The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-01-25

thieu, Jennie Foote, May Senette;
Alex M. Brousssrd, H.. H. Hays;
Burke, Alice Hinckley, Zula Smith.
Ieile Phillipss MilpA Mrs. J. =
Dilloa: MoutQn evitch. Msria
Bagnsl:- Ridge, Beula Bsrrer;
Duson, Miss Ella Massengill: Indian
Bayou, Agnes Hays: C0meaux, Helen
Reeves; Sicily. Isabel Stephens:
Dominique, Florence and Ethel
wickiser: Roger. Motley Arceneaux:
Pilette. Alcibiadex Broussard and
Olive Hipsh: sVerot Alta CASTOR:
Scott, s. Q. Payne, Annie Bell.
Leslie Carter: Bertrand. Blackwell
Oliver: COrmier, ]. Madison Jones.
The board rented lot No. II in the
fourth ward school section to Mr..
RodOlph Roy for the year 1905.
On notion duly seconded the board
voted 20 allow three days vacation
with pay to Ill teachers who attend
the spring session of the State
Teachers Association TO Be held in
Alexandria. The schools in the
parish viii Be- closed and the superin-
tendent was instructed to report the
names of the teachers in attendance at
the Association meetings.
The parish superintendent sub
mitted . report of the work done dur
ing the past year as follows:
To the Presiden. and members of
the Board of School Directors: l take
pleasure in submitting to you q
synopsis of the work done for the
year ending December 81. 1905. The
public schools of the parish were in
session forty weeks during the past
year and in that time ESQ children of
the parish ere enrolled in the
schools. OF this number 1856 were
white and 1914 were negroes. The
average attendance for the whites was
1926 and for the negroes lO5.6 total
average attendance for the parish,
1892. The cost in maintenance has
been as low as could be expected for
the quality of work done in the class
rooms, the number of school houses
built and repaired and the large
number of desks bought. The cost
per child enrolled per month was
ol.2O: and the cost per child in actual
$1.9O. All expenses are
included in these averages.
There are six modern school houses
In the parish, viz: the Burke, Romero
Alex Martin, two rooms, Broussard,
four rooms, Duhon and Bertrand.
Three are in process of construction,
the Duson, Simon and BONN. Nothing
can better show the progress the
schools of the parish have
made within the past three years than
The fact that the average attendance
for the past year q much larger
than the enrolment for the year 1901.
In 1901 there r about 1000 children
enrolled: In 1904 the average attend
lnce was 1892. The children have
applied for admission into the schools
sach' increased number "a to make
Is absolutely impossible for the board
% provide seating space for the
and In many schools the
parents have not applied for sdmis-
ZION for their children because they
Enew Of the already contested con-
ditiOn Of the schools. The average
size Of the old type school house in /
he parish il 3Ox20 and get We have
lften enrolled seventy and seventy
I've children In these school houses.
The parish Is In urgent need of fifteen
IchOOl houses nov and until they are
,uilt, children who ought to Be In
cannot BE- provided for, SO
hat with al the increased funds
from the police jury, town
'ouncil and special tax the board has
been abe TO meet the demands for
arEer school houses and more
eachers.
Il II gratifying to note that the
Iverage attendance for the entire
,arish has not fallen below twenty
NO IN any school. The Sellers school
n the fourth ward Is the strongest
ural school in the parish: the attend
Ince there for the year ending Decem-
Der 81. 1915 was sos.
The following statistics will give
] fair idea Of the cost Of educating
be children Of the parish in the diff
erent perts Of the parish. It is inter.
sting TO note that IL costs the parish
ess to educate the child In the High
3chOol than In any other Of the graded
'chOOls Of the parish, and only . few
,ents more per NINTH than in the
veskeat and least elncient schools Of
he parish, where only one teacher Is
Employed. The cost per child per
month based on average attendance
vos % follows:
Lefayetee High School, 10 teachers,
l1.O7; BrOussard, : teachers. 9e.z7:
carencrO. ; teachers, e1.94; Youn9s-
rille, z teacher&. o2.lO: Scott, 81
eachers, 1l.70; Pilette, 2 teachers,
20: Burke. 2 teachers, 12.78: Ber-
rand. : teachers. el.0l: Alex Martin, !!
tcechers, el.50; Dominique, 2 teachers,
.0l: Sellers. 2 teachers, el.30;
4atthteu. 2 teachers, ga: Indian
3ayOu. teacher. e2.z9; Ridge, l
eacher. e2.z1: Guitr0x, / tescher,
e.4o: Ver0t, / teacher, 41l.61. These
!gurU0 give . fair idee Of the cost
the parish.
Daring he past year under the sd-
Of the old bosrd many !