New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1903-04-18
THE PROGRESSIVE LEAGUE.

Pursuant to call the Progress
sive League held u special meeting
at the City Hall, on last Monday
evening, with President K ) Me
Mahon in the chair. The meeting
was called for the purpose of hear
ing Mr. s. O. NuckoIls, President
of the South Louisiana Chautauqna
Association, on the subject of the
Summer School to be held here this
summer, commencing June Sth,
aud continuing thirty days.
| Mr. NuckolIs addressed the
League, setting forth detailed
statement of the work of the Chau-
tauqua, its objects and aims, and
further stated through the efforts
of the management, IN appropria-
tian had been secured from the
Southern Board of $1,000, provided
the Summer School would contem-
plate an Industrial School depart
ment. The arrangements for this
special feature have been prac-
tically made, the paraphernalia to
come from the Industrial School of
Lafayette
He expected that about 300 peo.
pie would be brought to the session
aud that number would he with MS
for a month That at uuuiunl aver
age expenditure If 800 r'r capita
per daF for All pn'pnsr 's,'u!I meat
thar $40 600 wotid bp pat ~ urea
| lutinn hrr. II consequence IT tn
sch.ui
The >,.h II sl,l r,~l for in>r'nr
tors -al,tir~ ii 300 h,i H." ,lract
will, the l.,ra,tn 5u', III. f,r sp'-
clai feature. lrctnrt,>. aud entrr-
talnrr~, raIie tor %Tl5 nulr To-
tai eAI,eli-- VIII therefore he about
$2Ol5. L" meet thl- expense he
had the State appropriation "f $500
appropriations from "iher pnrI>hes
belonging 10 the South Louisiana
Chautauqua Association, aggregat-
ing 5000 more; the sale "f tickets
to the various features of entertain
ments, abont 800 more This
would leave deficit of about $500
He expected the City Council of
New Iberia aud the Police Jury of
the Parish of Iberia to do the libe-
raj act, aud appropriate "A large
part of the balance needed to meet
the deficit. Whatever balance
would be needed to make up the
required amount would have to
come from some source that was
not just then clear to him. He
asked the Leagues help in every
way-its active CO operation in AS
sisting in the management OF the
preparatory details, its moral and
financial support rs well.
1t was moved by DR.. j. W. San.
ders, seconded by Col. r. A. Pom
eroy, that the League appropriate
from its general fund the sum of
OF $3.50 iu aid Of the Sunni
School
An amendment to the above mo
ton was moved by Mr.. w. &.
Weeks, making the amount 500.
After II lengthy debate Of the ques-
tion the amendment was carried.
DR.. A. q Emmer then moved
that the Secretary solicit from every
.g tLa I .,..s,u.. furtItar
contribution Of 800 tn br in addi-
ton to the Leagues d"nallou This
motion was also carried aud the
following voluntary ron'tihuti"us
were handed to the Secretary by
those bresent:
DR.. A q. Emmer, 81 90; Leon
Lemaire, 100; w. G. Weeks. | 90;
X. A. Pomeroy, 100; Ernest
Diouue, 100; Jules T. Dupny,
LOO; A. J. Maumus, 100; a. b
Murray, LOO; r. $. Mcmahon,
LOO; Max Levy, LOO; Eugene
Guillot, LOO; Jno. X. Taylor, 90;
E. F. Millard, LOO.
1t was moved by w. &. Weeks,
seconded and carried that the Sum
| mer School he made n special order
OF business for the next regular
meeting Of the League, Monday,
April 9th, aud that invitations be
extended to Messrs. $. O. Nick0lls,
l.. O. Hacker, aud II. D. Wilcox to
be present and take part in tho de-
liberations OF the League on this
subject.
II was moved by DR.. }. w. San
ders, seconded aud carried that the
President shall appoint the men,
bers Of the League as a committee
OF the whole to serve on any special
lcommittees, in such numbers aud
under such chairman as may be de-
Isignated later by Messrs. Nuckolls
land Hacker.
The meeting then adjourned, sine
die.
| E. F. MILLARD,
| Secretary