Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 289, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1920 — COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES. [ARTICLE]

COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES.

1 Mary Noftnan Gourley, teacher at the Burr Oak school in Newton i township, gave a betterment program fast Wednesday afternoon. • Most of the patrons attended and 1 short talks were delivered by a number of them. Trustee Rush was present and gave a short, talk also. The school gave a greater part of the program in the form of songs and declamations. Opal Hafey, teacher at the Hartman school in Carpenter township, will give a betterment program in connection with a box social one night next week. A general school conference will be held at McCoysburg on Friday night of December 17th. Miss Beatrice Tilton is the teacher at this place and will likely give a box social after the betterment program is given. Miss Marie Harris, teacher at the Powell school in Newton township, will give a betterment program on Friday afternoon of this week.

The Wheatfield town schools under the direction of Supt, Thomae F. Mahan, gave an interesting betternfent program last week. One of the members of the school board, Mrs. Elizabeth Hilliard, spoke on one of the betterment subjects. Other speakers were Miss Anna Hunsicker, Miss Bernice Kennedy and Supt. Mahan. The Kankakee Consolidated schoos at Tefft gave a community meeting and box social at the school building last Friday night. It was conceded to be a decided success. The box social netted the enormous sum of $132.00. This is one means of getting the community’s estimate of their schools. Trustee Duggleby is very proud of the showing of this community upon this occasion. Miss Addie Harris is the principal in this school.

A friendly school antagonism was felt at DeMotte when the news came to light that Kankakee Consolidated had made $132.00. Many from DeMotte attended the box social at Tefft and assisted in the financial success of the social. A few nights later the DeMotte school gave a similar social and eclipsed their friendly opponent by making $135.00. Trustee Fairchild is exceptiorially proud of the showing at DeMotte upon this occasion. DeMotte school gave a pie social about ten days before and netted $60.00 at that affair. Miss Margaret Marshall is the principal of the DeMotte schools. No one can safely refute the school enthusiasm in these two communities.

Splendid interest is being manifested among the Jasper county teachers in the Junior Red Cross movement, there being already 53 auxiliaries formed with a total membership of 1474 pupils. If any teacher is still without application, blanks or has failed to receive her supplies promptly she should notify

Mias Helen Lamson at Red Cross headquarters in Rensselaer. Most Schools in Jasper county WUI dismiss for one week for the Christmas holidays. The city and town schopls will likely have two weeks. The teachers of Jasper county are entitled to one delegate to a state convention which will meet for the purpose of drafting a new constitution for the Indiana Teachers’ Association. This delegate will be selected from the teachers —city, town and country—at a meeting called to meet at the high school auditorium on Saturday, December 18th. The meeting will be called to order at 2 p. m.