Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1885 — County Correspondence. [ARTICLE]

County Correspondence.

iFfiOAf WHEATFIELD CENTER. The buckwheat crop is ruined, by the recent frosts. • Threshers'are on the w&r path, and the yellow legged chickens have taken to the woods. ■ J. Mr. Humphrey, of Michigan, has been visiting his son. Etnra Adams is attending school at Hebron. .«f Mr. W. Sh’affher, from Kansas City, is visiting his family in Wheatfield. Ira Watson is staying with a friend in Kankakee township. Mrs. King has been visiting friends in Hebron. * i < ■ .Mr. Stimson is grading fdr a sidetrack at Devore, on the 1., I. & I. Mrs. Boothe has been visiting her old home in Lake county. • Mr. Lange has moved on the Guilin’s place. Mrs. Shaffner and Mrs. Baugher, took in the Exposition at Chicago, last week. Elmer Warren, a former resident or Wheatfield, wjll stay at Frank Waltons, the coming year. Mrs. Helmidk has gone ,to Tennessee on a visit. Sandy.

SCHOOL NOTES The School Board held their first monthly meeting, Monday evening, to hear the report of Superintendent lieubelt, and talk over matters in general, connected with the schools. The statistical part of the report for September, and compared with September, 188'4, is as follows: 1885 • 1884 Total Enrollment 334 312 No. Days Absent 134.75 164.2 Percentum of Attend’ce 97.3 96.68 Number of Pupils tardy 8 9 Number of Teachers tardy 0 * 1 Number of Visitors 16 15 Daily average of time lost by tardiness 4 7 minutes. The only member of the High School who was tardy during the nionth, was a teacher from the country. Miss Hill’s report of the High School compares favorably with that of last year: 1885 1884 Total Enrollment 71 66 Average No. belonging 66x 58x Per cent of Attendance 97x 96x No. neither absent nor tardy 42 31 M>ss Hill’s room is so full that the Board contemplate changing her pupils to the large room on the second floor. The teachers all like the Permew ill system of reporting, adopted by the Board, at Superintendent Reubelt’s suggestion. Parents and pupils should strive to lessen the number of cases of tardiness. The total enrollment for last Monday in the several departments were: Mjss Hester’s 50. Miss Yantis’ 7£L Miss Cox’s 53. Miss Pym’s 51. J. C. Reubelt’s 44. Miss Hill’s 63. Prof. Reubelt’s To\al £39. At the end of the term there will be a surprise in store for all of the pupils. They should all look well to deport ment, as well as lessons, so that the surprffie will be a pleasant one, to parents as well as pupils. Prof. Reybelt has ordered reviews, by the Senior class, in the Common School branches; taking one branch for two months, and then passing an examination. He wants the next graduating class to be able to pass the the necessary examination to obtain a license to teach. ♦ *