Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1897 — After the Truants. [ARTICLE]

After the Truants.

Acting under the instruction of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, County Truancy Officer J. P. Hammond is now actively enforcing the new compulsory education law. He finds that here in Jasper county, as well as through the state generally, the law is largely enforcing itself, and that people are sending their children to school of their own motion, rather than to take ohances on being prosecuted for failure to do so. So far Mr. Hammond has made three personal visits and started children to school who were not attending. One of these visits was to Gillaru township and two to Jordan. In one of these cases the parents were exercising the time honored practice of keeping all their children out of school because one cf them got thrashed. Mr. Hammond has also been notified of cases of truancy in Remington, Wheatfield and Milroy. He has notified the parents to send the children to school, and on their failure to do so will make personal visits and take what further action that may bo necessary.