The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-21
SCHOOL BOARD PROCEEDINGS

L he ASCENSION TdT1Sl SCHOOL bOdTu
met this day in special session, with
President B. N Pugh in the chair
and the following. members present:
J. b. Walker, Prosper Rodriguez, ST.,
w. B. Stuart, George Bergeron Alb
sent-Albert Muller and e. P. Mel
ancon s6
The minutes of the last meeting
We're read and approved.
The superintendent submitted the
following report:
DonaldsonVille, Ia, Dec. 16, 1912.
To the Honorable President and
Members of the School Board of
the Parish Of Ascension:
Gentlemen:-1 beg to submit the
following report since your last meet
ing on October Ii:
On Saturday, Oct. 10, the annual ex-
hibits and contests Of the parish
corn, pig and canning clubs were
held at the Oak Grove agricultural
school, The exhibits were extreme
" gratifying and elected much favor
liable comment from the visitors.
There were present about seventeen
corn exhibits and about fifteen regis
tered Duroc-Jersey and Berkshire
hogs, also five exhibits by members
of the girls canning clubs. About
SIPS in premiums and S96 in cash
were distributed among the men,
bers of the three clubs
Since the obening institute Of the
school session two other Institutes
have been held, one in the New
River section at st. Amant, and the
other in Donaldsonville Both meet
ings were attended by practically all
the teachers enrolled in each division,
and We're pleasant and profitable
State High School Inspector Bernard
was present at the meeting in Dom
aldscnVille and addressed the teach
ers. Two other meetings scheduled
for the past week, one in Donaldson
vile, the other at Hobart, had to be
postponed on account Of the condi-
ton of the roads and the cold and
rainy weather. These, together with
other meetings, will be held after
the Christmas holidays.
Since the opening of the school
session I have visited every school
except one, and several schools re
curing special attention have been
visited oftener. am pleased to re-
port that the work in all of these
schools is going on as well as can
be expected, and | believe the teach
ers are endeaVoring to render eff
cient service to the parish. They are.
in every sense loyal to the superin-
tendent and to the other school Of.
f1clals, and are carrying out all plans,
regulations and suggestions as far as
time and circumstances will permit
With the unprecedented prospect of
nine months session for all the
schools, we can confidently look for
ward to- the best possible results
| am also pleased to report that the
comfort of the pupils in the following
schools has been greatly improved
by the addition Of much needed
desks: Oak Grove, DutehtoWn, Con
zales, johnson, singletery, Martin
and Brittany. Oak Grove has also
been supplied with equipment to meet
state requirements, and the same is
true Of Gonzales. All the high
schools and three and two-teacher
schools are being supplied with
globe and map Of the United States.
Several schools are being supplied
with additional blackboards. It is
expected that BY the end of another
year every school In the parish will
have been supplied with necessary
equipment. Considering the fact that
practically all the available funds for
school purposes are budgeted in
teachers salaries, feel that tie
board has done well to be able to
set aside enough money to meet
these pressing wants of the schools.
Two thousand dollars could be ex-
pended profitably on equipment at
this time, but this is not only true
Of Ascension parish, but of the large
majority of parishes in the state
am glad to report that have.
been able to raise the standard Of
work in the Gonzales high school and
to supply such equipment and teach
ing force as to meet the approval Of
the state officials and to have this
school placed on the list of state APP
proved high schools, with authority to
grant state diplomas.