The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-02-07

accordance with the statement of rev.
enues and OUTLAWS submitted at the
meeting of August %, 1907, by Mr..
Alleman, it would be impossible to
operate the schools of the parish for
term of eight months, without addi-
tional revenues. this being due to the
reduced appropriation by the Police
Jury and the falling off in the number
of educabl children il the parish, as
shown by the 1907 enumeration.
The superintendent urged that steps
be taken to avoid further curtail-
ment of the term, and to increase the
revenues of the schools. The matter
was fully discussed and the following
resolution adopted:
By Mr.. Bernard: Whereas the
Board is unable to operate the public
schools of the parish for term of
eight months unless financial help be
given to the schools by the several
incorporated towns of the parish, in
such manner that the city of Lafa yette
may pay its just share of the cost OF
operating it's schools and that the
other corporations may make up out
of their license revenues the reduction
in the Police Jury appropriation,
therefore be it
Resolved that the superintendent be
hereby directed to ascertain without
delay from the council of each cOrpOr-
/ alton whether such financial aid will
be given to the schools, and to report
to the Board the result of his confer
enceS with the councils at a special
meeting of the Board to be called tor
T., the purpose of further considering the
matter and of definitely determining
! the length of the present school term
| On motion the bond of the superin-
! tendent as school treasurer was fiXeo
at $4,000.
Moved by DR.. Martin that the ac
ton of the president and superintend
ent in securing the services of Mr.. O
J. Kern, superintendent of WinnebagC
! County, H., to lecture to the public
and teachers of Lafayette parish b.
hereby approved. and that all public
school teachers of the parish be mos
earnestly urged to attend the lecture
of Supt. Kern.
By Mr.. Judice: Resolved that tn
action of the president in selling tn
Indian Bayou schoolhouse on Januar.
I, 1908, for 500 be hereby approved
| anu rdGlucU.
President Moss stated that the pro
ceeds of the sale of the house ha'
been paid over to the school treasurer
The following letter was read, viz:
Lafayette. La, Jan %, 1908.
DR.. N. F. Moss,
Pres. School Board, Lafayette, La
Dear Sir:
The undersigned, acting as attorney
! for DR.. T. B. Hopkins. beg leave t
advise you, and through you the othe
members of the school board, that, a
the property donated by DR.. Hopkin
to the Lafayette White High Schoo
incorporated and transferred by th
latter to your Board, is no longe
. used for the purposes for which it wa
originally dedicated, namely, as
site for. high school for the whit
; children of the parish. under the cor
dition imposed in the act OF donatio
: the property should revert to the owr
, ership and possession of the donor.
And, in this connection we wi
, state that we wish to ascertain whethe
or not the Board will make an annie
able surrender of the property in ques
tion, and ask that you lay the matte
before the Board at its next session
and kindly advise us as to the actio
taken.
II Very truly yours,
CROW GIRARD,
JOHN L. KENNEDY.
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