El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-06-08

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| We take pleasure in re commencing g
| to the favorable consideration of the
| board, whenever a teacher is needed
| the following names, whose recomme
datiOns are most ample and excellent
| Miss Loudine Nc Mordie of the gram
mar school of the high school of Ham
| ilton, Texas.
Miss Bertha Monigan, of Ell Paso,
Texas.
We repeat again our recommends
tion of Mrs. Eva Russell, but have
learned with pleasure that she will be
provided for at higher salary than
our school board can pay.
Also Miss Edith Oldham, of Fort
Worth. Texas.
The board will notice that No. 5,
principal of the Franklin school, is
left blank. The committee cannot
agree to the nomination for that place,
and |, 4. Blacker, member of the COM
nit ee, recommend Mr.. w. B. Haw-
kins. A. BLACKER.
ommend Miss Florence Thornton to fill
the position in question, viz. princi pal
of the Franklin school.
w. N. MARTIN.
After the reading of the report Mr..
Foster said, think the internal COM
mittee have incorrectly quoted from
the report [ made the board in April.
That report reads: The income of
the board for the present year ha been
(eStimated)
From state. ................S 649o "A
From City Rolls, 1897 ...... 1880 90
From back taxes. $500 90
S26, ,49S.7 II
We may expect yet from
rolls, lo9l.......... ..... 2OOo w
Total receipts for year. S2I ,49S "A
From this it will be seen that the eX-
pectation of the board receiving that
amount for the coming year is un
fouuded unless we sreceive thereon an
additional s., 900, from back taxes. Mr..
Smith, the city tax collector, tells me
that the city valuation for this year
will not exceed Sf,500, 900, which at a
45 cent levy would be gross $50, 250
but that his experience would say de-
duct % per cent for commissions, dOu-
BILE renditiOns, iuSolvents, etc, which
would leave about $4,000. The state
will give about $1,000 more. making our
income for nsXt year S2l 800, instead
of S27 1913 "A. 1t is true we can expect
some back taxes be paid up next year.
but to offset that it should be remem-
bered that we will close the school year
81 800 in debt, 80 that it is not safe to
rely upon any money from that source.
am opposed 20 cutting our garment
any broader than our cloth and tn ere-
fore move in the interest of retrench-
ment that we limit all expenses of the
school outside of salaries 10 $4,000 and
salaries expenses to $4,000. Whsn it
comes to appor;ionment of this fund, !
we can then decide in what manner |
salaries shall be cut, whether by 10 |
per cent reduction or by elimination of |
certain branches.
There was no second to this motion. |
Judge Blacker stated that be had con- |
suited with Mr.. Morehead who agreed |
with him on these figures. and stated !
that if at the end of the year the |
schools were in debt he would advance |
Dne half of the deficiency as a loan |
if the other banks would advance the |
But. said Mr.. Foster, if we |
can't get the money to pay school eX- |
pepses, where we will get money with |
which to pay off loans?
Mr.. Martin thought Mr.. Fosters |
scare about finances was unnecessary, !
but moved that IN order to live within |
its income the board would contract |
with teachers for only seven months at |
The schedule rate of salary n3med in |
the report. with the prOviso that if the |
funds warranted the contract would |
be Tor nine months.
The divided report Of the internal |
as to the recommendation of !
Jhe principal for the Franklin school !
was surprise, as it was agreed few |
laws ago that their report would recon- |
mend Miss Florence ThorutOu for the |
place. 1t was left vacant, owing to |
disagreement. MIR. Martin recomend- |
ing Miss Florence Thornton, and Judge |
Blacker recommending Mr.. Hawkins.
H. B. Stevens read petition from |
all the teachers who had taught under |
Miss Thornton, strongly advocating |
Of endorsement was read from Judge !
II. H. n ell, of San AntOuio, who con- |
siders Miss Thornton in every way |
qualified for continuance in the prin-
Judge Blacker, however, |
objected, the main objection being his |
claim that the worst boys in town
attended the Franklin school, and |
wrote obsceue words on the black !
boards and walls of The school building. |
Miss Tnorton, he thought, was unable |
to handle this tough element, and a |
man should be placed there in charge !
No woman was able to handle such au
outfit.
vote was taken with this result: !
For Miss ThorntOn-Messrs. Foster, |
Martin, Shelton, Harper.
For Mr.. wkius-Messrs. Blacker,
Magoffin and Pew.
Dr.. Race did not vote for either can
Thornton was elected, but the chair |
candidate had received a majority of /
l,.D l.