The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1901-09-07

corresponding to the district in which il /,
situated. II IL advisable to recognize dona.
tons to the cause of public education by
naming each school after its greatest bene-
factor.
For the advancement Of the cause Of edu.
cation and to enable the citizens of this par
i:h to profit by Act No. 1877 of 1898. rela-
tive to the ne . raising Ct !. special tax for the
the wards of this parish be divided into
school districts, the boundaries of which
| should be as regular as possible and should
that purpose. In the same book the secre-
tary should be required to make plats ex-
hibiting the remaining I6th-section school
lands. and to keep q record of all school,
| lots belonging to this parish.
| This parish owns, nearly can be as
| certained, some two thousand acres of
school land which should bring handsome
| revenue into the school fund If properly
| disposed of. The time is approaching when
this land must be leased according to law,
| and the Board should ascertain at once ex-
| actly how much I6th-section school land it
owns. There is no definite record of the
land in this Office. The amount at stake
would seem to justify thorough lnvestiga-
| ton and the employment of civil en-
gineer and attorney If necessary. The law
| requires the advertisement of the lands to
| should take it upon itself to authorize the
printing of bills announcing the proposed
lease and cause one of these bills to he
placed at every prominent place throughout
| the entire parish. This would increase the
demand for the land and would consequently
increase the revenue derived therefrom.
The matter of investigating the school
lands should be placed in the hands of an
all available records to find what DISPOSE
ton has been made of all school lands be-
longing to this parish from the time of its
organization.
T%
directors lose school lots that have been
donated to them purchased by them, be-
cause no steps have been taken to record
the act of donation or the act of sale. AS a
and in the interest of the public schools of
this parish it is advisable to appoint a COM
mttee familiar with the donors of the school
lots of the parish and whose duty it shall
be to look up the titles to these lots and
have them recorded when necessary. The
secretary should be authorized to make
typewriter copies of the deeds, bind them
separately, number them and file them
among the records of this Office.
The superintendent of this parish has
conferred with the superintendent of St. |
Mary and together they have graded the
new books recently adopted by the State
the course of studies which is attached hereto
and submitted TO this board for adoption. |
(The course of studies will be published |
next Saturday.
In order to effectively and systematically |
carry out the course of studies the schools
should be graded and classified. The fol-
lowing is recommended:
To be created.
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
Boudreaux, Alex Martin, IT,, J. c. Brous-
ssrd, Guitroz. ~ Indian Bayou, Louis
BONN, Duson, Ridge, Monton Switch. La
Ss,lers ,i g1anch1t Ihea
Roger, Verrot, Bertrand, Wilmington, Cor
mier, Scott.
To be created:
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.
,Pilette, Carencro, Broussaraville, Roy
Vile, Lafayette Colored School.
To be created:
LAFAYETTE HIGH SCHOOL.
Resolutions conhning the respective
schools to their prescribed courses of studies
should be passed.
AS a means of enabling our citizens to
avail themselves of the great educational
advantages offered to their children by the
Industrial Institute, and because the district
school can not possibly prepare pupils for
entrance to that Institute, it is recommended
md strongly urged that this Board establish {
what is known as Central Ward Schools,
hus placing more advanced course of
tudy at minimum of cost within the .,
each of every child in the parish. This Is {
he only feasible means of furnishing ad- ,
'anced work 20 all children in country dis .
riots. In may be added that this is no
lew Scneme, but Is operated with signal q
uccess by all progressive school communi- s
res of the east and west. .
The cabinet now in use in this Office is
lot adequate for the safe-keeping of the S
aluable books and documents belonging to S
his Board, and as juries often sit in this 9
DOM, the secretary asks to be authorized ,
o have the cabinet repaired that 1t may y
asily and safely contain the documents on 1
lie. T.
The superintendent asks to be authorized | n
D purchase registers for use in the school
ooms, report cards for the teachers to send
D parents, report blanks tor the superinten-
ent to keep in touch with the teachers and =
heir work, strongly bound book for the =
urpose of keeping record of lands and
ITS, and finally he would ask for the per-
Mission to make all necessary repairs which d
-quire immediate attention such as build
,g two out-houses for all schools needing
lem.
With the request that this report be made
directors, ii is respectfully submitted, 1
L. ]. ALLEMAN, II
Parish Superintendent.
On motion of DIR. Moss, seconded by II
[r. Spell, the following schools we're or I
cred to begin the session of 1eoI-Io on a
ept. 16: Lafayette High School, Lafa-
cite Primary School, Carencro, Broussard- G
lie, Royville; the following were ordered =
open on Oct. ID: Ridge school, Louis q
onin, Duson. The schools not named to
hich teachers have been elected, were "
dered ODen on Nov n