Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 February 1903 — SCHOOL NOTES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SCHOOL NOTES

Items ol Interest Regarding the Rensselaer Public Schools

Marion Pierson, after a week’s absence from school, is back in his classes. It will be remembered that in the spring that the high schools of Goodland, Fowler, Remington, Monticello and Rensselaer will hold an athletic and oratorical contest. This year in our schools preparation is being begun earlier. Each class has already selected from three to five orators. Each class will hold a preliminary contest and then there will be a public contest between those who won in the class contests. Interest in that kind of work is growing and we will make a good fight for a cup this year. A meeting of the executive committee of the Northwestern Athletic and Oratorical Association will be held at Monticello, Feb. 14, to arrange the time and place for the “meet.” Last Saturday some eight or ten men put a floor in the garret of the new school building. Wallace Bros, maintain that this floor will solve the heat problem in that building. They put in the floor at their expense, but if it does solve the heating problem, then the school board is to pay Wallace Bros, for flooring the garret. The high school girls’ basket ball team will play the Monon girls’ team next Saturday evening at Monon. The(ftrlS have been practicing faithfully for the last two weeks and will be in fairly good shape for the game, though their endurance will not be the best, owing to the short time they have been training. The Monon team has been playing all winter. The line-up of the Rensselaer team is as follows: Alice Drake, capt. i ~ ■> Lola Clift ? } Guards Frances Eiglesbach 1 ~ , Irma Orosscup j Centres Mary Wright ) Josie Porter [-Forwards Madge Beam J Mr. Rizer, a student of Indiana University, will referee the game.