The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24
Meeting of Parish School Board.

The parish school board meSat the
courthouse Tuesday with President b.
N. Pugh in the chair and a majority
of the members in attend ance. The re-
port OF the committee on teachers
examin alton was received, showing
tn at nine white and seven colored ap-
plicants took the examin ation held
Dec. 8 and 9, and that certificates to
teach had been issued to eight OF the
white and five OF the colored appl1-
Giants, The assignment Of teachers for
the schools throughout the parish,
which are to open Jan. 8, 1905, was
announced as follows:
WHITE SCHOOLS.
Germania-Miss G. Edna White.
Pelico-MiSs Leila Morgan.
Smoke Bend-Miss E. Dicharry
Barfon-Miss F. @. Smith.
Belle Helepe-Miss Janella Lansing.
Gonzales Miss Idle Barman.
Fairbanks-Miss Cora Barman.
Big Swamp Principal to be supplied) As,
sistants: First, Miss Zelda Med DWELL; second
Miss Geneva Brown.
Galvez-Albert Muller.
Johnson-Miss Annie Latil,
To be supplied-Sacramento, Capite Burn
side Creyssse Geismar st. amant' sngesary'
Lake, Mount Zion. Galbasse.
coLoRED SCHOOLS.
Smoke B6ud-MIsS Es66llo D0FGFanus
Elise-Miss Lill, Brown.
Lumvile-Miss F. Nc Fasker.
nville.Principal, D. g. Nelson !; as
sistant, Mics Mayda Slater.
Cofield-Allen Stephenson.
Burnside-Mr s. Lillian Knobb.
Darro~-Jos. A. Raddix.
To be supplied-Mount Olive.
Miss Fl. Ada Gingry was elected q
member of the faculty of Ascension
Academy to succeed Miss Nelida Ber-
cegeay, resigned. The colored schools
at Hohen Solms and on the Adlard
Landry plantation wereeconsolidate d
and located on Elise plantation. Of
fers from the citizens of the Melancon
and Carencro settlements to donate
buildings and lands for school pur-
poses were accepted with tn anks. Votes
of thanks were rendered 60 the pupils
and teachers OF Ascension Academy
for the gift of new bell and to j..
Walter Comstock. local representa-
tive of the Gable Co., for the donation
of pianos to the Dutchtown and Big
Swamp schools. Hon. @. A. Bullion
extended an invitation to the board
and the parish superintendent TO be
present at the opening OF the Biz
Swamp school on Jan. 8. The inyita<
ton was accepted and Superintendent
ShoWalter was requested to make an
effort to secure the attend ance OF State
Superintendent ]. B. Aswell at the
opening of the school. The purchase
of desks for the Lake, St. Amant and
Big Swamp schools was referred to
the finance committee. It was decid ed
that the board shall meet on the second
Wednesday of every month and the
members unanimously agreed to serve
without compens alton, being DESTROYS
of devoting every available cent to
the furtherance of public education in
this parish. A resolution was adopted
requiring all bills to be submitted to
the finance committee for. approval.
The matter of the approaching annual
convention of the Louisiana State
Public School Teachers Association
was brought to the attention of the
board. and in view of the great good
that will undoubtedly be accomplished
by such a gathering it was decided to
offer TO all the teachers in this parish
now employed by the board free trans
portation to Lafayette and return on
the occasion OF the teachers eonven-
ton next week. After a discussion of
other matters Of interest, the board
adjourned.
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