Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 February 1914 — Rensselaer Public Schools. [ARTICLE]

Rensselaer Public Schools.

The visiting day in the public Schools Thursday was a great success and was very much beyond the expectation of the teachers. People began coming a little after nine tn the morning and continued all day; some rooms having twenty and thirty at one session. Ushers were stationed in the different halls to conduct people to the different rooms and departments. Attempts were made to have each visit in the different rooms recorded but in the middle of the afternoon there were so many in the room that many names were missed. The registers showed four hunderd and twenty-five visits, which is perhaps about two-thirds of them. However of this number most people had two or more visits to their credit. One pleasing feature of the day was the fact that so many men came in, some for a few minutes, while others stayed longer. Another very gratifying feature was the statement that many were heard to say: “I am coming again and stay longer.” Everything considered it was a very profitable day for pupil, patron and teacher, apd it is the plan to make it an annual affair. The teachers and other school authorities great* ly appreciate the visits made and ■hope it will be the beginning of a closer relation between the home and the school.