St. Tammany farmer., 1906-10-20

lOI sIUcNAeus9S SApcDeG1s ou4stC1 tug
monthly reports of children.
On motion OF Mr. Kahl, sec.
onded by Mr.. Englehardt. the sal
ary Of the: Superintendent was
raised $40 month.
It was moved by Mr.. Enelehardt.
seconded by Mr.. Ahney. that the
Board assist the patrons of the
Abita Springs school gin, paving for
the new desks for sTtheir s5school,
when they notify the Boafd OF the
amount they will need.
The Board authorized j.. s. Ty.
per, Principal Of the Covington
colored school, to assemble the col.
pred teachers and conduct ap insti.
tute for them. -.
The Committee appointed to ex.
anime the report Of the Treasurer
reported as sollows: =
We, your Committee appointed
to examine the report Of tho Treas
urer, report as follows:
We have examined fhe records
of the Treasurer of fhe School
Board, and compared the records
there with the vouchers for money
paid out. and find that they agree.
Respectfully submitted.
r. C. ABNEY.
D. c. WALLIS. 4.
,JNO. ENGLEHARDT.
& The report Of the Secretary 10 ae
follows:
To the President and Members Of the
School Board: y. ;
!. Gentlemen Since the last meet
ing Of this Board, the following
special taxes have been voted: :.
In the Fifth Ward, two dis
tlicts, known as Special Tax Dis
tricts No. / and No. 2. comprising
practically all Of this ward. have
voted = special tax OF 5 mills for
ten years, and the Third and
Fourth wards have voted q tax of |
mill for ten years. in conjunction
with specisl tax Of 4 mills for ten
years voted to the the St. Fam
many and New Orleans Railways
and Ferry Company.
An election will be held in the
Town of Covington De Monday,
October Is, for the purpose of vot.
ing 4,m,ll tax for. ten years. the
money derived from this tax to be
used mainly f..r the erection ofea
commodious schoolhouse for the.
white population. and maintaining
this school. -
The following schools began
their session on Sept. II, With the.
number OF teachers indicated:
Madisonville (whithe), 2; Koepp
school, /; Covington, Z; Pine
Grove, /; Vaudeville, 4; Lewis.
burg, /; Crow school /; Pearl
River, q; Slidell, 8.
Colored Schools Covington, 2;
Vaudeville. l; Slidell, !.
The fv!lowlng schools have
opened since September 18th: .,;s5-
Blackwells, /; Alligator Branch.
Is Abita SprinRs, p; Ramsay H.
German Settlement / Ben VII.
|iams, 2; Holdens Creek, l..
Colored-Bayou LaCombe. La
Two things have mittigated
argely against getting teachers to
supply the schdols, the first and
greatest being the fact that teach.
ITS can get larger salaries and
Qpger terms in other parishes. The
second being, that this. year, as
lever before, the State is demand
ng that every teacher have either a |
Louisiana certificate or = Normal
iipIoma. This last has cut off s1
'umber Of teachers from other
states who did not care to come
Q this parish en- the uncer-
aintY OF pass,na an examina tion |
i which they knew little or moth |
ng, under conditions that miqbt
|ot be favorable.
There have been large number
I schools of the parish which have
rganized their local boards Of
rustees, and through them have
cen doing what they could to inn
rove their local school conditions.
I behooves these trustees now TO
ress the matter Of specisl taxa
ion, that sufficiently high salaries
nd longer g months) terms may
esohered teachers, that hereafter
'e may not be at the mercy Of the
ther parishes OF this State in this
up0rtant matter.
! would also call attention OF the
sachers and patrone to the matter
securing libraries for their
chools according . the plan pro-
osed by the State Board and now
'ade law BY act Of the legisla-
Ire. Let each teacher, school or
rade collect $40 aud send it to the
treasurer Of this Board, and thus I
ecure = like amount from the {
oafd, to be. spent for books, and ..
the same time, this Board will
archate . bookcase to hold the
DOks. 3
Respectfully submitted. /,
". G. EVANS.