El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-22

For the first time in months, the
| school board held its regular monthly
meeting at the city hall Friday night
with a full board of trustees present,
Harry A. Carpenter, ]. H Harper, ]. G.
House. W. L. Gaines, W. L. Pea body, w.
L. Tooley, and Henry Welsch all being
present. Superintendent F. NJ. Martin,
and E. A. Ross, supervisor Of manual
training, were also present.
Professor Martin found an ideal topic
for discussion in urging upon the
board the necessity of purchasing auxil-
| larry readers for the children in the low
er grades. He read an excerpt from
description of the Niagara Falls in
which appeared such words as chaos"
cataract" ''ponderous chasm," mar
] velous calmness," ETC., so phrased as to
and u year old children who are sup
posed to use this book in the public
| schools.
| He urged upon the school board the
necessity of purchasing supplementary
readers. After his report, then came
the report Of E. A. Ross. supervisor Of
the manual training department, in
which he asked that an equipment for
manual training be installed in the
Villas school for the pupils of the sew
enth grade and under, these pupils as
well as those at Sunset school being
being compelled to attend Mesa school
for their manual training education He
said the equipment would cost not over
$1,000. and urged the necessity OF its
establishment.
Henry Welsch moved that the recon-
mendatiOns be accepted. Thereupon,
! trustee Tooley made the motion that
superintendent Martins suggestions for
supplementary books be carried out
I nd w enough
money left, that the manual training
work be taken up.
A communication from Miss A.
Swami, supervisor of the. primary work.
recommending the purchase of books
for the lower grades, the recommended
ton being similar to that made by Mr..
Martin, was introduced. She stated that
it would necessitate the expenditure of
1925
Welsch's first motion relative to the
manual training department was car
ried and then Tooley's was presented
and also met with the approval Of the
board Mr.. Tooley declared that he pre-
ferred the purchase OF the supplemental
readers before any money was expend
ed on manual training apparatus.
New Teachers.
The internal committee recommended
the ACCEPTANCE of the resignation of
David Blacksheare as teacher of mathe-
matics in the high school and the ap-
pointment of A. H. Hughey to the posi-
ton for the balance of the term.
Hughey is a graduate Of Vanderbilt
university, where he was an assistant
professor in mathematics. He came here
a short time ago from Weatherford,
Texas, and has been engaged in the
practice of law.
Miss Kate Thomas gradute Of Pea
body university, was appointed to fill
the vacancy caused by the resignation
of teacher in the first grade whose
name was not mentioned. Miss Allie
George, OF Fort Worth, graduate Of
Chicago university. was appointed a
school. while Miss Mary Maxwell and
Miss Una Elan were appointed extra
teachers at the Beall school.
Miss Ruth Coleman was appointed
supervisor of domestic economy, though
her salary is not to be increased for
the present.
Miss Clara Mundy. who had signed a
contract for SIS per month, said that
she thought she was entitled to $50 per
month as that is the rate fixed for first
wear teachers at this session. However.
tho internal committee recommended
that this be denied and it was not taken
I'D by motion.
To Lay Sidewalks
7. G. House stated that the CITY had
demanded that the school board Law
sidewalks around the various schools
and together with Messrs. Carnenter
and Harper he had gone over the
ground with the city engineer and
found that It would cost about sa21o
Henry Welsch made a motion that tbA
] external committee be authorized IN cd
verttse for bids in both FL Paso na1s-
papers. the bids to be received at the
next regular meeting of the school
hoard Feb. IA. This carried unanimons-
~.
The pavements to be laid in front of
the various schools are Mesa 4aoo
square feet; Aoy. 54OO; high school
3S1o: Alamo, 2460, San Jacinto. s74o,
Douglas. 2O12, making total OF % a2s
square feet.
Rent County School
Mr. House reported that the extarna,
committee met yesterday with the trus-
tees of the county schools and agreed
TO rent the building near the Beau
school in East FL Paso now used by the
county. until the end of May. at a
monthly rental of SIS.
He explained that this building,
which Is to be used to care for the
overflow at the Beall school, is claimed