El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-30

course Dan got lot of applause as he
always does, but ii was no ovation.
Harper Speaks First.
Jorn H Harper, who has been a mem
Der of the school board so long that
some people think he has a lease on the
job 70 Rife, was the first speaker on
the program. He delved into the mys-
teries OF the financial situation and
laid the blame on the mayor for all
the extrava gances during the past year
although the mayor went out of his
way to defend the board in his mes
sage Harper stated that the school
board was simply suppliant child
bowling before the majesty of the mayor
of the city and the council, and begging
for the crumbs OF finance wherewith to
support the schools and the $500 chill
dren educated therein. He stated that
the mayor, "our mayor" he called him,
had explained the school situation thor
oughly in his annual message.
Then for the enlightenment of his
friends he said the mayor signs all war
rants and these warrants show where
the money has been expended Then
+hey go into the hands OF the city treas
urer, for, beyond the signing of the
warrant by the president Of the school
board, that body has no control what
During the past year, he said s196, zoe
has been expended for the conduct of
the public schools. OF this amount
$4,000 has been paid to the IT'S teach
ers engaged in the education of the
5000 pupils. During. the year, the at
tendance at the schools has increased
by 400. which has necessitafed the con-
struction of 10 new classrooms and 20
percent Of the money was expended
for that purpose. A great deal was
spent for manual training.
A good deal was spent for furniture
A great deal was spent for cement
The schools had TO pay for paving
around the four schools and so e5 per-
cent Of the expenditures was made for
these purposes.
The other five percent was spent for
-Janitors and other employees around the
schools. and for fuel, at least $4,000 be-
ing spent for this last mentioned item.
Turney's keynote.
W. w. Turney. looking like he might
nave stopped on his way to a social
junction, followed Harper with a talk
which consisted mostly Of telling about
how the school funds are raised and
excusing the way they have been spent.
ne sounded the keynote of the meeting
as was intended to be sounded by
those who had planned it. by making q
strong talk about being against "any
cur IN the teachers salaries" and laud-
ing the teachers for their work.
me issues were originally these"
MT Turney said: First, whether or not
certain man should be elected super
intendent Second. whether the peopie
OF I'll Paso are paying too much for
much for educating their children.
" neither forcibly or not, do not know.
out one issue has been removed. Cap
Pause from the teaching CONTINGENCY.
mat man removed himself without the
help OF anyone There is no i'll feeling
on my part. 1t IS time to pity people
VINO bring about their own destruction"
Appeal to Teachers.
Then, reading from The Herald. Mr..
Iurney, who prefaced his remarks by
saying that he had agreed to come down
there and talk but failed to say with
whom the agreement had been made.
talked at length on the cost of con-
duchting the schools in FL Paso as COM
pared with other east Texas cities. TO
the advantage Of FL Paso. He told the
teachers, for his talk was addressed
more to the groups of four and five
school teachers scattered through the
theater than it was TO any voters who