The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-07-13


the end of the session and earned
promotion to the next higher grades.
The number of students that en-
ter the high school and other lnsti-I
buttons in and out of the state from
all portions of the parish is increas-
ing each year. This is most commend
able: is one Of the results OF the
work of the good teachers we have
been endeavoring ito keep in all the
schools of the parish, and is unmlS-
taxable evidence that the schools
are accomplishing at least one OF the
purposes of their existence, for enc
of the most important Of these pur-
poses is to inspire the youth of the
state with high ideals of life and to
create within them a noble ambition
TO become the most efficient citizens
of the state possible, which can be
done only by training and develop
ing their mental, moral and physl-
cal faculties to the utmost extent.
Buildings and Equipment.
We paid the last that We owed
on the Wakefield building this year
| and purchased some very much need
ed desks, maps and globes for some
of the schools. We are thus adding
gradually to the equipment of the
schools and increasing thereby thu
efficiency of the teachers. This IN
crease. however, is, not commensu
lrate with the needs Of the school,
| and cannot be, until some means cal
be devised by which the revenue o
the Board can be increased.
am sorry to be compelled to re
port again, as 1 have done ever
nj year, that most of the buildings nee
). to be painted and the grounds to b
y. fenced. | urge that this be done a
soon as possible, not only for III
o protection of the school property, pl
!. also for the sake of the aesthetl
:. and cultural effects upon the chIldre
and the communities.
The Wilhelm Lumber Company hs
It generously offered to build a ne
house for the Wilhelm school at /
own expense and DR.. Burckhalter III
with equal generosity offered to q
i mate a site for the same, if we WI
move the school nearer to the m
and the village so that it Will
within easier reach of the small ch
dren of the majority of the patrol
of the school, l recommend tn
this be done at once and that q
company be given for use in the NE
building such of the material in t
present building as may be avallab
2. Consolidation and Transportation
III The New Hope building was
CT stroyed by fire last November, a
the school consolidated with t
to Grange Hall school, a wagon haVl
,rtI heen purchased and run for the tral
lr- portation of the New Hope chlldr
q. to Grange Hall. The winter W
the coolest and longest | have eV
known in Louisiana; more rain t
and the roads were worse than ey
20 before. This made it very dlfflc
"A to run the two wagonettes to I
Grange Hall school, but it was do
ooI successfully, one not having failed
og single day, and the other failing
90 ly one or two days when the ere
M was impossible. This proves Il
oo transportation is a success, for
to system cannot possibly be put to
M more severe test.
Ok It is a useless expense, hoWeV
~ to run wagonettes for people t
persistently refuse to avail tne
co selve; of the advantages thus prov
- cd for them, and this the New HI
neople have done. |, therefore, a
ool ommend that the contract for d
r ing this wagon be let by the mo-
q with the understanding that it Isl
90 stop whenever the average mum
Of pupils brought in it falls bel
% ten; then, that a teacher be
q ployed to open school in the \
Hope church building, with the un
o. standing that the school Shall
closed as soon as the average
"A tendance falls below ten.
CA The average attendance upon
Bains school was below the nun
: no required by law for some time
0 % ing the session, and the teal
q ro there told me that several OF the
a M pills were expecting to attend
Q * high school next session. This
n 1e make it impossible to keep open