Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-24
SCHOOL TRUSTEES.
Those of Tarrant County Met in Con-
vention Yesterday.
Their Proceedings We're Interesting and Prof
liable, AMI the Results Highly Bens.
fetal to thu sckoIls.

Yesterday the school trustees associa :
tion of Tarrant county met in the district
court room aud conducted the second
meeting held since their organization.
The attendance yesterday was larger
than the most sanguine promoters of the
association expected or hoped for, ami IS
| conclusive evidence that the intelligent
trustees of schools in Tarrant county are
| alive TO the value of cooperation and
comforting together on matters OF general
| interest. To the active and energetic
superintendent of public schools of the
| county, w. Fl. Pool, is due much of the
credit for the success of the association.
He says In a call for the meeting:
The success of our schools depends SO largely
on proper school buildings and furniture, coma
petent teacher, suitable text books, local inter-
est and cooperation. that no trustee should
fail TO attend the coming meeting of those to
whom the schools have been committed Tor the
ensuing year. These gentlemen are expected TO
devise measures which will lead to success.
There could not have been much less
than hundred trustees in attendance
Yesterday. most of whom became MEM
bers OF the association, as well as sew
eral who were unable to be present but
ship notwithstanding.
A partial list OF those present was OBJ
tanned, as follows: Messrs. Rufe Chill.
ders. Center Point; Andy Lowe, Lowe
district; w. A. Turner, Enon;
o. p. Andrews, Kennedale; J.
NJ. Coggin, Kennedale; Thomas
Jefferson. Dido; j. L. Hobson. Cape
schoolhouse; Lee Chrisman, J. w. Dali
ton, J. J. Hard and J. J.. Russell,
Wyatt; William Gibson, Gibson district;
N. NJ. Austin, G.. w. Pemberton, W.
s. Kellar, Joseph Mcclure, james
Childers, Benbrook; II. L. Aston and
j. e. Lee. Bacon Hill; s. q. Chapman,
Forest Hill; Newt Stephenson, Antioch;
L. F. Shelton, Little; P. Arnold, Ben
brook; ). NJ. Anderson, Ison; W.
w. Mayes, Bowles; w. H. Hard
ing, Krnnedale; L.. d. Louthaiu,
Bowles; r. N. Hanger, Forrest Hill; e.
A. Bowman, Bacon Hill; Jephtha
Stephens. Village creek: w. T. Allen,
Wife Settlement; Frank Beaver, Easter;
A. Schneider, Mariue; w. T. Murphy,
Center Point; Jerry Asbury, Enon, ard
Col. A. J. Chambers, Fort Worth.
II was $3.50 o'clock when the body
came 10 order. Superintendent W. 81.
Pool read the minutes Of the last meet
koEctucT Win lHc tOnotitoaiOn luou
drafted, and the same were approved
and adopted.
The election of officers under the new
constitution was gone into, the officers to
hold for one year.
For president-Mr. Rufus Childers OF
Keunedale was elected.
For first ce-presideni-Mr. Thomas
Jefferson OF Dido.
For second ce-president-Mr. WILL
lam Mays OF Bowles.
For secretary-Mr. J. J. Hard of
Mansfield.
For treasurer-Mr. R. N. Hanger of
Forest Hill.
When the elections had been con-
cluded. Superintendent Pool made q
brief talk on the installation of the of
fieers, after which few minutes inter-
mission was taken.
On coming TO order again, the newly |
elected officers in their places, County |!
Judge W. D. Harris delivered an adj
dress on the subject. - Needs Of Our