Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1918 — COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES [ARTICLE]

COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES

l Miss Clyde Duncan, teacher at Pleasant Grove in Barkley township, has an enrollment of twenty-two pupils. Supt. Sterrett visited this school a few days back and noted that an invoice had been taken of the amount of Liberty Bonds, War Savings Stamps and Thrift Stamps held by the pupils of that school. The invoice read as folio >7B: Liberty Bonds, Clyde Schreiner, SSO; *Mary Markin, $150; Hattie Moore, <100; Hazel Moore, $100; William Moore, SIOO. Grand total, SSOO. There was a long list of pupils holding War Savings Stamps. The aggregate holdings was $145. They also had $1.25 in Thrift Stamps. !supt. Sterrett made inquiries at 'several schools and learned that | there was much bond holdings of war salving securities in all of the schools. Teachers will kindly send in reports from their schools for publication. Miss Duncan feels that she has the banner school in the county. The teachers are doing a wonderful work towards i stimulating the purchase of war I securities.

Every school is arranging to get the nuts for the government. South Lawn in Barkley hulls walnuts at 'noons and intermissions. Miss Rosabelle Daugherty is teaching that school. They gather the walnuts in sacks and bring them to the school to tramp out at noon and recesses: This was also going on at the Parker school in Hanging Grove township where Miss Gladys McGlynn is teaching. There is a genuine patriotic sentiment in every school that is headed by the teacher and results are coming from this. Carpenter township will select a “Nut Gathering Day” and all schools will spend the greater part of a day gathering nuts for the government. All schools are singing patriotic songs, ! repeating pledges to our Flag, salutes, etc. It seems to be the ' watchword of every boy and girl ’“Help Our Soldier and Sailor Boys.” Most teachers have war maps and the positions of the armies are posted for morning exercises