Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 79, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 January 1919 — COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES [ARTICLE]

COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES

The influenza situation has made slight improvement during the lasi week. Several schools will open today (Monday) after a eecond forced closing. Many schools ex tended the vacation so that the endemic could spend itself during that period. Pleasant Grove, In4®pendence and Gifford are etil! dosed in Barkley township. Miss Nellie Johnstone, who has been

teaching at Independence in Barkley has been very sick. She will not be able to resume her work for a week yet at least. Miss Dorothy Boyle who has been teaching at Center in Wheatfield township has been reported sick with the influenza. Mildred Rush, teacher at Center in Barkley township, has been sick with influenza at the home of her parents in Newton township. Irene McAleer, teacher at Queen City in Milroy township, will reopen that school today. Esther Sage of the Union school in Jordan is still unable to get into the work. Miss Zona Dillon has been attempting to teach the Eighth grade during the enforced closing of Union school but has been compelled to dispense with this much work now. Miss Lural Anderson of Fair Daks is progressing very nicely with her case of the flu. She is staying at the Abell h<>m£ in Fair Oaks. Cecile Jordan of Parr schools is able to resume her teaching again. Elizabeth Yeoman will reopen Aix school in Union today; • A Mr. Allen has been secured to teach the remaining portion of the term at Denwtte. Mr. Llewellyn resigned there last week. Miss Frances Davis of Demotte has been substituting at the Gleason school in Keener township until a regularly licensed teacher could be gotten. Earl Foulks of Milroy has been substituting in Barkley township for a week or so. Schools reopened at Fair Oaks today. Institute was held at Fair Oaks last Saturday. The fourth township institute in Jordan met at Egypt with a full attendance. Miss Dot Porter and Miss Ada Huff of Marion township attended the entire session. Trustee Kolhoff and son were present, also. The next Jordan township institute will be held at Blake on January eleventh. The teachers and trustees are beng burdened and embarrassed with he oily tongued book sellers. This s the season of nil seasons and he year of all years when they •'tten upon the weakness of the ashful teacher. The beginners are he special prey of these cunning Hkers. Teachers must develop n ough home-made stamina to get •d of these pests. They will troule you as long as there is a pros'nct of forcing a sole. When one ■* these solicitors appears at your ■'hool wearing one of those vast "bstantial smiles and goody-gobdv '’■ins, kindly direct him or her ’own the road towards Rensselaer nd your countv superintendent. !♦ a likely that the book agent wiV e in an adjoining county when enrd of again. The County Board of Education "ill meet next Monday. This will ■e the first meeting of the new hoard. *