The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-10-20
Proceedings Of the School Board
REGULAR MEETING.
DonaIdsonyille La, October 10, 1905.

ent's Office. with the following members pres
ent: E. n. Pugh, president; Leon Picard, CD.
Gondran, Adolphe Meter. A. I. Picard, DIR.
j. T. Bringier, and Matthias Rodriguez. Alb
sent: mo- F. Landry and T. W. Cook
The minutes of the previous meeting were
read and approved
The superintendent submitted the following
report, which was accepted:
To the Honorable President and Members of
the School Board. Parish of Ascension:
Gentlemen beg leave to submit the follow
ing report:
Since your last meeting, July IL, l have Sc
cured the following teachers for the vacancies
then existing:
Picard High school-Principal. w. E. Bo-
harmon; assistants, Misses Agnes CopenhaVer
and Bette Benjamin.
Oak Grove Grammar sehooEPrincipal; Al
bert A. Wlnharg; assistants. Misses RUDY Carr.
Lizzie Martin and Effie Tatum.
Lake Grammar School-Principal, Meade Il.
Phelps; assistant, Miss Adele Fargue.
st. Amant Grammar School-Princlpal. Miss
Herminie Nicaud; assistant Miss Paula A.
Wuerpel.
Walker-Miss Mamie Walker, vice Mis- Idle
Q. Barn an, resigned.
Melancon-Miss Ada B. CLANCY.
Johnson-Miss Nora Nash, vice Miss Kate
Hays resigned.
Galvez-Miss Amelia Stevens.
Belle Helene--Miss Janelia Lansing.
St. Mary's-Miss Sarah NJ. Bond.
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Ascension High School-Miss Myrtle Goyne,
vice Miss Herminie Nicaud, transferred by re,
quest to st. Amant; Miss Maude Leche ana
Miss JEANNE g. White.
Barton-Miss Alice l.. Hornsby, vice Miss F.
A. Smith, resigned.
Sacremento-Mss Maria Oubre.
Smoke Bend-Miss Loretta Monteclno.
The following teachers have resigned since
appointment: Misses F. A. Smith,. Idle U:
Barman, Louise ]. Carrie, Kate Hays and
Della Wilkes.
The following transfers have. by request,
been made: Miss Hermine Nicaud from 9Th
grade in Ascension high school to principal OF
CopenhaYer from Calbasse to Picard high
school,
The following positions are yet vacant. but
fixed for opening of all the schools in wards
seven and eight: Cornerview, Carencros Con
way. Landry, Fairbanks, singletary. Black
Bayou. Calbasse, and one assistant each at
Dutchtown and Gonzales.
Ali the white schools il wards one, two, three.
five and six opened Sept. Ri with full corps of
teachers. I have visited all the schools now
open except those in ward six-st. Mary's.
Belle Helene, and Geismar. Notwithstanding
there has been much bad weather since the
opening OF the schools. the attendance in most
of the schools is larger than at the opening
last session. and the work being done Is highly
satisfactory.
Since your last meeting the citizens of Black
Bayou and Conway settlements have made an
effort to secure new buildings. and the police
jury has appropriated 5000 TO the Black Bayou
similar amounts contributed by the people of
those settlements.
The new building for the Lake Grammar
School has been completed during the past
week and is now ready to be furnished.
A splendid site for the taplte and Sacre-
mento consolidated school has just been do
mated BY the Lemann Co.. Ltd. and the citi,
zens are now planning to raise their portion OF
the money to build modern grammar school
building.
The Germania and White Oak schools, con-
auf n1 off laS 81 ma no
Temporary gu arters. provided by Hon. Geo. y.
Reuss on the Elise plantation. 1t is hardly
necessary for me to repeat the pleasing fact
that Mr. Reuss has undertaken the erection of
magnificent brick school building which with
ten acres Of ground he proposes to present to
the school board of Ascension. With some of
the ma terial already on the ground we may
confidently expect the building to be ready for
use by early spring.
The new high school building in Donaldson
vile is progressing nicely. Unless we have
much bad weather between now and January
! next, i think by that time the building will
be ready for occupancy.
As there are yet a number of school buildings
inadequately furnished the board should when
ordering furniture and blackboards for the
new buildings include an order for furniture
and btackboards for others.
also beg to report that / have had printed
five hundred copies of Teachers Manual
for the use Of the teachers OF the parish.
Respectfully submitted,
D. B. SHOWAuTER,
Parish Superintendent.
On motion, duly seconded, the appointments
and transfers of teachers recommended by the
superintendent were confirmed.
The designations of Misses Idle 0. Barman,
Kate Hays, Della Wilkes. f. A. Smith and
Louise j. Carrie were accepted.
The salary Of Miss Ruth Vance, principal of
Elise grammar school, was increased to $50 per
month.
ThefolloWing communication was read:
Baton Rouge, La, July q. 1905.
Mr.. Silior Bourque, Gonzales, La.
Dear Sir-I am pleased to state that I am
ready to donate to the Ascension parish school
board one acre of land on Black Bayou, this
acre to be used for school purposes only. If
You will look into the matter and inform me as
to the wishes of your parish superintendent.
shall deed the land whenever your school board
sna'' t94'sss - A'sJ ). (. FRIDGE, MD.
The following resolution was unanimously
adopted:
Resolved, That The school board of Ascension
parish hereby accepts the donation by DIR. j.
R. Fridge of one of land for site for the
Black Bayou school in the parish of Ascension
per his letter Of July q, 1906 and that the
president Of thIs board be and is hereby author
lied TO accept said donation for and on behalf
of this board.
The following resolution of thanks was unani.
mously adopted:
Resolved, That the sincere thanks of this
board are hereby rendered TO DR.. j. R. Fridge
for the donation Of site for the Black Ravou
school; to the Lelnann Company, Ltd, for the
donation of a ate for the consolidated school
in Brusly Sacramento, and to Hon. Geo. B.
Reuss for the proposed donation of magnifi-
cent brick building and site for the consolidated
school on the Elise plantation.
The action of the superintendent relative to
the Burnett colored school was approved.
The superintendent was requested to look
into the matter If vaccination of school children
as per request of the president of the parish
board of health, and report to the school board
at it's next meeting.
On motion OF c. D. Gondran, seconded by
Leon Picard, the following resolution was
adopted:
Whereas, all the conditions and requirements
of law relative to establishing high schools are
met by the board of education of the parish of
Ascension lii the location and maintenance of
the Oak Grove graded school in said parish,
therefore be it
Resolved That the school board of the parish
OF Ascension, in regular session convened. do
hereby estab ltsh high school near Hope Villa
in the parish of Ascension. state of Louisiana,
to be known as the Oak Grove High School
with the right to maintain the regular high
school course of study and with the power to
confer diplomas of graduation upon those who
shall satisfactorily complete the course pre-.
scribed by the state board of education for
state high schools.
The superintendent was instructed to notify
the teachers that the law permitted the col
lection of one dollar from every family send-
ing children to the public schools for the pur-
pose of defraying the expense for fuel, etc., ]
teachers should collect same
The president and superintendent were ap- /
pointed COMMITTEES to purchase school furni- /
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