Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1919 — COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES. [ARTICLE]

COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES.

The Jasper county board of education mqt in regular session Monday, Nov. 3, with all members present except Davisson of Barkley, Porter of Carpenter and LaFever of Gillam. It was reported that Mr. LaFever’s absence was due to the serious illness pf his wife. The session was very interesting to trustees from the north, whose levies had been cut from four to thirty cents. Ths heaviest cut came from the town school corporation of Wheatfield, where it was reduced from $1.20 on the hundred to 90 cents. The township of Wheatfield was reduced 22 cents. Keener and Kankakee were both ravishly reduced. Rensselaer city was cut from 114 cents per hundred to 85. George Ferguson, of Wheatfield, attended the board meeting to look after the school interest In Wheatfield town. R. A. Hopkins, of Rensselaer city, came in at the eleventh find relief for the school city of Rensselaer. The following corporations, through their trustees, petitioned the state board of tax commissioners for relief: Wheatfield township, Wheatfield town, Kankakee township. Keener township, Walker township and Rensselaer city. Mr. Simms, president of the tax board, in conjunction with other members of the tax board, met the school men of the state in the house of representa- ; tives last Friday. Governor Goodrich sat in the honorary chair beside Mr. Simms. At this meeting •definite arrangements were made whereby grievances from any school corporation in the state would be heard on Monday and Tuesday for the purpose of redrafting the previously recommended levy. Auditor Hammond has his tax duplicate practically all made ready for the treasurer the first of January. This will necessitate clerical changing for every newly recommended levy should the state tax board recommend revisions for the relief asked in these petitions. The petitions will be heard Tuesday of this week. j The board then considered the rural conference that will be held in Rensselaer Thursday November 13th. ] All trustees will be present and a j large crowd is expected here that I day. It is very likely that the Gay- • ety will be used since all indications are that a large crowd will be in attendance to hear Superintendent Hines, Burris, Wetherow and Smith. Trustee Fairchild, of Keener town- ■ ship, has fitted his faculty with a very strong corps of teachers in the I high school and grades. All of his teachers in the grades have had at j least thirty-six weeks’ professional [training and three of his high school teachers are college or normal graduates. This fits DeMotte out with a teaching staff in harmony with its fine new building very recently completed. A Mr. Lloyd Jones, of Springfield, Mo., was employed by Mr. Fairchild last week. Mr. Jones is a degree man from Princeton. Miss Margaret Marshall, the princi- ■ pal, is a graduate of Leland Stan- ■ ford and Miss Addie Harris, is a graduate of our state normal school. > This gives variety to the faculty that is probably envied by schools of , DeMotte’s size in the state. Children in Keener township can obtain an education inferior to none in the county when under the daily cotact of teachers who have graduated from schools of that type. Paul Ashby, of Tefft, continues to guide the community ideals there in a way that is meriting him confi--1 dence. The parent-teachers’ organization has a genuine educational color under his guidance. Prof. A. C. Campbell, of Fair Oaks, has the school there moving along very nicely. Jtfr. Campbell “was handicapped for a while during the worry over the death of their infant child some time back. 'Every teacher in the Fair Oaks faculty has measured up to the requirements of the state board. The country schools have moved along with exceptional efficiency so fa rthis year. The spirit of su<h Cess and the determination not to fail among the teachers of their ■first year’s experience is very hopeful this year. The schools are doing a wonderful patriotic as well as educational service by purchasing war savings stamps. Jasper county stands well to the front, nearly doubling any of her ties. Frances Hibbs, of Union township, wa scompelled to resign her school at Center on account of her need in her own home. Miss Hibbs was teaching a very good school and it was a great disappointment to her to resign.