Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1914 — Jasper County School Enumeration. [ARTICLE]

Jasper County School Enumeration.

The Jasper county school enumera- j tion shows a net gain in pupils of. school age. over last year of 23.1 Barkley tp. shows the greatest gain, 54, caused by the influx of people to the Gifford district this“year, while the greatest loss, 20, is in Walker,: which last year showed the greatest gain, 31. There is but one colored pupil enumerated, and this one is in Rensselaer, but there are several other colored children in Rensselaer' who will soon be of school age. There are 120 more males than! females in the county of school age.; Marion leading with 75 more boys' than girls. The males exceed the females in Barkley, Gillam, Hanging Grove, Jordan, Keener, Marion. Milroy townships and Wheatfield; town. Carpenter, Kankakee, Newton, Walker and .Wheatfield townships and Remington and Rensselaer have more girls than boys, Remington leading witlu.4l, to Rensselaer's 22. Last year Wheatfield had 101 more girls than boys, but this year it-has three less. All the towns Low a gain over fast year—Remington, 3; Rensselaer, j 7; Wheatfield, 5. The following tabulated report will be oi interest to readers in general:

Corporation

I Loss Cain —J Total Female Male

Barkley ..213 220 463 51 Carpenter J. ..130 143 273 12 Gillam 133 101 234 12 Hanging Grove 81 47 128 17 Jordan 97 83 180 10 Kankakeq .... 65 68 133 Keener 139 104 243 9 Marion ........207 128 335 3 Milroy 70 52 122 19 Newton 77 93 170 5 Union ........ 216 208 424 28 Walker . . . .144 165 309 20 Wheatfield .... 83 939 176 9 Remington, t’n 136 177 313 " 3 Wheat! Id, town 58 55 113 5 Rensselaer, city 292 314 607 - 7 Totals ......2171 2051 4223 118 95