Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1914 — Teachers and Faculty Hold “Experience” Meeting. [ARTICLE]

Teachers and Faculty Hold “Experience” Meeting.

The public school teachers and city school board held a general meeting Thursday evening in the high school auditorium. Most of the time was -taken up with reports by each teacher of their visits the Monday and Tuesday after Thanksgiving. These reports were very interesting as the teachers had visited a great number of different schools such as Chicago, Indianapolis, Hammond, Delphi, Logansport, Lafayette, Terre Haute, Wabash, Peru, Pendleton, etc. Brief talks were made by the members of the board and suggestions offered for the improvement of our schools. It was the general opinion of the teachers that of the schools visited, the Rensselaer schools are keeping pace with the new improvemtnts in education better than many of them. There is an excellent relation between teachers and school board and it was the feeling of all that we need a closer relation with the patrons. More people should come and visit the schools and get better acquainted with, the teachers. On February 12 and 19 there will be literary work to w'hich the public are invited, and then on Thursday, February 26, the public are earnestly requested to visit the Schools and seethe regular work. They are not asked to stay all day but only a part of the time. The idea is to get the people to come and see for themselves.