Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1920 — COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES [ARTICLE]

COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES

The Jasper county board of education met in regular session last Monday All trustees were in attendance except Julius Huff of Jordan township, who attended the funeral of his foster mother at Francesvllle. The board voted unanimously to hold a county Institute at the high school auditorium in Rensselaer on Saturday, December ISth. This day will count for one of the regular town ship institutes. Each school will bring from one to five specimens of superior work to be exhibited at the audi- j torium on that day. Patrons and friends of education are expected in large attendance. Each teacher was requested to give a cordial invitation to the parents of children represented in her school. The program for tjie day will be filled with speaking, songs, declamations, etc., etc. A township educational conference will be held for Hanging Grove township at McCoysburg on Friday night, December 17th, at 8 o’clock. A box social will follow the conference of speaking, which will last about an hour before the boxes are sold. Trustee Parker reports that a large number of interested patrons and y°ung people will be in attendance. The evening’s doings is designed to meet the needs of elderly persons as well as young people. . The Union school in Jordan township were unable to open last week, as announced through the notes. Trustee Huff decided that another week’s quarantine would be better than to reopen the school. family represented in the school took down late Sunday and led to the change of orders. Patrons again and again are very urgently requested to safeguard the schools and families bv keeping a close watch over their children! The schools at Kniman were running again, but'the primary teacher, Miss Bernice Myers, is on th Practically all of the township schools will be closed for two weeks Christmas vacation.