The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-11-12
SCHOOL BOARD.
School Land Leased-B0ard to
Duplicate Funds Raised for
Teachers Library-BOnds.
Sold.
Board Approves Plan of Divorcing
the Offices of School and Parish
Treasurer as Proposed by
Iberia Board.
Lafayette La, Nov. 8, 1907.


Pursuant to call of the president,
the Parish Board of School Directors
of Lafayette parish met at the Office OF
the Superintendent on Friday, Nov, 8,
1907, the following members being
present: President N. P. Moss, DR.. G..
A. Martin and Messrs. Delhomme,
Judice, Verot, Comeaux and Bernard.
Mr.. Leaman Spell appeared before
the Board and requested that the
Bethel School be furnished with
shades; a coal heater, and the neces-
sary pipes. Granted.
Mr.. William Suites appeared be-
fore the Board and bid $3.50 per acre
for the six acres of school land in
the eighth ward for term of three
years. The bid was accepted.
Application was. made by citizens
near Youngsville for an additional
transfer The matter was referred to
the Superintendent for investigation
and to be reported back to the Board
at the next meeting.
On motion the Board decided that
all school lands not leased by the
School Board treasurer per advertise
ment in the local papers may De leased
by the Superintendent or Assistant
Superintendent at the minimum price.
The Superintendent reported that
the Pa ish Teachers Association had
unanimously agreed to establish pro-
fessional library for the teachers of
LAFAYETTE Parish on condition that
the Board duplicate the amount con-
tributed for this purpose by the
teachers, which was fixed at fifty cents
per teacher. He stated that such Ii
braries had been established in other
parishes and had been the means of
very materially increasing the pro-
fessional qualifications of teachers,
and he recommended that the Board
encourage the teachers in this effort
at self-improvement by agreeing to
duplicate amounts SO requested. He
further stated that the library was to
be kept in the Superintendent's Office,
and that in his opinion the small ap-
preparation needed for this purpose
would result in much good.
On motion the Board agreed to du-
plicate the sum raised by the teachers
for professional library, and author
lied the purchase Of the books.
The Building Committee reported
that, in accordance with the instruc-
tiOns of the Board, it had sold $4,000
of school bonds to the Bank of Lafa-
yette and $1,000 to the First National
Bank of Lafayette, and that this money
had been applied towards liquidating
obligations of the Board; also that
cancelled obligations are in the hands
of the School Board treasurer. The
bonds sold to the Bank of Lafayette
are Nos. l, =, 13, IA, Is, 16, %. rs q,
%: to the First National Bank. Nos.
s. 81, :. 81. : 8 : H. 10 ~ % a. - "'
A request to cover the school trans
fer used by Mr.. GuillOtte was referred
to Mr.. Judice for investigation, the
hack to be covered if necessary.
The Superintendent stated that the
patrons of the J. G.. Broussard school
desired to use part of the proceeds of
their old schOolhouse to erect fence
around the new school site.
A communication was presented to
the Board from the School Board Of
Iberia Parish urging the enactment OF
suitable legislation whereby the Office
of school treasurer may be divorced
from that of parish treasurer. 1t is
shown that in nearly every parish the
school funds may be handled throngh
banks without cost to the schools.
thereby effecting saving to the chill
Jren of the State of more than S24, 600.
Relative to this communication. the
Board adopted the following: Be 1t
resolved. That we approve the plan OF
divorcing the offices of school and
parish treasurer as proposed by the
Iberia School Board. as rs will re-
dound to the interest of Ihe schools
and of the children of th| State. BE
It further Resolved, That we hereby
urge our Representatives ip the legls-
lature and our Senator from this dis
trict to give their active support to-
wards the enactment of laws necessary
II mt this reform into effect.
A communication from Miss Esuby
white was laid before the Board