Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-12-14
TRUSTEES SAY THEY ARE
PLACED IN UNFAIR LIGHT
Council Blamed for Failure TO Pre-
vide Sufficient Money fer Conduct
Of sehooIs--r~o Commandments
This Year, But Only One Hereafter
Nov Teachers Named.

| for this Sc sion staring tnem III thc
face, the school trustees last night
f, unanimously voted TO appear before
| the finance committee OF the city
| council Ia q body next month ana
ask that the council appropriate sui.
flcient money TO wipe out the deficit-
The board will meet as committee
OF the whole later fhis month and
compile facts and figures for presen-
tation to the committee in an snort
to proye to the solons that IL Is inn
possibls to conduct the city schools
on the money received from the city
school levy and the State department.
of public instruction.
The decision to Immediately go be-
fore the council and ask for money
was reached after Chairman HUFFMAN,
of the finance committee reported
4 that the total income Of the board
from ali sources this session will be
only s36,30s04 while nearly $4,000
| will be necessary TO keep the schools
open for the full pine months. The
board already has expended nearly
$4,000 this session and the balance
for the remainder of the session is
4 estimated at $20,S42.1S. Chairman
Huffman reports that the teachers
nav rol! alone for the remainder OF
the session will total $29.250 and the
total expenses will amount to $34,soo,
leaving q deficit OF about $l4,0Os.s2
when the schools close in June.
1 placed In Unfair Light.
! During the discussion OF the mat
ter. Superintendent jenkins and Trus-
tees Harrison and Cosby declared
that the council heretofore has placed
the board in an unfair light before the
public because it has refused TO lay
a school levy sufficient to conduct the
schools the full term, thus causing
the board to have a deficit at the end
of each session. They said that the
council should provide for an appro-
priation to supplement the school
levy so that the board would not nave
TO report q deficit near the close OF
each session and appear before the
council to ask for an appropriation
TO cover the deficit.
Other members OF the board ex-
pressed much the same views. but all
declared that they felt quite confident
that the council will provide the
money when the trustees appear and
ask for it. II the finance committee
reports favorably TO the council on
the appropriation the entire board also
will go before the council and urge
the passage OF the appropriation
One commencement Hereafter.
After a rather lengthy discussion
the board voted to hold two com
mencements this session, but decided
that hereafter only. one commence
ment will be held each school SEES ION
and that will be held In June. ID. A.
Du;row. principal of the High school,
told the trustees tina; Re Is busy on
a plan which will obviate the neces-
sity for two commandments and that
II the plan Is approved by the board
only one class win graduate from the
High school each session afer the
proposed system has been worked
| out through the fourth year grade IN
1918.
Although one or two OF the trustees
opposed il, the board voted TO hold
the commencement of the February,
1911. class in the Academy OF Music
A Has been the usual custom MI.
Cosby favored holding the exercises
In the High school so that the board
might save the SIS paid for the use
Of the playhouse.
rake New School Census.
Following q lengthy report on tas
matter from Supt. Jenkins. the board
appropriated 800 to detray the eS-
penses OF taking a new school census
among the negroes Of the city MT.
Jenkins told the board that he had
felt quite sure that the enumerators
who took the census last May did
no. list al. Of the children OF school
. axe In the city and that after taking
the matter over with Congressman
Glass. Of Lynchburg. and others. ne
determined 10 make a test He en-
gseed several Of the negro toecners
! to take the school census in the teri
tory bo1nded by Twentieth street and
Tsenty-foursh street and War.ies
r avenue and Marshall avenue TheS
enrolled a total OF $50 children IN
that district Who were q The school
( aee ana OF that number fss we're MOI
shown on the census Of last NAY.
Continuing. The superintendent tod
the board that each additional person
I OF school age enumerafsd means "a
ditionai money for the board from me
State and that the superintendent o
; pablo instruction would allow th'
! city 10 change It's Genus where such
errors ~ that Illustrated occurred.
4 The board decided 10 have q new
J. census taken IN all II the negro sec
} lions and. n the results obtair ID jnf
tify u. 10 have q new census u n
r white districts taken. Sups. jenkins
, believes that the new census VIII IN
}. crease he clty's school population b
n several hundred and VII result IN Al
e Increase Of several thousard dollar
4 IN the city's portion Of the Staf'
= schoci fund
Upon the recommendation Of saps