The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-07-22

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To the President and Members O
] Parish School Board:
Gentlemen:-In compliance with
your rules and regulations, and that
the public may know of the educa
tiOnal interest manifested In our par
ish, l Offer this as my report for thu
quarter ending June 80. 1905.
/ During the past quarter have not
ed. with some degree of pleasure, ar
increased interest In public education
ON the part of the people, pupils. and
teachers. yet in some districts we have
a few parties who have failed to Join
their friends in the progression march,
and seemingly are still sitting On the
fence grumbling while the procession
IL moving onward, claiming to have
some grievances against some patron,
teacher, or official.
The increased interest on the part
OF the people Is better evidenced by
the educational rallies being held and
the way I'm which they manifested
their love for education in voting the
special five mill school tax in FIVE
school districts on May 16, which
means several hundred dollars more
for the education Of the boys and
girls OF these districts. trust where
more funds are needed to run our
schools eight months every year, the
people may be thoroughly inOculatedl
with this same kind OF virus and vote
the tax that we may have money suf-
f1cient to run Ourp public schools eight
or nine months every year, which
means educated men and women.
During this quarter we have had 80
schools in operation. 40 teachers EN-
ployed, and an enrolment OF more
than ZOO pupils. an increase OF over
400 pupils over last quarter.
Every white school In the parish
has been taught and Is being taught,
except six, and arrangements. have
been made to open three Of these next
Monday. July 10th, and we wish to
open the Others at as early a date as
possible.
The school recently established in
district 10, known as Lake. is now In
session., with Miss Fauntleroy as
teacher, who has rendered a very
favorable report for the first month,
and says both pupils and patrons
are very Jealous In their educational
efforts.
A contract has been let for the
building of house at or near Tide.
which house viii be ready for Occu-
pancy real soon.
Your comittee has established a
school at Zion for this year indeoen-
dent OF VIM. and the school now In
session there ia progressing nicely.
We have made arrangements to
open the Barrett school in. district 16
in the near future. There are not
many pupils tn that vicinity, but they
are not In reach Of any other school.
The Rock Hill school will open
Monday. There are not many pupils
for this place but they are not In reach
Of any other school.
MIR. Fletcher was employed to teach
the line school at Macedonia. but.
after teaching more than two months
and enrolling but three pupils from
Grant. and finding but IA pupils In
attendance, and all OF them from
VIM. suggested the closing of the
school unless our people would send.
thinking that you would not approve
OF continueing the school under such
conditions, MIR. Fletcher states that
he failed to receive any encourage
ment and therefore dismissed.
The school at Nugent Is In sTATU
quo condition. The committee has
Jailed to accomplish any thing. SEEM
ingIy. but II there can he any way
provided by which we may get the
children I'm school should be glad to
see 1t done.
We hope to lie able to open all OF
the cOl0red schools this month and
give them what assistance we can
along an educational line.
We have held three Associations for |
our teachers during the quarter. ard |
most all OF, the teachers are very en- |
thusiastic over their association
work. With but few exceptions all |
of the teachers attended the State
Teachers Association In Alexandria |
In April, and some are there now at !
tending Summer Normal, and we
have others who should have attend |
ed.
conclusion, gentlemen, wish to |
say that l have reasons to believe !
that we are soon toexperience an ed |
ucatiOnal wave, an educational re-
awakening, such as we have never
had before, and good comfortable |
school houses, well equipped. will
take the place of old dilapidated ones,
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De maintained In reach OF every boy /
md girl, and they will be taught by
trained teachers. and the fathers and |
mothers will keep their sons and /
in Grant and educate them
ut home, and then 1t is that old Grant,
Will blossom Internationally as a rose,
and will still be Grant, but Grant as
she should be.
/ thank you and the people of the
parish for their hearty cooperation
given me IN my supervision OF this ed
ncattonal work. and, uslsSng for a
of the same, am,
Yours for education.
j. N.-WARNER,
Supt. OF Grant.
Dry Prong POstO1Iice Robbed.
Through private source We learn
that the postofiice at Dry Prong was
entered some time last Sunday nipht |