellie Lidgard, Jas. Budd, Albert C. Rayburn, Claria Shea, Joseph L. Wuethrick, Ora Edward Culp. Hanging Grove, Sara Bolinger, Lawrence Snedeker, Marie Bailey. Jordan—Golda Fleming, Harold Kellner, Emmet Cain, Francis Brown, Lester Wortley. Marion—Robert E. Mayhew, Bessie Kendall, Theodore Johnson, SoShia .B. Clark, Lawrence Kendall, 'eneth Spencer. Newton, Nellie Bare, William O. Hilcher, Charles Waling. Union —Roy Gunyon, Dean Zellers, Ivan Cedarwall. Walker—Alice Sayers, Inabelle Williams, Robert Shultz, Vincent Stalbaum. Joseph L. Wuethrick of Gillam and Alice Sayers of Walker made firat and second highest averages in the county. The next examination will be held April 17th. Those who were conditioned on the March examination should see their trustees about the place of holding this examination.