The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-04-20
upon the Police Jury and request

because it's present condition in
terferes with the attendance of
) the school children. The same
committee was authorized to
notify the Jury that in the future
no school house could be used as
polling places because it necessi-
tated the close of school on cleo
ton days.
At the request of DR.. Stephens
the Board adopted a resolution
inviting the democratic nominee
for Governor, Mr.. Blanchard. the
nominee for State Superinten
dent, Mr.. Aswell, and all the
senators and Representatives of
Southwest Louisiana to be
present at the cOnvOcatiOn of all
the public schools to take place
at the Industrial Institute on
April 80, 1904, beginning at 9 a.
IN. and ending at 1 p. m.
DR.. Stephens extended a
cordial invitation to the members
of the Board to be present at the
athletic-OratOrical contests to be
held at the Industrial Institute
on April Is. The Board voted it's
thanks for the courtesy extended
by the Institute.
On behalf of the Building Com
mittee. DR.. Moss reported on
the condition of the CarencrO
school. He stated that the school
was in need of another room, and
that it would probably need two
additional rooms in the near
future. He recommended that
the Board take immediate steps
to build at least one additional
room if the funds permitted.
Upon investigation the Board de-
cided that it could not at present
undertake to build additional
school houses on account OF the
low ebb of the school fund and
the desire of the Board to main
tain the schools during a full
session this year.
Mr.. j. Edmond MOuton APP
peared before the Board and re-
quested that enough money be
added to the fifty dollars raised
by the MoutOn community to en-
able the school to purchase
patent desks. Incidently Mr..
MOuton stated that the school
building at MOutOn Switch is at
present much too small for the
increased attendance, and recon-
mended that the Board take
steps to relieve the congestion
there as soon as possible. On
motion of Mr.. Guilbeau it was
decided to furnish sufficient
funds to purchase the desks, !
On motion of Mr.. A. D. VerOt
the Board agreed to accept the
Pilette Hall for the benefit of the
school of the seventh ward on
condition that all the signatures
of the stock holders be attached
to the deed of donation. :
Mr.. Alleman reported on the
Atlanta Convention of the De-
partment of Superintendence,
where he had been sent as a dele
gate of the Parish School Board.
He dwelt particularly on the i'm
preston made by State Superin
tendent StetsOn of Maine and
State Superintendent. Joyner, of
North Carolina, two of the most
wide awake and practical school
men of the whole country.
These men have accomplished
large results in their respective
states and their discussions
were not only timely but practi-
cal, and their remarks had the
stamp Of simple. practice. They
told how they had accomplished
things in Maine and North Caro-
lima. The remarks of State
Superintendent Joyner were of
special interest on account of the
fact that nineteen out every
twenty of the North Carolina
counties have voted a special
school tax, and on account of the
act that North Carolina is the
leading southern state in the
matter of consolidating weak in
efficient country schools into
strong central ones.
The Building Committee re-
ported that work would soon be
begun on the Bertrand school
house.