New Orleans Republican., 1873-07-20
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.


| The beard me. pursuant to adjournment.
| Members present-Hon. William g.
| Brown, president; SuperintendeEts VIII
liams Stoddard. Loud. Keeting. Brewster
| and Boothby.
Minutes Of the last meeting approved.
Superintendent Loud, chairman OF the
| committee ON text books and school iurn1-
| :ure, la.de the following report:
OFFICE STATE BOARD OF ErUCA:-oS,
New Orleans July l9, 1913.
| Gentlemen Of the State Board Of Education:
The Helps TO School Management" pub
| iished BY Z. F. Hobert & Co.. presents so
| many new and attractive features that
your committee on text books and school
| ret uisites respectfully recommend that they
| be placed On The list Of text books adopted
| by the board for use in the schools OF the
| State.
Adopted.
Superintendent Brewster presented The
| following resolutions:
Resoircd. That. pending the legal pro
ceedings authorized bs the State board OF
| education for the establishment of the
| public school fund, which was 1nisappropri-
ated by act No. 81. Of the session OF 1872,
| the parish boards Of school directors
| throughout the State are requested not to
sell the warrants drawn against that fund
! at the low price to which they are reduced,
but to reserve said warrants until the ques-
| ton is decided by the courts or the act re-
| pealed by the Legislature.
Resctced. That the president OF the State
| Board Of Education be ana is hereby
| authorized and requested to obtain legal
| advice as TO the rights of the State in rela-
| ton 70 the female academy at Monroe,
| Ouachita parish, for the establishment OF
which the Legislature Of 1887 donated the
sum of $1,000. Also, that the same inquiry
! be made as to the Pine Grove academy, in
| Caldwell parish, and the information OBJ
tanned be reported at the mex. meeting Of
| this board.
Adopted.
At the request Of Superintendent Keet-
| ing, the board instructed the secretary to
record him as in favor of the Spencerian
system OF penmanship over that adopted
by the board.
The board instructed the eecretary, on
the recommendation Of Superintendent
Loud, to place on the adopted list Of text
hooks and school requisites. Spencer's
Writing Ruler.
The Recommendations of the special COM
mittee on an educational journal were
adopted, and September Of the present.
year designated for the publication Of the
first number of the Louisiana Guardian.
Superintendent Keeting presented for
confirmation the following named appoint
ments for school directors for the fourth
division:
Parish Of Caddo-E. J. Piggott, c. c.
Antoine. William Harper, S. A. Hamilton,
N. B. Holloway. e. w. Durant. Samuel
Peters, George L. Smith.
City Of Shreveport-C. G. Antoine, Will
liam Harper, John Boyd, S. A. Hamilton,
H. McClelland, q. l.. Smith. NJ. Al Walsh,
Samuel Peters, E. w. Durant, N. B. Hollo-
way. Patrick James, Fletcher Legardy.
James Heffner, H. G. Hall.
Appointments confirmed.
Superintendent Loud presented for con-
frmation the following appointments Of
school directors for the third division:
Parish Of st. Mary-Isaac Sutton.
Parish of Assumption-GeorgeW Washing
ton, Isaac Sawyer, o. B. Morgan, John Will
liams, Nathan Webster, Thomas Devine.
Parish Of East Eelicana-Octave Ray.
Appointments confirmed.
Superintendent Williams presented for
confirmation the following named appoint
ments Of school directors for the first dlyi-
sion:
Parish Of Tangipahoa-Elias George,
Warner Hall. Parker Lorlng. l.. Sanders.
Charles Daggs.
Appointments confirmed.
No further business being presented, the
secretary was instructed to read the min-
utes. which were approved.
On motion the board adjourned sine die.
M. G. COLE, Secretary.