Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1919 — COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES [ARTICLE]

COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES

The Jasper county board of education met in the office of the county superintendent last (Monday. All trustees were present except Clifford Fairchild of Demotte. The board ruled that seventh grade pupils should not be allowed to take the eighth grade diploma examination. Last year seventh grade pupils were permitted to take this examination but the board were of the unanimous opinion that seventh grade pupils this year were not qualified for high school work, even if they wers able to pass the diploma examination. Fair Oaks commencement was set for Thursday, May i. The county, flower for the grades is ihe

pink carnation or tue same as was adopted last year. Kankakee township eighth grade commencement will be held at the homo of ThisDuggleby on Saturday, April •9 The Walker examination will be held at Walker Center. The Barkley examination will be held at Center. trustee Fairchild will hold his first eighth grade commencement at Demotte. Burdette Porter will hold *is examination at his office in Remington. Ay of the rest of the townships will come into Rensselaer for t'his examination. The Wheatfield town schools will close April 25. The Kankakee township schools will close May 2. Demotte schools will close near April 25. The afternoon was given to a lively discussion of the new road law. Trustees Postil, Porter, Bowie, Rush and Poole entered into a debate that emphasized every merit and demerit of the new road Mr. Bowie finally secured the floor with a motion that was in substance as follows: That the trustees stood as a unit ready to perform the duties of road supervisors provided they could act as they lhad under the old road law. After much, more hot discussion Mr. Porter asked to amend the motion by affixing that the trustees refuse appointment unless the county commissioners appointed all trustees to perfoirm the duties as road supervisor. This amendment was incorporated in iMr. Bowie’s original motion and seconded by Mr. Porter. Then the blue snnoke began to fly from all angles. Warren Poole moved to table this motion) and it was seconded by Mr. Rush. The subsidiary motion to table the principal motion failed. Then a pandemonium prevailed before the principal motion was brought to a vote. Trustees Rush, Porter, Bowie and Postil made pointed talks. Mr. Rush took the position that the trustees should continue as road supervisors under the old law by creating bills and doing the work without regard for the new law He maintained that he owed it to the tax payers of Newton township to discharge his duty in that manner and that he was willing to take all consequences in performing this duty even if in violation of the Irew road law. However, the board stood against Mr. Rush and held that the law must be obeyed as they understood it. The law has not been published and the only guide the trustees have is from Mr. Herndon and the. attorney general. They advise that trustees wind up the road business and turn it to the county commissioners. The primary intent of the motion was to show the county commissioners that the trustees were willing to discharge the duties of road supervisors under the provisions of the old law if the county commissioners saw fit to appoint them as .required under the hew The matter was finally brought

to a vote and the motion was sustained. The board adjourned then until next month when other matteirs of unusual importance will occupy their attention. This was the most spirited session of years and It is likely that this will break the ice for another session equally as spirited next tmonth. The board members are broadminded enough to not allow ill feelings to go out of the room. They have a friendly feeling toward each other that over' rides all that is said in board meetings. xx