Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 120, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1920 — COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES. [ARTICLE]

COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES.

The last enoumeration report waa received from Wheatfield - town on May 14. This report enabled the papers to obtain authentic figures relative to the enumeration" of school children in Jasper county for the school year of 1920-21. It will be discovered that there was a decided loss in aH corporation* except Union, Barkley, Rensselaer City. Jordan and Hanging Grove have the same for 1918 as for 1920. The enumeration for the entire county gives a total of 3y--925. Last year the total was 4,037. This gives a total loss of 112 from the enumeration sheet. There are many factors that explain away his deficit. A number of our townships have a transient population who emigrate to other coupties and states about March Ist of each year. The conducive wages offered in the cities has depopulated many of the thriving truck settlements in Barkley, Keener, Wheatfield and Walker townships. There seems to be a general exodus of young men and women to the wage centers and they marry there thus _ Tendering their names to the ineligible list. The city of Rensselaer increased 21 over last year which is but a mild application of principle that seems so be aggravating the entire industrial framework today. The last eighth grade diploma examination was held last Saturday. Frank Hartsock ‘ from Carpenter, Kenneth Davisson from Baricley, Lillian Kruse, Clarol Neea and Wtfliam Phegley of Marion township were the only applicants who wrote. There were about thirty who could have written. It is possible that these have decided to remainin the eighth grade another year. 'Dus is not a losing matter for a number of our applicants for high school privileges. A thorough knowledge of the grade work will often make it possible for a pupil who has gone over the eighth grade twice to gam time in the high school on account of the grade strength. > Kankakee, Union, Wheatfield, and Keener townships have held their commencements already this y** r - Hanging Grove and Milroy townships wiH hold a joint commencement at Milroy church on Saturday evening, June 19th. There is alway a much larger crowd of interested school patrons than can be accommodated. Keener township had a crowd of 340 .P«ople* The regular annual eighth commencement exercises of Milroy and Hanging Grove townships win be held on Saturday, June 19, 1920, at Milroy Church, at eight o clock P ' Class RoH, Milroy Township— Sophia BeHe Clark, Pearl Johnson, Theodore Johnson, Bessie Kendall, Lawrence Kendall, Kenneth Spencer. Trustee—Charte Wood. Valedictorian—Theodore Johnson. Teachers — Cain, Lillian , Class Roll, Hanging, Urove—Sara .Bollinger, Marie Bailey, “*“”*;* Hague, George Swing, Lawrence Snedeker. _ . =- Trustee—Warren Poole. _ Valedictorian-Mane Bailey. Hazel Miller, Beatrice Tflton. County Superintendent— M. L. Sterrett. ■ Program. Processional. Invocation. Music _ _ „ _ Class Address -L. H. Hamilton Violin Duet - --- - -isyinr, Karnosky, Morgan Sterrett, ; |HK Presentation ofCWes Presentation of. Diplomas Trustees Pool and Wood