The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-19
PROF. FLOYD REELECTED Continued as School
 Superintendent. MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS Returns from School Census
 Are Interesting. There are s,s5e Pupils in District for Which City Must Make Pro-
 vision-New Buildings
 to Be Erected.

Prof. c. L. Floyd was reelected Super intenrent of the City School of Montgom- cry for term of two years at an annual
 salary of s2,0O0 by the City Council last night.
 Dr. B. J. Baldwin. at present President of the City Board of Education, was re- elected to succeed himself on the Board of Education for a term of four years. The election of Professor Floyd by the Council was only confirmation of the action of the Board of Education which elected Professor Floyd at meeting held yesterday.
 For the vacancy on the Board of Edu-
 cation caused by the expiration of the term of Dr. Baldwin no other name but his was mentioned and he was unani- mously elected to succeed himself. | The Council spent much of its time | last night in the consideration of school matters. A meeting of the Board of Ed | ucation yesterday had furnished grist for | the Council.
 | Moreover, at last nights meeting. the l Council first began to grapple seriously with the educational problems raised by
 the annexation of the suburbs. | By the annexation of the suburbs 1t | was shown in the report of Superintend- ent Floyd the number of children oi
 school age had increased 3,524 over the
 census of 1901. Superintendent Floyd's fig
 ures embraced the official school census
 made by s. S. Higgins and Hugo Noa The school census included all whites
 and negroes in the new city limits be- tween the ages of andS21. l The figures were as follows:
 Whites, males 2,114; females. 2.102; total
 APIS.
 | tai 4,640.
 Grand total, S,S56
 Superintendent Floyd also made de-
 tailed report as to the condition or the | schools in the annexed district, outside | tthe old city limits of Montgomery. The report related to all white and coiored l schools in the territory, describing the | school buildings, the furniture and giving the number of teachers and pupils. In ev' cry instance he recommended changes as | to school buildings and furniture.
 Superintendent Floyd found that in the
 annexed district there were twenty-slH
 teachers and 1,063 pupils
 The city of Montgomery would, after l October 1st, have to furnish accommoda' | ton for between 1000 and 1.200 additiona
 nupils. His recommendations as to the care of thesc additional pupils, he said l were made at the invitation of the Coun l cil.
 He recommended that the four-roomee
 school building at Highland Park be re
 modelled and enlarged, and that a sys | tenn of heating and ventilation be put Tn 1 The Improvements of the Highland ParH
 school house, he said, would cost about | $2,500.
 | He recommended that an eight-room l school building be erected in the southern 1 part of the city. This. he said in his re- | port, would to some extent, relieve the congestion at the Sayre Street and Deca- tur Street Schools He urged. too, the
 erection of a six-room school building at West End.
 For Vesuvius. he said, a three-room
 building might be erected or rented. Su-
 perintendent Floyd also renewed recom- | mendations, previously made, as to the
 Chiffon College building. This structure. | he said. should be torn down. | He recommended that six-room school
 house be built in the southwestern DOT | ton of the city.
 | All these recommendations related to
 the care of white pupils, but Professor | Floyd had plans for care of the ne | gro children and these, too, he submitted l to the Council.
 Professor Floyd's communication was | referred to a joint committee of the 1 Council Committees on Finance and | Schools.