El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-08
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.
The Board of Education Meet to try
and Find out Where They are at.

duu luu Jul w u0E0 1ucy dTc DIT.
The Ell Paso board of education met
last evening at the Central school
building for medicine talk on the I'M
pleasant situation in which school mat
ters have been placed by the decision
OF the fourth court of civil appeals.
There were present Messrs. Race,
Harper, Foster, Blacker, Shelton, Pew,
Martin and Putnam.
Supt. Putin IN read q report for the
month ending November q as fol-
lows:
The general work of the schools was
never better. The case Of discipline
lively few, and there is sple ndid
spirit Of study prevailing among the
schools throughout,
The regular teachers meeting for
the month was held in connection with
general meeting of the teachers of
west Texas aud New Mexico. 1t was
one of the most profitable we have ever
had.
''As the board is aware, the
schools were visited in the early part
of the month by DR.. Winstone, presi-
dent of the State University. While
the purpose of his visit was the official
inspection of your high school, he.
in company with your internal COM
mite, visited all your white schools.
He spoke very favorably of your entire
system.
"Collec,ion for the month amount
to S4S.75
"As far as we have been able, we
have not allowed the recent decision of
the courts in regard to the schools to
affect them. [ have told the teachers
to go on with their work; that il was
my opinion that some arrangement
would be made to secure the payment
of all their warrants.
Il would suggest that this board be-
gin Operati ms at once to make some
| kind of an arrangement, if possible,
whereby the teachers may be made to
fell sure of rec wing their pay
There is certainly no class of the city %
employees more worthy OF their earn
ings than the teachers of the public
schools.
Most of them are ladies who are lily
able to suffer this loss. Many of them
| have left good positions to acc opt
places n Ell Paso, believing, of course,
that they would receive their pay.
| themselves but have DEP ending on
them widowed mothers and orphan
brothers and sisters They have render
ed faithful and effici Mt service and
the city should see that they are paid.
believe that any decided, lawful poll y
ipaugurate1 by you would receive the
endorseme Mt and cooperation of peO-
| pie generally. do not think that the
popular sentiment of the people of Ell
PasO would favor the discontinuing of
7 the &C 1OOls, or the non payment of the
/ teachers. I think bespeak the senti-
ments OF your entire corps of teachers
| when l say that they are willing to
continue the schools undisturbed if
they can only have reasonable as
surance of the payment of their vouch-
ers.
| 81 understand that the banks have
stopped cashing or 'discOunting school
warrants at any price. I do net see
how some OF your teachers are g ing
to get along unless some Immediate a =
ton is taken for their relief"
The report was received and filed.
Supe 'intendent Putnam reported
that Miss xton asked leave of alb
sence from December 20 until the be-
ginning of the next term 80 she might
al end the wedding of M 50 Stevensol I,
a former teacher in the Ell Paso public
schools. Request gr anted.
Supe iutepdent Putnam reported
that the Mexican school bui ding need
ed attention. 1t was badly crowded,
the rooms were hardly large enough
aud the ventilation WAS poor. 1t was
shown that open transoms had en-
provided, which might help out matters
CT ventilation materially.
Sup r.n end mt Putnam also report
ed he had ordered some very much
ne aded books, maps, iglUbe-, ETC., for
va ious d =partmeEts, but that be had,
since the court DECISION, countermanded
the order for all except the absolutely
necessary articles, which would amount
to about $50.
Tie committe, on grounds reported
that .here would be no difficulty in sec-
uring lots In ward 2 On which to build.