The Paducah evening sun., 1910-05-04
TEACHERS TO Be
ELECTED TUESDAY
SCHOOL BOARD ADJOURNs FOR
ONE WEEK. -ta.
Census Report VIII. he Checked
Over by the Committee ON
Schools. nr
SHORT SESSION LAST NIGHT

Teachers for the Paducah public
schools will be elected next Tuesday
TO which time the school board ad-
journed last night. after the com
mlttee on teachers and course of
study reported. that the absence dur
fng the week OF two members made
IL impossible to confer. The com
mittee will meet this week and pre-
pare the recommendations.
President w. J. Hills was called
out OF che city yesterday and Vice
President Ferguson presided. The
following trustees were present:
Ferguson. Hubbard. Wells. Petit.
Judd. Kelly. Bradley and Saltzglver.
The report OF Census Enumerator
J. y. Cummings was received and
submitted 10 the committee on teach
ers and course Of study to be checked.
His bill was s1l4.1O. but he il liable
20 a forfeiture of ave cents for each
child OF school age missed by him.
His report will be checked with the
school enrolment.
Trustee saltzgiver reported that he
had let the contract for making three
alphabeiica lists OF the school enum-
Grafton TO u. d. Mitchell for s25
The committee on printing, T.. j.
Petit. chairman. is authorized to fol-
low the custom OF allowing each
graduate OF the public schools 35I
commencement invitations printed at
the expense OF the school board
Monthly Report.
Superintendent Carnagey reported
that he had obtained a reduction OF
slS.75 from the let price OF the Ave
dozen chairs. which did not come up
60 specifications.
Superintendent Carnagey made tho
following report for the month OF
April:
Tho report for thu school month
beginning March 2S and ending
April 22. 1910. ~ as follows:
The schools were In session 20
days; new pupils entered during the
month. IL. tota! enrolment for the
month. 3.O25: lost by Withdrawals.
$50; number belonging April 22. p
795; average daily attendance for
month. 2.G27: average daily number
belonging. 2.S3s: average daily alb
rence for month. 212; number cases
Of tardiness. 367; number cases OF
corporal punishment. 8 number OF
eases OF truancy. 10; number OF tut
tion pupils. s1: total enrolment TO
date. 3.6fs.
The work OF the schools during the
month just closed has moved on
very steadily and with apparently
good results
The daily average attendance for
the month was 2.627. gain over the
attendance for April, 1909. OF III.
and the total enrolment to date Is
3.GiS, a gain Of 81 over that OF last
year These gains. while not large.
show on the right side OF our balance
sheet. and are encouraging signs OF
growth. at least in school attend
ance.
We have been insisient in season
and out OF season in urging principals
ad teachers 10 look carefully after
-the pupils In their rooms to keep
them in school .regularly, and TO
make the work 40 worth while that
boys and girls viii stay in school.
I am NOE and more convinced
that only good teachers are worth
anything in school
The teacher who lacks profes-
sional interest in her work. and
shows on every occasion possible her
distaste for doing those things that
win help her to become a better
teacher. and complains OF everything
that she is asked 20. do except to
draw her salary. and then she com
plains at that because she is not get
ting more, is a hard proposition to
deal with. am glad that We have
40 few OF this kind in our corps.
Intelligent enthi siasm works most
wonderful changes in schools. Il Is
the teacher who secures and holds
the enthusiastic interest of her pu-
pils who gete results
II was the basal principal OF life,
that living things can develop only
from living things. SO in school
work. life must develop life, and a
live teacher will have a live school.
Growing teachers will be good
teachers and dead or dying teachers,
intellectually and spiritually will
soon be surrounded by roomful OF