St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1902-05-24
The South Louisiana Summer
school and Chasltauqma.


at the second annual session Of the
South Louisiana Summer School
and Chautauqua, to be held in La
fayette beginning June 9Th and
closing July 4th. Our teachers are
anxious to thoroughly prepare
themselves for the general examin-
alton to be held in this parish
sometime in August, and they re-
cognize that there is no better way
OF doing this than spending a
month with the best talent in the
field OF knowledge. st. Landry has
good, faithful, conscientious teach
ers, who don't want to be "behind
the times.n
The T.. S. S. & C. is under the di-
rect control of the State Institute
Board, and jointly maintained by
the Peabody Fund and the South
Louisiana Summer School and
Chautauqua Association. The lat
ter Association is composed of the
t o l o ing representatives OF
School Boards:
Acadia. FL. Hunter, President
Board Of Directors, Rayne; j. Z.
Barry, Supt. of Schools, Crowley.
Iberia-S. o. Knuckles, President
Board of Directors, New Iberia; L.
o. Hacker, Supt. OF Schools, New
Iberia.
Lafayette-A. Olivier, President
Board of Directors, Broussard ; DR..
n. P. Moss, Member Board of Di-
rectors, Lafayette.
st. Martin-T. +. Liable, Presi-
dent Board of Directors, st. Mar
tinville; A. S. Woods, superintend-
ent OF Schools, st. Martinville.
st. Landry-Raymond Breaux,
President Board of Directors, Ope-
lousas; J. L. Guilbeau, supt. of
Schools, Grand Coteau.
st. Mary-R. r. Cooke, President
Board of Directors, Franklin; w.
n. Kramer, Supt. OF Schools, Pat
terson.
Vermilion-Ophelias Bourque,
President Board of Directors, Alb
beville; J. r. KitchelI, supt. OF
Schools, Abbeville.
The Instructors at Lafayette will
be:
Conductor, B. c. Caldwell, Pres
ident State Normal School, Nat
ehitoches.
Z. T.. Stephens, Pres. S.-W. La.
Industrial Institute, Lafayette.
Geo. Williamson, Science Teach
er, State Normal School.
Irving King, Training Teacher,
State Normal School.
V. L. Roy, Prof. Mathematics, S.
w. La. Industrial Institute.
L. j. Alleman, Parish Supt. OF
Schools, Lafayette.
Jas. N. Yeager, Principal Central
High School, Lake Charles.
Miss Lillian Mildred Knott, Sing
ing Teacher, State Normal School,
Natchitoches.
Miss Bessie V. Russell, Critic
Teacher, State Normal School, Nat
chitoches.
Miss Ada Quincy Pitcher, Gym
nastics Teacher, s. n. S., Natchit-
oches. Assisted by corps of five
trained teachers in the m O d /
school.
There will be no fee nor charge
of any kind for any Of the courses.
Board in private families and in
the Industrial dormitories can be
secured for SIS to SIS for the term
of four weeks. A limited number
of lady boarders will be accom- mo-
dated at the dormitory of the In-
dustrial Institute for SIG for the
term. Boarders i'm the dormitory
must furnish bed linen (pillows,
sheets, pillow-cases) napkins and
towels.
Teachers should bring with them
Their text books, the adopted
books of reference; enough money
for board and pocket change; de-
termination to get the most out OF
the summer school; last, but not
least, be prepared to have good
time.
And there will be a grand time.
Such lights as Gov. Bob. Taylor,
DIR. Alcee Fortier, Mr.. A. w.
Hawks, Prof. Alderman, Col. Cope.
land, VIM. Jennings Bryan, Prof.
Aswell, Bishop Sessums, will form
some of the attractions" during the
term. The program, just issued, is
a grand combination OF instruction
and amusement.
The school boardsin the parishes
forming the association have un-
dergone considerable labor and ex-
nansa in this matter. and they ex-