Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1875 — Where Shall I Go to School? [ARTICLE]

Where Shall I Go to School?

To many persons is this a serious question. For, having obtained all the education they can at the district school, it becomes necessary for them to choose one out of the many schools urging their claims to public patronage. It is suggested to such persons that a thorough, graded, public school is the best for their purpose; because there is a wide gap between the instruction afforded in our district schools and that in our -colleges, which must be filled up before you can become a successful student in the college.

The instruction in our district schools is necessarily elementary and very defective, while our colleges take it for granted that it is advanced and thorough. Thus most persons unust go to a Union Graded School or to an academy before they are prepared to enter college. Of the two, the union school is the best, because it affords a better classification and has fewer pupils to the teacher, so that the work is mos% personal and practical. To all who wish a practical business education, to prepare for college, or to teach, the Rensselaer Union School affords excellent facilities. and at a reasonable price. Its doors are open to all who desire lo avail themselves of its advantages, whether they are residents of Jasper or of adjoining counties. The idea jhat foreign pupils will not be received this ye»r is a piistsikCa £