El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-05
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
OPENED
Prospect Good for a Large
Attendance.
TODAY
EXAMINATIONS II

And the Regular School Work Begins To-
morrow-Windows, Doors and PLUMBING
for the Mesa and Second Ward Schools
Not Yet Arrived.
The city public schools opened this
morning for the session of 1S99-190O
with large attendance and the out
look is that both the new and old build
ings will be taxed to their utmost cap
acity.
This morning for the first time in
many montbs the school house bells
we're heard summoning the pupils,
both willing and unwilling, to resume
their studies, and sfrom all parts of the
city, groups of children were to be
seen Fastening toward the school
houses in their respective districts.
examining and assigning pupils to the
various grades and tomorrow the class
room work will begin.
At the superintendents' Office Prof.
Putnam was found to be loaded down
with work. Parents and teachers were
coming and going in and out of his Of
fee, each with a different tale to tell.
One boy wanted to take certain
studies in one grade and certain in
another and the superintendent had to
use considerable tact to convince the
est to take oil the studies in one grade
and buckle down to hard work.
"Even if had the authority to let
YOU do it," said Prof. Putnam, II
would advise you to take all the stud les
in the one grade and push through.
You have made good record below
and ought to keep it up"
The next was little girl who want
ed her brother admitted to certain
back later, If he was not found equal
to the task.
"He ought to be able to stand very
good examination for the grade" said
the head of the public schools. land it
won't hurt him to take it. You tell
him to go along and be examined"
And the little girl went away satisfied:
The next was a mother, who wanted
some special favor for child. She too
had to be put off, for it takes iron-clad
rules to govern the child population of
q city like Ell Paso and the least re-
taxation means future trouble. If
John Smith's child procures special
concession of favor Tom Browns and
Bill Jones's offspring will want the
came favor and cuss out the entire
school board, the superintendent and
ell the teachers for Partially.
Precedents of this character In pub
TIC SCHOOL m8tL6r6 are 66lQ W U0 GA
ceedingly dangerous and the main OBJ
ject of those in whose hands the school
affairs are. entrusted is 70 avoid es-
tablishipg any precedents which are
likely to prove detrimental in the fu-
ture.
NEW BUILDINGS.
All the building are now nearly
complete and will be occupied i'm
mediately.
Windows and doors for the Second
ward school house and the Mesa addi-
ton have not yet arrived but it is hop
ed that they will be here and in place
by next Monday.
The plumbing for these buildings has
been ordered, but it too has failad to
arrive yet.
The absence of windows and doors,
however, will make no particular diff
ference and the new school rooms will
be occupied by Q full quota Of pupils.
Another thing that has caused no
end of worry is the failure of 100 backs
for seats in the second ward school to
arrive. The seats were ordered in
ample time, but through some over
sight of the shipper 100 backs were
left out of the car in which the furni-
ture was shipped. The absence OF the