Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1918 — WILL PETITION SCHOOL BOARD [ARTICLE]

WILL PETITION SCHOOL BOARD

To Discontinue Teaching German in the Public Schools. At a meeting of the Knights of Pythias Tuesday night a committee consisting of C. M. Sands, C. Arthur Teuter and C. -C. Warner, was appointed to prepare resolutions and present to the Rensselaer school board asking that the teaching of German in the public schools of this city be discontinued at once. In order to make the request as effective as possible a petition embodying these resolutions was drawn up and may be signed by anyone so desiring, and this petition may now be found at the office of C. M- Sands. Any move toward abolishing the teaching of German will no doubt have the approval of the student body. Twice in the last week some parties have entered the high school building during the night and made away with the German books. While the spirit that prompted the act may have been good, yet the method adopted must be condemned.