The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-08-13
Agricultural 1ICH
School REQUIREMENTS
State Demands That Certain
Buildings be Furnished
live STOCK BOARD QUARANTINES
Movement for Extra Session of Gen.
eraI Assembly to Increase Bond
Issue. Allopaths Appointed On
State Medical Board.
live STOCK BOARD QUARANTINES

state MEDICAL board.
Baton Rouge, La, Recent School Re
oqufrements.
The State Board of Education
adopted the following resolutions,
which relate to the agricultural
schools in the state:
"De it resolved, That agricultural
departments in the public schools of
Louisiana, which shall share in the
state appropriation to agricultural
schools, shall be governed by the fol-
lowing requirements:
"First-The school must have a
demonstration farm of as much as
five acres in one body and an op-
tion on an additional five acres,
which may be secured in the event
that it should be needed.
"second-The demonstration farm
must have around it a fence which
is proof against rabbits, chicken and
stock.
"Third-There must be barn
with as many as 5 stalls for horses
and cattle, a weevil-proof grain bin
containing as much as 1900. cubic
feet; a fertilizer room, a hay loft
and toolroom. (Plans of suitable
barns will be furnished on appn-
cation).
Fourth for teaching
the sciences: (a) If the agricultural
department is in a state approved
high school there must be 500
worth OF apparatus selected espe-
cially for the teaching of agriculture
and in addition to this the school
must have the apparatus required of
all approved high schools. CD If
the school is not an approved high
school, it must have as much as 500
worth of apparatus for agricultural
teaching. There should be classes in
the school through the ninth grade,
and there must be as much as SIS
worth of additional apparatus; I'll
there are classes in the tenth grade,
there must be as much as $3.50
worth of apparatus in addition to
the two amounts named above.
x. Fifth-Tools-fa) The school
s...s.tassaavaa as rnaich as $40 worth of |
tools. .(b1 Implements: The school I
must own as much as S14O worth |
Of farm implements. (List of ap-
paratus, tools and implements may
be. secured on application.) (c) The
school must own q horse or a mule
(d) The school must have an appro-
priation of $3.50 which may be
Used as the local authorities think
pest in promoting the work in agri-
culture.
Sixth-The school must employ a
eacher in agriculture satisfactory to
he Department of Education He
must be a graduate of an agricultu-
al college and he should have had
ome practical experience in farm
ng. He must not be the principal of
he school. He must be employed for
welve months of the year and he
must not be required to teach in any
lass in the school outside of the
apartment of agriculture, with the
reception that he may be permitted
o do all the work in botany and
oology, If these subjects are given
n agricultural turn.
"Seventh-The maximum number
# agricultural departments to be
for the session of 1910
1 and to share in the state appro-
riations is fixed at twenty.
"Eighth-Before any agricultural
apartment shall be approved by this
oard and permitted to share in the
ppropriation, v. L. Roy, inspector
f agricultural education, shall visit
he school making application and
hall submit to the state board a
eport to the effect that the school
as met all of the requirements out 6
ned above. 6
'Ninth-All schools making the I
pplication for agricultural depart
lents and wishing to share in the
appropriation must meet
he above requirements and receive
ne approval of the inspector of ag.
cultural schools by Sept. 1, 1910"
0 Per Cent of Teachers at Normal.
Mr.. Allemand, state institute con- !.
uctor approximates that at the five
hite summer normals and two for
olored teachers there have been {
YER so per cent of the entire body
teachers throughout the state.
Bert S. Durham discharged fire. a
an, out of an insane desire for re-
snge, killed three persons. includ- l
g his wife and child at San Diego, a
all, and then suicided. I
.1lopaths On State Medical Board. ;
The following allopaths were ap- =
'inted on the State Board of Med
al Examiners by Governor San
srs: DR.. A. B. Brown, of New Or =,
ans; DR.. S. L. White, of Ruston, u
I'd DR.. Epsey L. Williams They
ere appointed on the recommended Il
IN of the board.
The first hunting license for the
ason of 1910-1911 was purchased S;
Prof. J. S. Clark, of the Baton D
,uge Academy. ell