New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1900-01-06

4 schools are 2l2, making total of 1850
l The white pupils in the public schools are
e 666. The white pupils in the private
$ schools are l3I. This gives total of 903
5 white pupils out of white population of
1000. or about ! to 8
You cannot construct the apex of a py-
ramid without having solid foundation.
neither can you have a successful institu-
: tion of advanced training without an abun-
} dance of we'll equipped primary aud gram
mar schools to feed it Another evidence
of New lberia's educational qualification
for the Southwestern Louisiana Industrial
College is our Free Night School This
work is entirely philanthropic This school
has been maintained by the voluntary
contributions of our cDizens for three
years 1t is open only to laborng men
and boys. 1t gives them the advantage of
grammar school training and also praeti
cal instruction in mechanical drawing
New Iberia has four churches viz.
Catholic, Episcopalian, Methodist and
Presbyterian. They all have solid brick
structures and are presided over by resi-
dent rectors or pastors There has never
been continuous vacancy in any of them
A Jewish Synagogue has been organized.
lot has been purchased and soon an
imposing building will be erected A lot
has also been donated for a second Catholic
church where the service is to be in the
English language. As the moral and
religious training of the pupils of the In
dustrial College must be left largely to the
churches these facts are of superlative i'm
portance.
Another great moralizing influence in
New Iberia is the organization known as
"The Knights of Temperance "This body
was organized little over year ago and
has had a marvellous growth. 1t now
numbers over 200 members, more than
SOC Of whom have been reclaimed from
drunkald's lives. For young men, at the
formative period of their lives, such
salutary influence is incalculabe
HEALTHFUINEss
New Iberia has been conspicuous among
itsneig bors for health as well as prosperity
While other towns in our vicinity have
either had epedemics of fever or have been
closely quarantined for fear of fever. New
Iberia has been healthy and opened to the
world. The close proximity to the Gulf
of Mexico has always made our climate
salubrious and the briny breezes have
been reliable antidote to malaria There
has been no yellow fever here since 1867
MATERIAL FOR THE BUILDINGS.
Our various manufactures - lumber
mills; shingle mills sash, door and blind
factories cistern factories foundries
and brick yards-will furnish an ample
supply of choice material for the construc-
ton of the buildings. Our architects and
skilled mechanics are ready at hand to
rear these materials into educational
structures of art and beauty.
HOTELS AND BOARDING HOUSES.
Should the Industrial School not be
supplied will buildings for dormitories or
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class hotels and home like boarding
houses, where professors, pupils and visitors
can be comfortably located and enjoy
supplied table. Should the In
dustrial School have its own refectory, we
have one of the best supplied markets be
meath our new $4,000 City Hall which
can be found outside Of large city.
RESUME. ,
We have endeavored carefully and thor :,
oughly to present to your honorable body
the true value of New Iberia's bonus for Q
the Southwestern Louisiana Industrial In
stitute. We have acted in this matter as I
the city of New Iberia and not as the par :
ish of Iberia. We have asked no assis-
tance from the surrounding wards what
ever. We believe so much in the future
progress of our city, that we rely on its {
energy and determination to carry on great t
movements unaided by the parish We =
have enumerated its great advantages as /
commercial and educational center Every i
sign indicates further growth of these l
advantages. In calculating the value of 8
our five mill tax at $sO,O15 we have had
due regard to mathematical precision. 1t l.
only remains for us to emphasize that our :
hearts are with this great movement in \
this section of our state, and to give you r
cordial invitation to locate the Industrial n
Institute in our city. s
With full assurance that the arguments 6
which we have set forth will receive your
earnest and thoughtful consideration, we
now present New Iberia's claims to your r
wise and fair-minded judgment.
G. G. KRAMER, q
WALTER j. BURKE, c.:.. =
J. B. LAwToN, o'''i"'i''eo.
G. PERSON h
New Iberia, La, January Sd, 1900. a