Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1920 — COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES [ARTICLE]

COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES

Mary Norman Gourley, teacher at the Burr Oak school in Newton township, gave a betterment program last Wednesday afternoon. Most of the patrons attended and short talks were delivered by a number of them. Trustee Rush was present and gave a short talk also. The school gave a greater part of the program in the form of songs ana declamations. Opal Hafey, teacher at the Hartman school in Carpenter township, will give a bettermen program in connection with a box social one night next week. A general school conference will be held at McCoysburg on Friday night, December 17th. Miss Beatrice Tilton is the teacher at this place and will likely . give a box social after the betterment program is given. Miss Marie Harris, teacher at the Powell school in Newton township, will give a betterment program on Friday afternoon of this week. The Wheatfleld town schools, under the direction of SupL Thomas F. Mahan, gave an interesting betterment program last week. One of the members of the school board,

Mr*. Elizabeth Hilliard, spoke on one of the betterment subjects. Other speakers were Mlse Anna Hunslcker, Miaa Bernice Kennedy and Superintendent Mahan The Kankakee consolidated school at Tefft gave a community meeting and box social at the school building last Friday night, it was conceded to be a decided success. The box sons!' uetled the enormous sum of $13i.00. This Is one meaus of getting -the community’s estimate of their schools. Trustee Duggleby 1* very proud of the showing of Ibis community upon this occasion. Miss Addle Harris la the principal of this school.

A friendly school antagonism was felt at Demptte when the news came to light that the Kankakee consolidated school had made f 132. Many from Demotte attended the box social at Tefft and assisted In the financial success o t the social. A few nights later the Demotte school gave a similar social and eclipsed their friendly opponent by making 9136. Trustee Fairchild Is exceptionally proud of the showing at Demotte upon this occasion. Demotte school gave a pie social about ten days Before and netted S6O at that affair. Miss Margaret Marshall in the principal of the Demotte schools. No one can safely refute the school enthusiasm in these two communities. Splendid Interest Is being manifested among the Jasper county teachers In the Junior Red Cross movement, there being already 63 auxiliaries formed with a total membership of 1,474 pupils. If any teacher'ls still without application blanks or has failed to receive her supplies promptly she should notify Miss Helen Lamuon at Red Cross headquarters in Rensselaer. Most Schools in Jasper county will dismiss for one week for the Christmas holidays. The city and town schools will likely have two weeks’ vacation. The teachers of Jasper county are entitled to one delegate to a state convention which will meet for the purpose of drafting a new constitution for the Indiana Teachers’ association. This delegate will be se lected from the teachers —city, town or country—at a meeting called to meet at the high school auditorium on Saturday, December 18th. The meeting will be called to order at 2 p. m.

An educational conference will he held at McCoysburg on Friday night, December 17th. A school entertainment will either precede or supplement the speaking program. Miss Beatrice Tilton Is the teacher In charge of this portion of the evening’s doings. . „ . . Trustees Duggleby of Kankakee, Rush of Newton, Fairchild of Keener, Huff of Jordan, Parker of Hanging Grove, Bowie of Wheatfleld, ton of Uniqn, Davisson of Barkley and Pos till of Marion were callers at the office of the county superintendent last week. / Miss Marie Harris, teacher at the Powell school In Newton township, gave an interesting better schools program in her school last Friday afternoon. Several patrons manifested their interest In the school by their presence. Trustee Rush gave a talk that was pointed wherein he emphasized the importance of school sentiment. Supt. C. R. Dean of the Rensselaer schools was present and gave a reminiscent talk wherein he divulged that fifteen years ago he taught his first term in the Powell school. The speaking was Interspersed with-school numbers wherein they sang songs, gave declamations, read interesting better schools papers and recited the popular slogans new released among school children of the rural schools. A Thanksgiving and better schools program was prepared by Mrs. A. P. Huntington of the Oak Grove school in Walker township, but was postponed on account of the scarlet fever and whooping cough epidemics. Supt. L. D. Baker of the Remington schools has also been unable to put on a program on account of an epidemic of diphtheria. The Union school in Jordan township reoponed Monday after a tw<£ weeks’ closing on account of scarlet fever. There seems to be several cases of scarlet fever In that community yet. The Kniman schools are open again after a week of quarantine. Parents are urged to acquaint themselves with the symptoms of this disease so qs to detect It early in their own children. Sore throats, headaches, constipation, lifelessness, cold in head, flushed face, chilling and reacted warmth are a few of the symptoms mentioned by the state board-of health.