Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1917 — NOTES FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL [ARTICLE]

NOTES FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL

The school savings bank is growing. The following deposits have been made so far by the grade pupils: Fourth grade, $4.03, deposited by 25 pupils; fifth, $9.27, deposited by 34 pupils; sixth, $2.05, deposited by 14 pupils; seventh, $5.21, deposited by 20 pupils; eighth, $9.62, deposited by 7 pupils. This makes a total o' $30.18. . The students o.f the bookkeeping class have finished a month of preliminary work and are taking up the actual business practice. The shorthand class is progress- •» ... ■ ■ I . • ■ ■ . -4.ing rapidly. By the second semester the members are expected to be far enough advanced to act as private secretaries for the teachers. The freshman and advanced algebra classes have been doing hurdles this week. The hurdle system was introduced last year from the Indianapolis schools. This system is so called because each test must be passed perfectly (jumped), before the next can be taken.