The weekly Thibodaux sentinel. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 1898-1905, 1901-07-20
A letter from Prof. fl. E. Cham.

gesting that if the proper efforts were
made and the necessary Inducements
were offered by this Board that a
summer normal institute to last four
weeks would most probably be held
in this parish WAS laid before the
Board. The Board considered that a
State Teachers Institute had recently
been held in this Parish and that the
Parish Superintendent was now hold.
ing Lonthly Institutes, and that in
the existing situation OF the school
fands in the treasury, they could not
afford to appropriate three hundred
dollars towards paying the expenses
Of the summer normal, resolved to
forego the holding of such an instl.
tute in this parish, and the Superin.
tendent was requested to notify the
State Institute Conductor to that
effect.
The offer of Bell & Company, pub.
llshers of Kansas City to furnish
their charts to the schools of the
parish at the rate of ten dollars each
was considered but declined.
The posts of the fence at the Guion
Academy were ordered to be painted
in order to be uniform with the new
fence lately erected on the south side
of the property.
Inasmuch as the School House
Fund, with the legitimate demands
to be made upon it for repairs on
school houses and rent of buildings
used for that purpose would suffice
TO build but one school house, 1t was
determined to accept the bid of Mr..
Lu5ln Bcrgelon for the erection of a
school house on the site recently
donated to the Board for school
house, the price to be paid him being
three hundred and fifty dollars.
The Superintendent was directed
to inform the owners of the Lockport
School House Association that they
must select between retaining The
new desks lately supplied to that
school house, or surrendering the old
desks in that school house to be used
for other school houses that needed
them.
The question of having q Fiscal
Agent for the custody of the school
funds, which are entirely under the
control of the Board and of no other
body was brought up, and it was
decided to invite proposals from the
Bank of Thibodaux and from the
Bank Of Lafourche as TO the terms
and conditions under which they
would act as such custodian of the
school funds of the Parish, 1t being
tue consensus of the Board that a
bonus would be preferred.
Tue first Thursday of each quarter
was chosen for the regular meetings
of the Board.
The Superintendent was authorized
to inform the teacher of the Gaude
School to the effect that if she would
extend written apology to Director
Scott for her act of insubOrdination
in refusing to obey the order TO close
her school tempoIa ariIy on account Of
the prevalence of smallpox in the
neighborhood, Mr.. Scott acting at the
time on behalf and by authority Of
the School Board, that, on her COM
plying with this condition she would
ue reinstated.
Seventy five dollars was appro-
priated to purchase a teachers libra
ry. or rather, the nucleus of one.
The School Treasurer submitted
the following report:
Report of A.. J. Braud, School Treasurer. in
account with the School funds of the Parish
of Lafourche for the term beginning January
1st and ending April 1st 1901.
Amt Ovcrdrawn Jan. 1st 1901 $l7S.40is