St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-10-04
TO THE PUBLIC.

" WIS community w ShO SShSSIolOi
of the public school of the Tow,
of Covlngton, and in consequence
thereof appeal for assistance.
A simple and bare statement q
facts is this:
There are now on enrolment 100
pupils in the public school of this
town. | am IN possession of fact:
that compel me to believe that the
enrolment will exceed 200 pupils
Four teachers are now in charge Of
this school. An even or equa
apportionment OF pupils to each
teacher on a basis Of 200 pupils
will be fifty pupils TO each teacher
"a number far III excess of the
capabilities Of any teacher. But
when YOU take into consideration
that the pupils are assigned to the
teachers according to their grade,
the conclusion naturally follows
that some of these teachers are
compelled to teach more than fifty
pupils, condition which is not
conducive to the discipline OF the
class room nor the proper advance
meut Of the pupil.
Fellow citizens, the School
Board, as we'll as myself, has done
all that is within its power to aid
and assist the public school, not
only in this town, but throughout
the parish, to attain a standard of
proficiency. We have reached a
point where we cannot make
another step forward to aid
financially the Coyington school.
We have appropriated to this
school every dollar we can af-
ford. We cannot expend one cent
more. We are face to face with
a crisis, and unless the citizens of
the Town of Covington generously
come to our rescue we are power.
less to carry on the good work we
have lnaugurated.
An additional or fifth teacher in
the Covington school is an abso-
lue necessity in order to carry on
tho proper work of the school.
The School Board Is absolutely
unable financially to carry another
dollar of expense for this purpose.
Hence, in our dilemma we are
compelled to appeal to the public
OF Covington for aid.
The cost of an additional teacher
will be $50 per month, and for the
nine mcnths 1910. 1t seems to me
this amount ought to and can be
easily raised. In order to have
some method as guide to secure
this amount, ! offer the following
suggestion. Let three subscrlp-
ton lists be started one with the
editor of ST.. TAMMANY FARMER,
one with Dr. Geo. r. Tolson, and
and one with Mr.. Adolph Freder-
lex, the treasurer of the School
Board. Those desiring to sub
scribe can deposit the money with
any one Of these three gentlemen
named above, the money thus col
lected to be used exclusively to-
ward paying the additional teacher.
Ii every citizen would subscribe
some amonnt, be it ever so small,
this amount could easily be real
lied. Remember, we are only
asking for 1910. When that
amount has been reached all sub
scription lists will be called In.
And / woald further suggest that
the parents of the children now at
tending the public school give ten
cents fos each child FOR two or
three months, or even say one
month. This would be Of material
assistance to us. Each child could
give the money to its teacher.
Believe me, no one has greater
dlstaste or is more reluctant to APP
peal. in behalf of any cause, to the
generosity or charity of the public
than /; but in thus instance ! am
powerless to do otherwise. Not
to make this appeal, whether sue
cessful or futile, would be not to
perform duty that is incumbent
upon me; and ! do appeal, appeal
most urgently and honestly, to
that well-known generosity and
charity of the good people of Cow
ington. When l looked around our
rapidly progressing town and saw
the many beautiful houses of wor-
ship the question arose, how came
them there? The answer is ready
one. BY the individual and per.
sonal charity of the men and women
of our town. You, then, who have
been SO generous in the past in all
the charitable undertakings of oul
community, again respond to this
greatest of all charities. Charity
it might be styled, but it Is none
theless the grandest undertaking
that was ever fathered by the braiI
and heart of man-educatlng tn.
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