The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-05-02

intendent of Ohio and DR.. McIver
is president of the Normal and
Industrial College of North Car
DINA.
Lafayette was represented by
Supt. Alleman and the following
teachers: Messrs. Avery, FOOte,
Jones; Misses Dickson, Faulk,
Elicit, Larche. Underwood, Ste
phens, Eastman of the Lafayette
schools; Mr.. Faulk, Misses TrOus-
dale, Kahn, Steckler, Breazeale
and Cole of the BrOussard school,;
Mr.. Whipple, Misses DeBlanc,
Valverde and Gatz of the Caren-
Gro school; Mr.. Payne, Misses
Bell, Carter and Carney of the
Scott school; Mr.. Cook, Mrs.
Young of the Youngsville school;
Mr.. Alcibiades BrOussard. Misses
Avery, White, King, Chiasson,
Riester. Messrs. TisOn. Morgan,
Misses Riester, Fletcher. Comp
ton, Maria Bagnal. Mrs. Dillon,
Misses Trahan. Chase, Bunbury,
Phillips, Messrs. Arceneaux and
Sweeney, Misses Purcell, CASTOR,
Thorn, Miller, Darby and Gas
pard of the rural schools. Fifty
of the teachers were present.
Those not present were:
Misses Cockerham, Martin and
Hester, Senette, Maggie Bagnal,
Glenn, Harper, Banta, Preusch,
Guidry, Spell and Mrs. Guidroz.
Twelve of the sixty-twO white
teachers were not present.
Two banners are annually
awarded: one to the parish having
the greatest average attendance
and oneto the parish whose teach
ers have travelled the greatest
number of miles to reach the con-
ventiOn. The teachers of Lafa-
yette parish travelled 11,7OOI
miles, but several of the teachers
of the parish failed to register
and pay the annual fee of one
dollar and for this reason Caddo.
with a mileage of only 5000, but
whose teachers all registered,
captured the banner which should
have gone to Lafayette parish.
The Advertiser regrets this not
only because the banner for dis
lance travelled was thus lost,
but on account of the fact that it
is the duty of every teacher in
the State to contribute one dol
lar to help support the Teachers
Association which organization is
one of the most important in the
State. Superintendent Alleman
states that he and the teachers
who registered are greatly disap-I
pointed at the Indifference and
lack of appreciation of a teachers
duty displayed by some of our
teachers in this matter.
West Baton Rouge won the
banner for the greatest percent
age of attendance. Every teacher
in West Baton Rouge was pres!
ent. Our attendance was eighty !
per cent. which, when it is con-
sidered that many of the par
ishes not only allowed teachers
their pay, but paid their travel
ing expenses, was very good.
Each teacher from this parish
travelled 234 miles to reach
Baton Rouge.
All of the teachers say that the
Baton Rouge convention was the
greatest and grandest in the his
tory of the teachers conventions
of the State and feel highly repaid
for the trip.
There was also a convention of
the parish superintendent of
the State at Baton Rouge and
only five of the fifty-nine parishes
were not represented. In July
there will be a convention of SUI
perintendents and members of
school boards.
Nothing could speak more elo-
quently of the educational prog
ress of the State than this great
gathering of nearly two thousand
members of the school boards,
parish superintendent and
teachers of the commonwealth.
With a continuation of such &C
ignorance must disappear