Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1919 — COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES [ARTICLE]

COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES

The June teachers’ examination was held in the high school auditorium last Saturday. There were twenty-five applicants who wrote. There were eighteen applicants for state license —three for Newton county license and four for Jasper county license. This is the best record on record in Jasper county for years prior. It shows that the teachers are treating the examinations as a day of educational recreaction. The fact that 72% of the applicants were state applicants is the fact that is most promising. Another Important indication of growth is that 36% of the applicants who wrote for state licenses were teachers who were in the profession prior to 1908. The teaching force in Jasper county is growing exceptionally efficient this year owing to the number who are in colleges and normal schools this summer. The trustees of Jasper county are rewarding the teachers for their extra efforts by advancing their salaries very materially. There are a number of trustees paying as high as |lO5 per month to teachers who are to handle difficult schools next winter. Men are very scarce in the teaching profession. These wages are attractive to women but not for men even at those high offers. So far there is little hopes of securing men but the following townships have been able to get men as follows: Kankakee 1, Wheatfield township 2, Keener 1, Union 2, Barkley 0, Gillam 0, Hanging Grove 0, Marlon 1, Newton 0, Jordan 0, Milroy 0, Carpenter 0, Walker 0. It can be seen that to date there are 7 men who have promised to teach in the township schools of Jasper county. One of the most vitalizing Influences upon Jasper county schools .will occur when the women obtain the right to suffrage when the special session of the legislature meets this fall. Women then can Impart notions of responsible citizenship to the young since they must educate themselves for that newly

given responsibility. As it now is Jasper county is in danger of becoming effeminate. Voting will reduce that danger very materially.