Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 82, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1912 — Attendance Fourth Month of Rural Schools. [ARTICLE]

Attendance Fourth Month of Rural Schools.

Supt. Lamson has just finished compiling the report of the fourth month attendance in the country schools. He finds the banner school in the county to be that of Jennie Eib, with an average attendance of 98.2 per cent. Gilliam tp. had the banner attendance for the first two month®, but lost out to Hanging oirove on the third month. ’i ms month Guiam again wins back first place with an average attendance of 94.74 per cent, while Hanging Grove Is a close second with an average attendance of 94.6 per cent. The lowest township this month was Wheatfield an average attendance of only 86.5 per c-ept. The banner schools in the different townships were as follows: Barkley, [Jennie Eib................98.2 Carpenter, Maude Rader. 97.9 Gillam, Mary Easley .95.75 Hanging Grove, ( Louise Strantz. .96.9 Jordan, Flora Kah1er,..............97.36 Kankakee. Nellie 8ta1baum........96.8 Keener, Ot'to 5ehwanke,...........96.8 Marion, Leah Knox-Hoover ....96.4 Milroy, Mary Jacks 95.7 Newton, LaVera Lee..... ....97.7 Union, Angie Zink.....,...,,., 97.6 Walker, Virgil Todd .....96.4 Wheatfield, { June Jessup.. ....89.09 In Jordan tp., there was a. narrow matgin between the attendance of George Sage, 97.361 per cent., and Flora Kahler, 97.368 per cent. The total days missed in the county this month is 2,671 as against 1,782 last month. This extra absence was doubtless caused by the cold weather. The teachers are to be complimented on the promptness with which they send in their reports this month.