Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1919 — COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES [ARTICLE]

COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES

State High School Inspector E. B. Wetherow examined the—Fair Oaks school last Friday. The inspector was very favorably Impressed with the work done and the unusual interest manifested by the citizens of the school through their donations' of .books, piano, domestic science equipment, etc., etc. This expression of interest meant a proper rural school spirit. The domestic science displayal, the manual training exhibit, the excellent dinner so quickly and elegantly prepared by the domestic science girls, etc., made an impression upon the distinguished visitor as was voiced in ii fine address he made before the high school after dinner. The friends of the Fait Oaks school will be properly rewarded for their heretofore persona} sacrifice- Mr. Wetherow stated that he would recommend a commissfon for the school at ths next meeting of the state boara ot education. This commission gives the graduates from this* school the same standing as graduates are accorded from other commissioned sehools in the state. Fair Oaks is now on the school maip and It nas gotten there by the combined efforts of patrons, teachers and pupils. No community of school workers is mpre pleased to learn of the fruits of genuine righteous co-oper-ation than the good school workers of Fair Oaks and vicinity. Mr. Weatherow will inspect the schools at Demotte, Wheatfleld and Tefft within a few weeks. He will find the same sort of school forces operating with the same sort of school enthusiasm as he found at Fair Oaks. The co-operative school forces in Jasper county—teachers, parents and pupils—deserve commendations in every school district in the county. (Patrons in various communities have questioned the use many of our teachers are making of the victrolas. They are arraigning the teachers for stimulating dancing in the school rooms at recesses and noons. Teachers must not abuse the use of these wonderful assets of the schools. Some parents do not object to dancing but some do. It would express saner judgment upon the part of the teacher to use the victrola specifically for Its /purpose in the school room. The dancifig should not be tolerated with an apparent 100 % acquiescence of any community. The following corporations dismissed the schools throughout on Nov. 11: Marion, (Barkley, Newton, (Hanging Grove, Jordan, Carpenter. All schools that remained in session gave appropriate recognition by a program to commemorate this greatest of all world dates. The schools of Jasper county are to be congratulated upoii the attention they gave to “Americanization day.” These exercises stimulate the communities to increased loyalty and are a very excellent means of measuring the true worth of e teacher as a leader in a community. The teachers from the- Demotte town schools were in attendance at the rural educational conference last Thursday. Those (here were Misses Margaret Marshall, Addle Harris; Marie Nevill, Margaret

Delahanty, Grace Knapp and Charity Wolff and James Jones. Prof. Paul W. Ashby of Tefft and Prof. A. C. Campbell of Fair Oaks were present most of the day also. Prof. Ashby was selected to report for The Democrat and Republican that day. Township institutes were held at McCoysburg for Hanging Grove, at Rensselaer for Itfarion and Newton, at Fair Oaks for Union, at Center in ißarkley last Saturday. Trustee Charles W. Postill of Marion tovpnship was elected president of» the Tenth congressional district to promote rural education at the district conference. Trustee Postill was the unanimous choice of the nominating committee and was unanimously elected when tne committee’s recommendations were referred to the general conference. Jasper county will be the nucleus of this great movement and Mr. Postill will soon he launching a speaking program in school auditoriums where the rural folks will be stimulated through latent information presented by himself and co-speakers. What is wanted is a response by rural attendance wherever these meetings are staged by all patrons of our schools and friends of education. The first meeting has been arranged to be held in Union township at Fair Oaks Monday afternoon, Dec. 1. All good citizens are very earnestly solicited to be there.

Federal Judge Carpenter of Chicago handed down a decision Monday on the, war-time prohibition enforcement act, holding same constitutional. This was a severe blow to the liquor men who had confidently expected that the lid would be lifted and they could dispose of the holdings on hand. It was also a sickening jolt to the thirsty ones whose reserve supply had become exhausted or was running dangerously low. ’ • Fire, thought to have resulted from a defective flue, destroyed the Monon railroad station at Kirklin last Thursday night, causing a loss of imore than $6,000. The flames gained considerable headway before they were discovered, and it was possible to save only a small part of the railroad company’s records. Damage to the station building is estimated at $6,000. Freight and express shipments, valued at more than SI,OOO, also were destroyed. This is the third Monon station there t 6 be destroyed by fire in 19 years.