Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 234, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1920 — COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES. [ARTICLE]

COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES.

State Supt L. N. Hines mailed state licenses to the following a few days back: Adele Gwin, Rensselaer; Helen Leatherman, Rensselaer; Hazel B. Gray, Rensselaer. The state license record shows the greatest number of state licensed teachers in Jasper county since the present incumbent became county superintendent Usually the teach ters without experience hold a comity license only. But the situation is even different this year among this class of teachers. Many of them hold a state license now to supplement an already made county license. One holds three sets of one-year licenses. Scholarship is an important factor in teaching a successful school and this factor seems to be far better cared for this year than years prior. I : ' . The schools are all running very smoothly so far this year. Every school in the county is running at present.' The teaching corps has been reduced to about 125 teachers in Jasper county, including Rensse-, laer, Remington and Wheatfield, Kankakee township is wholly consolidated; Keener has but one district school left; Marion has two large consolidated schools, thus completing consolidation in that, township. This principle will result in a great redaction of teaching numbers in another year. Barkley township is making great preparations to erect two buildings as was planned last year. - But instead of three roomed buildings Trustee Davisson has convinced him-, self that economy and efficiency can best. be gotten, from, four' roonmd structures. He has been -in Pa rhe county examining the school build-' ings there and is now ready to start the work early in the spring. The new wage law will compel trustees to consolidate since it is too expensive to maintain the one roomed schools ’any longer. It is a matter that tax payers cannot afford except in a few townships in Jesper county. Trustee Charles Postill of Marion township is planning a dedication program at North Marion Consolidated at some time within a few weeks. It is hoped that the program will attract every patron in the township whpse tax contributions have been uggd in erecting the 1 grand edific«?'~wfEnin two- miles of tile city of Rensselaer. School is progressing very nicely in this building already. Oka Pancoast, Kathryn Chamberlain and Katherine Shields are the three teachers who.

are piloting thia school this year. The Marion-Newton township institute was postponed until Saturday, Oct. 2nd on account of the funeral of the mother of Katherine Shields. A joint institute whs held at McCoysburg between Hanging Grove and Milroy last Saturday. Barkley township held- its institute at Center last Saturday. Jordan township institute was held at Egypt last Saturday. Attention is being given to practical problems that confront the teachers first. Then the regular work as outlined is taken up. Work permits can be issued by township trustees and presidents of school corporations to children who have completed the fifth grade and are between theages of .14 and 16 inclusively. These permits are temporary. They do not extend over the entire year. Any person who knows the age and absence of a child from' school can report to the Attendance officer, who is then rejuired to investigate the situation iccording to law. The school hack cannot be comjelled to come to the door for chiliren. Children can be compelled to walk a reasonable distance and :ourts have held that a reasonable distance is the distance from the home to the abandoned or discontinued school house measured in a different direction from the home. . Mafty distorted notions are gotten about the transportation law. .. A trustee has a bundle of autocratic power conferred upon him by statute. Alice Myers of a former teacher in Walker township, was married last week to a young man by the name of Hurley. - Esther Wiseman of Virgie, a former teacher at Fair Oaks, was married to Glen Baker last week. Hardly, a month passes that some young man invades the teaching profession and takes one of its efficient workers. However, congratulations are due to these young meh who possess unusual tact in making such a capa ‘ . . . -- » Tufc* *