El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-10
DEFICIT BREAKS
UP BOLRD MEETING
School Finances Discussed in
Executive Session; Mesa
School Now Bailey.

The gentle breaking Of the news that
the building fund of the schools was
depIeted-or that at least what was
left was spoken for, according to pur-
chasing agent T. L. Sawyer-brought
an interesting meeting of the school
I board Monday night TO a sudden close
/ adjournment was followed by a call
for an executive session fer the pur-
pose of dOctOriHg up the depleted build
I ing fund, and some other things which
: were not given out for publication
Holidays Start December 20.
It is probable that the teachers Of
the schools will receive their salary for
December before Christmas, as will the
police and other employees of the city.
! The Christmas vacation in the schools
will begin on December 20 and end on
The November Deficit.
The deficit for the month OF NoVem-
Der, according to the report OF Mr.
Sawyer submitted to the board,
amounted to S16,9S5.54. The surplus for
October 81 was given at S24,1S1.1S. The
deficit taken from that amount leaves
the balance on November 80, $7,195-64-
The report shows the building fund on
December 1 with balance OF T,1O9.6S.
The total expenditures for the month
were given at $17,1O9-34, less total rev
enue, S123SO For five months this
year the expenditures were rendered at
S57,67L59, with revenue Ior the same
period being given as S65,56L23.
ReVOlutiOniZing the high school SyS-
TEN was preached by DR.. z. Il irwin,
president of the board, who advocated
giving more education that met the re-
duirement of individual cases. He
stated that he thought the academic
courses in the high school could be
cut down one-half by not making the
preparation of students for college
courses the whole thing
Would Eliminate Two Languages.
If anything had etO be cut, w; c.
White, a member OF the board, advo-
Gated leaving out the French and Ger
man and giving more Spanish
n. r. CrOzier, superintendent OF the
schools, advanced the proposition that
earning capacity was enhanced by ed
ucation. and promised to submit to the
school board a treatise on that SUBJECT
He cited the instance Of student IN
the high choOl, who, when he gradu-
ated in ] luary, would step into po-
sition tn would pay him SO a month
Or. Irwin Expressed himself as being IN
favor of q system being installed
whereby the boy who could not afford
to go to college would be made car
penter OF a mechanic right in school, so
that when he graduated ne would be
able to earn his living from the start
Dr. Irwin favored the plan OF prepar-
ing students only for the University OF
Texas, saying that the school was good
enough for anyone.
Mesa School Name Changed
The board held its last meeting at the
Mesa school Monday night, for hence
forth the school is TO be known as the
BAILEY school, udIlEQ over the OBlECNADAA
of J. E Morgan and F. 3. Simmons, in
honor Of Mrs 3. B. Bailey, who devoted
% years of her life to teaching school
in FL PasO. The suggestion TO change
the name of the school had been pre-
vfously proposed by J. F. Coles When
the matter was brought up for the sec
ond time W c. White made the motion
to have the name changed. He was
seconded by Herman AndTeas- Mr. Nor
gan said that he was opposed to naming
the schools after any living persons,
but considered that a school named
after some person in history was al
right Mr.. Andreas then told about the
time that Mrs. Bailey used to teach
him in that school % years ago, and
how she had devoted 50 many years OF
her life to teaching. Dr. Irwin put the
question to vote. with the result that
Andreas, White and Primm voted to
change the name and Simmons and
Morgan voted against it Dr. Irwin did
not vote
Superintendent Report.
The report of superintendent CrOZier
for the scholastic month ending No
vember p, showed an enrolment in the
different schools Of 1926, an increase OF
273 over last year at the correspond
ing time The grand total of the aver
age belonging was given at 4I99, an
increase of 254 over that Of last year.
Mr.. Crozier reported that the additional
grade had been opened at the San ia
cinto school The lack Of desks, he
sai id, prevented the opening of a grade /
at the Alamo school. and thought now
it would be advisable to wait until the
opening Of the second term to open the