Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1917 — MONNETT SCHOOL BANQUET [ARTICLE]

MONNETT SCHOOL BANQUET

A Very Enjoyable Affair and Interesting Program W’as Given. . About 100 Rensselaer men and women attended the Monnett school banquet at the Presbyterian church Monday night and enjoyed the splendid dinner served by the Presbyterian ladies as well as the talk by Mrs. Juliet V. Strouse of Rockville’, Indiana, who has gained considerable literary fame through her writing for several years in the Indianapolis News under the name of “The Country Contributor’’ and also through her regular contributions to the Ladles* Home Journal. Mrs. Strouse owes a her literary success to the fact that she writes about home topice, home life and woman’s work. She is strictly feminine, has a pleasing voice and manner, and she was listened to with rapt attention during her entire talk—and it was a talk more than dn address that she gave. -Mrs. Strouse Is the wife of Isaac R. Strouse, editor of the Rockville Tribune, the Democratic organ of Parke county.

The girls of the Monnett school also entertained th© banqueters with a song or two and made a very favorable impression as Indicating the careful training and splendid work being done at the school under the superintendence of Miss AlVerta Simpson. Gordon Taylor, a 11-year-old lad of Lafayette, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Taylor, entertained the banqueters with several songs. This lad has a beautiful voice and is one of the sweetest singers ever bear'd in Rensselaer. He was encored time and again and practically closed the evening’s entertainment with a song just before leaving with his mother to return on the 11:10 train for Lafayette.

Dr. Switzer introduced Mr. J. M. Davis of Lafayette at tije close of the program and the latter made a few brief remarks on co-opera-tion in the plan to raise |25,000 here this week in the campaign for a greater Monnett school, which campaign started yesterday noon with a luncheon to the field workers and assistants at the headquarters room in the K. of F. building, at which the plans were fully explained. Dr. Switzer and Mr. Davis are to have charge of this campaign and witn the aid of their assistants hope to raise the amount required of Rensselaer within the next few days.