The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-01-25

this quarter. each one costing $40
BY your permission. the remainder
at my report will he for the wears
work. which was part Of my An
nual Report tc the State department
of Education.
During the calendar year closing
with Dec. 81. 1907. we had taught la
Grant parish Is white schools.
averaging and twofifteenth months.
or these 81 were oIe-room schosls.
3 were two-room schools. 2 were four
room scho',lS. ana one was n five
ros,ln school. employing in all IS
teachers. - males aud "a females. In
these II schools $500 pupils were en-
rolled. 1858 males aud 1862 females
with an average Attendance of 1910
males and 1898 females, giving us u
total daily average attendance of
2l0J pupils in he 40 schuYls for "a
period uf z and two-ifteenth months.
During the calendar year mentioi-
I'd we had 10 colored schools taught.
with a teaching force of 10 teachers,
d males and ! females. with an en-
rollment of 6l5 pupils. 297 males and
3lS females, a daily average attend
ances OF 10 males and 2lS females, a
total average of Az pupils in the ten
schools for II period of 3 months and
twO-tentlis.
According to the enumeration as
Lii, -, ~. ,',ss,,,. ~. o'
,sh a,9o ~ ,,.,',,,, 80. "a, .ne Pa
s,.h.,,I., -. M III ',ie pu"n'
I1sl 81. ,s'.., ,,,,,.',, aso nav
az ~ ,.,,,'.,., ,'...,. ,,.',,,..', ~ -.
,,r.,,I ...h,..,i IL. ~ .'e oo'
a,,,,rs !, ~, ~ ."'. ."i oiil '". .s,e
.,,i,;,a ,.,,;,a 80, =, o
and ,;.;s; ,i,,ra,, a,,;,.,. =. 1870
.r;,.;,,,r ~ oo,, =" se""".
=, ...,.', ~ = VI o'' '"''u'en t'"'
rI.....'., -. : 80.
Cost ner child nsr mo ON NJ, snro ~ 20
attendance...... 81 So
:. session on No, enrolled. 40
a..eh'ahee-''- 30
DurinS tne year ~ libraries have
seei piaeed III the schools, costing
soo4. nan oi which sum the people
nave contributed anu the parish the
other NAH. In These libraries there
are zoie Voiuhhs Oh choice reading
matter Tor the minus Oh the pupils 10
"ast upon,
a sPecai scnooi tax Oh hve mills II
~ils pa,i y! "a sciiooi districts. ana
y zen ,n'i, tax III one district
sptciai scnooi TAX mas been re-voten
III 10 on' u'stfict.
Two two-rooih schooi houses. ana
."o oneIooih schooi houses nave
'Ne ,, ouii. 'ne past year wnich are
wen wor'h FooW Win this auui-
.on 10 Tue scnool properly Oh tne
pn., ISL, !. Is estimated 10 oe worth
' gro, i'o.o' an '.'e.e''se oI a,ou. % per
I'll .,. o'el "a1i :. was "hei, you re-
es..en !ou' .o,'iplrsiohs rom ti%
'noI +" h.'" '"ore ina" 'hree
1880; aSo'
MS ..e se,ni n'e ,,. .i,r
nse','se oeri" o' ',e Wh,'e SCHOOLS
""s oeon ANU. u,""ie'i' anu the
a,ernse sa'aries VI the 'eachers as
W w"oe. u".se"Seu ~ ieas. ~ per cent;
suos. o,i vi tue o'u "l,ali','l'eu schooi
,,,',.. a.,..,s;' en 'ep'aeel Win son
n"' .'. "ulunSs' wen c''is,ruc 'e'''
ntay pni"'eu, anu p'eSen.ihS an
~. ~, aI.'e dppea'h''ce ior the poys
"nu s'''s, us wen aus u,e easuai. on
sc. ~. uoo. pa.en. iurn''ure has
aep,"ee.i HOS. vi tie churci oenches
"''" o'he' III" 'e''di use'i ior schooi
rposes' anu 1 al" hopeiui that ny
.nc .''ne our tenure %, once closes
.ne co coz, perion ior the par
ISL VIII nave cioseu also, ana tnat
NET VII, I've neat Schoo' mouse III
ana sri' anu Ina. mousse wen EQUIP
peu i"' sch,'oi PURPOSES, a"a tnat .ne
' ', ahu ino'"eIs "' 'he 'Iea, chi'-
a Al IN N Inn yist. 70.