The Beaumont enterprise. [volume] (Beaumont, Tex.) 1904-current, 1904-10-04


monthly report as follows:
beaumont, Texas. October 3. TIC
| the Honorable Board of Education
City OF Beaumont. The schools are
now doing good and active work, the
cnrollment being as follows:
| High School ...........,,'.,,. ,4ou
North End ............,..... 52O
South End ..............,.,. an
Fifth District ..........,,..,... ~
Total White 1850
South .................. 5Ou
Total Colored 799
Grand Total 2349
The primary rooms are crowded, as
will be shown by the following:
Miss Land has 06. Miss Fitzgerald 81,
Francis Kelso 107. Maude Spiyey 96'
Half day sessions prevail. Miss FitZ'
gerald's room will be reduced by bad
weather and an early advancement of
some of the pupils. No teacher has
any room to take pupils from MISS
Land, and she does not feel physical
lly able TO continue the two long half
day sessions for a long period. There
| is no prospect of sufficient reduction
| in her number to keep them all in one
room so that it will be necessary for
the board to solve the problem for re-
llief. There is no water at the south
emu and the supply Is limited at the
north end.
The North End colored school may
soon need another teacher. the aV-
erage enrolment there is 73 as against
Sc in the south end. The average be-
low the sixth grade is G6 and below
the sixth i'm the north end is 81.
The annual training department is
now doing preliminary drawing work
before installment OF machinery.
About 80 are enrolled.
Miss Luther, the high school super
numerary is now teaching the extra
high school room and | recommend
the election of regular teacher as
soon as the board is satisfied with a
candidate. In this connection | pre-
sent herewith the papers Of j. J. Mill
err. Moody. Texas.
| recommend that the board pass
upon the salaries of the teachers for
mally elected who were as follows:
Mrs. II. C. Hill. cOlored, in place OF
Miss JamisOn.
Miss Jessie McNair. fifth and sixth,
north end.
Miss Bessie Jacobs, second south
end lower.
also suggest the prOpriety of CIV
ing names to all the school buildings,
except the high school, according to
the custom in cities. instead of de-
them by their geograph-
ial location in the city.
The report was received, approved
and filed.
Following this report began gen.
cral discussion of the financial pros
poets for the year of the board and
the question of whether or not addi-
tional teachers can be employed and
how many. The finance committee
reported that the income for the year
will probably he 10000 and that the
present pay roll will run to 100000 for
the year, while $4,000 will probably
cover the incidental expenses. This
leaves a margin, after figuring con-
of $1,000 in the event
here is nothing unexpected to devel-
ID. This being the case they recon-
mended the election Of the teachers
referred to in the superintendent re-
Durt.
Miss Hart was accordingly elected
o a position in the south end school
o relieve Miss Land of a part of her
work
Mr.. j. J. Miller was elected TO fill /,
he vacancy in the high school.
Treasurer Bordages report gave a
balance ON hand of SS27.9l. The re- |
,ort was approved. and filed.
The question of water supply |
anne up. The board is at present I
,uying Park Farm water Mr.. Bur
lett offered to furnish the schools |
rec with distilled water from the
media laundry and Mcssrs. Mayer
nd Wcllman were appointed To invcs-
igate into the cost az hauling.
The action of President Willard and 4
Triplctt in employing
he new teachers was approved.
The SALARY az the ianitors receiving /
30 per month was raised to S35 with
be- understanding that they are to re-
lain on the grounds during vacation
salary of g. per month.
The salary ni W G.. Reeves. princi-
al uf the high school was fixed at
H. per month and Miss Fitzgerald's
llary was fixed M $40 per month on
ccount of the half DAY sessions. =
Tie board approved the various :
ills and then gI iUvruY1