Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1878-02-23

the call of the President.
MEMBERS PRESENT: j. Gentil,
President; r. Numa Martin, A. w.
Thompson, Telcsphore Dugas and
j. l.. Gaudet.
ABSENT d. T. Bourgeois, Mar
celin Tircuit AMI DR.. o. Gaudet.
On motion OF j. J.. Gaudet the
minutes Of the previous meeting
were amended so as to include the
two following resolutions:
LIST. Resolved that-the Parish of
st. James shall be composed of Une
School District and that the funds
derived from State and Parish tax.
alton shall be placed to the credit
OF said District, and
End. Resolved that the resolution
of this Board relating to the adop.
tion Of Il series of text books, adopt
cd ut its session held OIL the lat Of
December 1877, DC and the same is
hereby repealed, and that the text
books selected by the State Board
Of Education, or such Of these as
maybe more suitable to the Edu-
cational interests Of this Parisl, be
and the same are hereby adopted.
The following resignation OF l.. p.
Iabartl,e was then read;
st. james Parish, La, Jan. Goth. 1878.
10 the President and Members of tie
School Board of st. James:
Gentlemen,
J respectfully solicit of you to accept
this my resignation as School Teacher of
the LIST ward, hope yon will excuse me
tor not having given you the fifteen days
notice required by law. but the business l
have to attend to is pressing and would
not alloy IRE to teach school for a while.
] am, Gentlemen, with respect, Jour
obctilent servant,
(signc,) l.. p. L%ABARTIlE.
On motion of A. w. Thompson,
the above resignation was accepted.
The Secretary also read the report
OF DIR. q. w. Johnston, Parish Sup.
crintendcnt, giving an account Of
the condition Of schools In tins Pa
IRISH as follows, to,wit:
School No l, LIST Ward, l.. p. Labarthe
T~eachcr-Ordcr, not too good.
School Housc-Vcry Uncomfortable and
uicie:n, no door step, sash and lights scan
IS and broken.
Pupils not very tidy, Teacher quite SO.
School No 2, LIST Ward, +. G.. Perkins
Teacher.
No Register visible, order fair. children,
~llstlrsS, some without books, no uniforms
ty of such as they have. Schonl House, too
bad for n stable, dirty wallis, no sashs. Pu-
lil', Il few neat, some slovenly, son,c wear
tight cnrls, and some tags on their heads.
Reading. bad. Spelling, good. Attendance,
very irregular. =
School N" IL, End ward, Mrs S. NJ. Plai-
sance Teacher.
Discipline, good. School room, neat and
comfortable. Pupils, mostly tidy. Atten-
dance, quite regular.
School No j, 2nd ward, Geo G.. Haydel
Teacher.
Discipline, none at all. Confusion, great.
school House, good. Pupils. generally neat.
Heard Geography and Reaching. Former,
quite good, latter, quite bad. Attendance,
very irregular, pupils come when they
please. stay MAY when they please, and
long us they please.
Srll""l n" Il, 3n1 Ward, Geo. w. john
stmn Teacher. -lious small, hut comfort
able. Pupils clean, h11t not CANDY. Progress
ot pupils satisfactory in the main. A.tcn-
dance regular.
school No. s., 3rl Ward, Miss Mary j.
Thompson Teacher. discipline, firm, good
order. School House, good, but open, no
glass. Pupils, some neat and clean. others
Negligent. Books greatly needed. Witness
ed somc exercises, sl,. is capable and skill
full, knows what she is about. Attcndancc,
majority behind time.
School No :, lth Ward, j. Trsin jolly
In),.I1tr Al IF irJIltin,, dams NAT ,,I.c
stand it. Defamation, none. Copy Books.
but few, badly soiled. School House, cranp-
I'd, no glass, badly located. prrvy too near
and very filthy. Stove without fuel. Pu-
plls, to" negligent of appearance, some dir
~. discipline lax, disorder without noise.
Reading, bad in every respect, The Teach
cr takes things easy, wears hat in school.
Attendance, irregular.
School No :, 4th ward. II. l.. Turcaud
Tcacllcr.-Di>cipline, seems good, saw Il
huge leather trace. a perfect pan;,cca for
noisy children. School House, no glass.
open I" all winds, stove, but II" coal, very
uncomfortable. Pupils, some tolerahlc,
others ihtulerablc i'll appearance, ! advis-
cd resort to curry comb. Attendance, very
irregular, behind time.
school No 10, 5th. ward. A. Bilcanlt
misunderstanding, IL" order, all contu-
slnn, no authority. School House good. Pu-
ptls, Negligent OF appearance, all but Il few
Attendance, greatly irregular.
School No. .. 9th Ward, u. J. Richard
Teacher. Discipline. 81 far as order is con-
cernrd, good. School House, too small,
needs desks and seats, too open. Pupils,
neat, clean, Mrll-bchavcI. Attendance, fair,
might he more regular.
school No. II, 9th. ward. Mrs. p. Landry
T~eacl"r.-At = o'clock 7. NJ. School was
1t-. -l I