El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-16
SCHOOL BOARD
NOW HARMONIOUS
A Called Meeting Was Held
Last Night.
DOCTOR RACE PRESIDED

the Minutes. ETC., Had Ben Dis
pOsed Of A Private Session Was
HeId.-PubIic Excluded There
from.
G.. r. Morehead met at the Central
school building last night with E..
G. Pew,Dr Race and A. G. Foster and
transacted such business as came be-
| fore him.
The autocrat of the board permitted
two reporters and four or five other
outsiders to remain in the room during
roll call and while similar routine
soon ss matter of Importance
came up the reporters and spectators
were quickly bounced. by Mr. Morehead.
He then announced that he
would hold an executive session and
proceeded to do so.
Yesterday afternoon DR.. Race issued
the following cali for school board
meeting:
To the members of the board of
trustees of schools.
Gentlemen: A meeting of the mem
bers of this board is respectfully called to
take place at the Central school build
| ing this Monday evening May 10, 1899,
at s O'Clock for the purpose OF con-
siderauion of the business and affairs of
the public schools rs may there pres.
ent
CHAS. T, RACE, President.
Chas. T. Race, c. r. Morehead, E. G.
Pew, A G. Foster andE. A. Shelton
acknowledged receipt of the notice.
When the board had been called to
order by DR.. Race Messrs. Shelton and
| Martin failed to answer TO roll call.
Mr.. Martin is out of the city and
mem mber reported that in his opinion
Mr.. Shelton had another engagement
Secretary Pew read the minutes of
the last regular meeting held with DR..
Race in the chair and they were ap-
proved. Prof. Putnam then submitted
his report as follows:
Central school, May l, 1899.
To the Hon. Board of education. FL
Psso, Texas:
Gentlemen: have the honor to sub
nit herewith short report of your
public schOO = for the month eEofng
April 81. 1899.
The general work of the schools
during the month >seems to have prog
ressed about as usual-we' have been
| compelled to enforce some rigid meas
ures to maintain the proper respect
| for authority in some of the rooms. but
as far as l know, those who have been
giving trouble are now reasonably
obed;ent and respectful.
| to a close The general reviews will
soon begin aud teachers are making
vigorous efforts to have their pupils
bring up their work in all the grades.
Teachers of the primary department.
! the first three gSadeS-have been au-
thorized to allow those of their pupils
who they were sure would be promoted
at the end of this term to go home at
noon for the day during the remainder
4 ~ %kox hov mn q
| and opportunity to give special atteu-
tion to pupils deficient in particular
branches and to help pupils make up
work lost on account of sickness and
unavoidable absence The president OF
the board will permit me to call atten-
tion to the fact that the regular time
for taking the scholastic census is be-
tween the first day of May and the first
day OF Junc.
| The law rescribes that the census
taker shall be appointed by the presi
dent of the board of trustees. This
appointment should be made at once
and the census taker put to work a
| early as possible
desire to say to the board that the
grounds for the new school building sars
being cared for, and that the trees are
nearly all living. There are, however
no evidences of school buildings as ye'
| to be seen, Tuition collected for month
$500.
Teachers absent during month:
Miss F. Wilson day, Mrs Nef Sub
Miss J. Lyons day, Mrs. Netf Sub
Miss B. Gillaspie,l day, Mrs. Neff Sub
Miss Gertrude Lobb days, Miss Con
stable.
Mr. Maury Kemp day, Mrs. Lopez
Very respectfully submitted.
G.. P. PUTNAM,
Supt. schools
FL Paso Water Co Co..S s. 80. 81
NH. Webb Observation-Disclosures. 3.S;
M. Nolan ... AS,
Ell Psso Times. ~ 3O.S,
The communication of the Newman
Carroll brick company was read b.
Mr. Pew. Mr.. Foster moved that it be
ia hled stating that the other cOmpany