Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-02-11
Col. Huffman Tells Why He
Visited Schools.
HIS ENROLMENT FIGURES
Doesn't Dispute Correctness OF Sup
erintendent's Report, But Desires
to Refute President Fuckers
Charge Against Him.

Col. T. W. Hpifman, chairman OF
the rules and regulation committee
OF the school board. last night asked
that this paper publish sworn state
ment from him giving the figures he
secured from principals and teach
ers when he made tour or the
schools a few days ago TO get the
public school enrolment. The col
onel said that he did not accuse sup
Jenkins of padding the
enrolment and that it was true that
the difference between his iota'. p
$40. and that of Prof. jenkins, p
727. might be accounted fer by the
fact that new pupils were enrolled
after he secured his figures and the
children now in two rooms in the
new building were not in the schools
at all when he made his tour. His
object in asking that the statement
be published. he said. was simply to
refute President Puckett's charge
that he had made statements he
could not substantiate.
"All of this discussion never would
have come up" continued the colonel.
If Prof. jenkins had not ignored my
committee by sending his report d.
rectly TO the board instead of to the
committee. He has been ignoring the
committee time and again and Is
backed mp in it's by certain members
OF the board"
The colonel went on to say that
he did not propose to be ignored;
that he was a sworn officer and pro-
posed to do his duty as long as he
remained on the board. He declared
that he made the trip through the
schools because he did not believe an
extra teacher asked for by the super
intendent was necessary, and he
wanted to see for himself just what
was going on in the schools. All of
his statements as to irregular pur-
chases mad been proven, he went on
TO say
In conclusion the colonel said that
if the superintendent and certain
members of the board wanted to
fight he would try to make it hot for
them
Col. Huffman's statement follows.
February 10, 1910.
Editor Daily Press, City,
Dear Sir
In view of what has been publish
cd concerning the present enrolment
in our schools I beg to be allowed
space in your valuable paper for the
following enrolment by rooms. got
ten from the principals and teachers
on my recent visit to the schools.
will state that visited the
white schools last week. and the
colored schools this week.
You will note that the figures, as
submitted by the superintendent
. ,O7s-is sos in excess of the number
| found enrolled in the schools as
given below.
My purpose in visiting the schools
at this time was to determine wheth-
er or not, in my Judgment, the new
teacher asked for by the superinten-
dent we're needed.
High School Enrolment.
First Grade AIS lin two Sec
tions)
First Grade B-37.
Second Grade A-29
Second Grade B-26.
Third Grade A and Third Grade II
Tin same rOom)-A, %: y, 10.
Fourth Grade A and Fourth Grade
=: Tin same room)-A. II; b. H.
Showing a total enrolment Of 20e.
Central crsmn,er School (Nhite-) =.
First Grade A-s4 lin two sec
tions)
First Grade B-sI Gin two sec
lions.
Second Grade A-5o.
Second Grade pa.
Third Grade As.
Third Grade B-f3.
Fourth Grade A-fS.
Fifth Grade A-fs
fifth Grade BIS.
Sixth Grade A-22
Total Of f6s
Avenue School (whi,e)
One rOom-ff.
Twenty-eishth street School Cwhite) J..
First Grade A-22
First Grade BIS.
Second Grade A-io.
Fifth Grade n-s2
sixth Grade As
sixth Grade B-3l.