El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-05

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Central school. -. 400. ........ .3Oe
Mesa school. POP. ......... los
Franklin school .225. 165
San Francisco school. 1O4 4:
AOy school. ...... ~ .......-. 20
K ndergar en- school. .145. "
Grand total. 14OO lO2s
Total VIII tes.... 1870. ...9IO
Total colOred. ........ 10. .5e
He reported further as follows:
The general work of the schools lie
very god. Il being toward the close
of the year, we have AS few pupils fail
of promo ion as possible. The board
is perhaps aware that all the qua rly
report cards o puui s ar, Inspected and
signed by rue b, fore being sent to the
parent. If thsse cards show any pupils
general average loo low for promotion
the cards a Z stamped in red ink
800 low for promot on" At
the close of the past quarter,
all pupils whose grades W re low we're
required to come to the off aud be
in erviewed On their work, and note
was ,ent by me to their parents.
The re b, We been a great many cases
OF tardiness in the school during the
month. More 10 Sc ms to me than
there shoi.ld be. The cOmiug mouths
we hope t, reduce the number.
[ suspended three pupils during the
month for general and per -istent dis
order a-d disr specs to teachers. Two
of them have returned, l presume the
other will do So, when his tine has ex-
pired. I regret to have been cOmpel-
ed to do this 1t is not likely, trust,
that these measures will have to be
use1 again.
Outside OF few cases with which we
have had to deal with, the discipline
has been very fair.
Collection for the month, $3.50.
The report was approved
MIR. Putram, in the general discus
sion of the hardness question, ex-
d aimed that it was absolutely neces-
sary to hold children and parents to q
strict Accountability in order to VI ain
have not the right To keep their chill
dran out of school when they fee like
it, or for any cause Except sickness or
some causA that could b. held as rea-
sonable, the school superinte ndent to-
be the jud ge as to the reasOuablenes-
of the excuse.
The superintendent called attention
to the fa' that there was about one
m lion of dollars coming to the state
school fund this year as the state had
been successful in big railroad suit.
The money would probably be So per
pupil, and Ell Paso would profit there
py. The matter of the address to the
graduating class YVES brought up. 1t
was agreed that. Rev. II. W. Moore,
who made the address last season, had
made one of the bsst ever given In this
city, and was appreciated by every
body. Mr. Putnam suggested
Superintep dent Carlisle as.the speaker
for the year, and it Was left with Mr..
II, hri h
here in case matters can be satisfactOr-
lily arranged.
Mr.. Putnam reported there was a
teach sr's organization along the line
of the Texas 81 Pacific that was desir-
GUS of holding session in this city,
aud tn, Ough she courtesy OF the L. Il
P. passenger department a round trip
rate of S. from Weatherford had been
obtained for the occasion which would
be on April 2S, % and 30. Mr.. Putnam
thought the visitors could be cared for
at one dollar ahesd per day, aud 100
teachers could be provided for. The
Putnam.
1t was proposed to amend section 2,
article 8, of the bylaws, which reads.
"Teacher's shall have the crede ntials
qualifying them for first grade GER
tifica'e under tie laws of Texas" to
read Teachers shall have legal GER
tificates qualifying chem to teach in
the department of the public schools to
which they are assigned"
The am endment was laid over for
action at the May meeting OF the
board. The hoard also agreed to stand
by the suoerin endent in enforcing the
ru es against the Hardness AMI laying
hooky.
The board was the recipient of sew
eral communications from parties
wanting positions as teachers, and one
man with several yards OF credentials
was DESTROYS of securing Snpt Put
MANS job. The latter applicant pres
ented testimonials tes:ifying he had
studied Sanskirt, Arabic, Assyriau.
the different Coptic dialects and done
other divers and sundry things which
he appe AIRED to think had fully quail
fed him for the position of superin-
teudent of the public schools of Ell
Paso Had the whole raft of testimo-