The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-10-10
Quarterly Report of Parish SUI
perIuteudeut of Education.

Tor he uHartef ending Sept. 10. iY0S
During the quarter mentioned We
have had white schools la opera
ton with It teaching force OF . mai,
aud = female teachers. and 24G pupil,
enrolled. In addition to the white
schools we have had 10 colored
schools In opera tion with "a teaching
force of y coiOred teachers. q males
and females. and an enrolment oi
500 pupils.
From this you will see we have had
IL summer schools with a teaching
force of Is teachers. n total enroll
ment OF So pupils, and u daily aver
age of Go pupils or about 70 per cent
OF the enrolment.
| During this quarter we have built
1 frame houses aud have them near
| ~ painted, and plans ON foot for the
building of others and as soon az
the material is placed ON the ground
work may begin.
Other houses have been repaired
and nearly every district In provided
with a fairly good school house and
! the pupils and teachers may he com
Portable during the winter months.
herewith hand you invoices III
building mnferinI purchased for TIN,
consirncfiun and repairing III the
houses mentioned, which invoices arr.
for your approval or ,lisapprovsal az
the case may he.
Practically nominations have been
| made Tor teachers To teach all of the
schools during this SEASON, Il list al
of which | herewith hand you for
yBHr action
For this season we have succeeded
III opening 40 white schouis with a
Touching force uf So teacher. and z coI-
ored schools now in session gives us
AZ schools now in operation iil your
parish and a total number OF 60 teach
ers approximate ting an enrolment Of
5000 pupils now in the public schools
hyour parish, leaving about 1900 not
enrolled in the schools. and nearly
lOOO OF this number are white children,
The schools have opened under
most favorable conditions. and with
hut lew exceptions peace aud har-
innny reign supreme. The at attendance
IN most Of the schools Ia fine. and
with good ny educa tionaI spir-
II among her citizens | see no REASON
why the boys and girls Of today that
are TO become the men and women
of tomorrow shall not he educated
citizens.
Conditions are such that we shall !
not be able To open the ak remain |
ing white schools before Oct. Il. hut |
hope that they may all open by tina |
time.
As this IL probably the last reyu-
lar meeting of your body deem it
part OF my duty as your secretary,
Tn fra. ls..
cotfditfofis nf your parish with what
they were when you held your first
about four years lgo.
Outside of the little towns and vii
iageS of your parish when you DR.
gained In this building four years
ago as The Grant Parish School
Board. you had but few good com
Iortalle school luildihgs In the par
sli IN which teachers and pupils
:oiild kerpcomfOrtal,lei In " inter sea
'on. intact. many Of the schools Were. !
taught IN church houses where there
we're no conveniences at all for the ]
mid. and at present these con,iitiups ,
Prevail IN but three school DISTRICTS !.
ma ] had hoped thai we would M :.
tile To better these conditions during !,
,ir term of office
You have purchased AMI paid for
'ver s2tNm worth Of school property q
D the WHY OF buildings aud school u
tiers, yon have built by the help of
he good people In some uf the dis
ricis ~ frame sch0ul buildings. Is of
when were one room buildings aud /
We're two room buildings. With \
he exception Of three of thes., build
igs they have all heen neatly audi
rtisticaily painted, making them
u inviting place for the pupil.
Most ct the school buildings in the
afistI have t,een well seated with
atent furniture and many of them
lrnished with globes and mans. ali
" hich make school life a pleasureI
, both pupils and teachers Instead
a place of drudgery.
Abont fnurcar loads of patent fur
lture have been purchased for the Il
iirish. aud nearly all of il has been IL
laced III the school houses of the ru- "
IL districts. and W hen yon take into i,
that there was not n =,
atent school desk in any Of the conn :,
y school iionses when You came iu- =
, once the contrast il great. ~
On Oct L. 1904, when you began y
'lng business for this pa risii we had OF
schools IN Operation with a. teach "a
= force III ~ teachers aud an enroll al
ent III 63U pupils. q,
Oct. i. 1908. finds you with A. schools 1
Operation a teaching force of 81
achers, and an etroiiEient approx
IA tittg 5000 pupils. ct
The average school term four years fr
"a was about months, and fur al
1t year we had an average term Of I'll
2-io mouths for all of the Schools of
e parish. and | am sure IL will le s
onths for this year.
The average salary of male teach
; was $45 per month and that Of i
male teachers $40. Today they are
'out $60 and $50 per month, with
upward tendency along this line.
Tn Oct. /. 1901. you had cash hal
zee IN tue bank Of $S.ll3l5, not
awning any revenue. and on Oct.
~ you have. a cash balance In the
ar hanks of SIT .S59 81. ,iruujno 81