New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-07-08
SCHOOL BOARD PROCEEDINGS.

The School Board met in regular session
at the Court House on July LIST, 1903, with
the following members present DR.. |. L.
Rand, A. j. Cammack, E. ArceneauX, W.
r. Farmer, Edward Leblanc and Il. O.
Hacker.
On motion of Mr.. Farmer, seconded by
Mr.. Hacker and carried, the minutes OF
May the 18th, and June 18TH 1908, were
approved.
The Superinten dent read his report and
on motion of A. j. Cammack, seconded by
w. X. Farmer, it was ordered spread upon
the minutes:
Conference.-The school year which
closed on May the 18th, 1905, is now a
part of the history of the Parish. 1t dis
closes when properly read, what has been
done to give the children in the public
schools an elementary education, and it
suggest to you the measures that should
be prominently set before the people that
they may know to what extent their eff
forts must be relied upon in order that
the facilities shall be ample to receive
every child that cares to attend the pub
lie schools.
Under the first head l call your atten-
tion to the fact that during the past SEES
sion you employed fifty white teachers at
an average monthly salary for males of
| $59. 28, and for females $4690. The corps
was recognized throughout the State for
its intelligence and professional fitness
| for teaching. To further qualify them fol-
the duties to which you have assigned
them, many are now doing summer work.
| Some at the State Normal at Natshitoehes;
some at Peabody at Nashville /, some at
Mount Eagle some at Knoxville and
some in the Summer Schools now being
conducted throughout the State.
| Out of the thirty buildings in which
white schools were conducted, there were
seven in my opinion, unfit for the purpose
| for which they were used. base this
opinion on the fact that it is as true with
| children as it is with men and women
| they san accomplish more and perform
better work if working amid comfortable
and beautiful surroundings. The furni-
tnre in many of the houses is OF the cru
dest kind. 1t is, | am told, the furniture
| that was discarded by New Orleans seve-
| raj years ago. Are our children entitled
| to as good seats as the children OF New
| Orleansf There is need of blaekboards,
maps, globes and charts in many OF the
schools These facilities are absolutely
essential in order that the best results
may be obtained from the teachers efforts.
Until the first of January there were
| nine colored schools in the Parish. After
this date six of these schools were closed
on account of the teachers failing to Sc
cure certificates at the examination for
teachers in December The average sal
airy paid to colored male teachers was $25
and to females $23.72. The schools were
conducted in churches and school houses
owned by the colored people except tho
one located in New Iberia. This building
is the property of the School Board.
The list of teachers that have been APP
pointed and financial statement of mon
ey disbursed will be published next week.
Under the second head, | call your at
tention to the urgent need of more school
houses. From the reports, it is shown
that there were enrolled during the past
session 2,l05 pupils. This is, according
to the most reliable information that | can
procure, less than fifty per cent of the ed
ucable children. 1t is further shown, that
some of the teachers were required to
teach as many as sixty-6ye children.
There is but one relief We must have
more teachers and more school houses.
therefore urge this Board to make a Wig
orous effort to have the people to vote a
special tax of two mills on the dollar in
every ward in the Parish. This will ena-
Bile you to put a comfortable school house
in easy reach of every child.
TIME OF OPENING OF THE SCHOOLS.
| would advise that the country schools