El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-21
TWO HUNDRED ARE
ANXIOUS FOR JOBS
This Is Number of Teachers
Apprenticeship Place
For Commencement.

The members Of the school board
/ journeyed early to the meeting held
/ Monday night in their headquarters, in
| the Mesa school. With them came the
/ gloOms. GloOms that danced merrily
around the room, shouting the while:
/ Commencement is coming off, and
/ where are you going to hold it, II a
Joy had the nerve to spring up, ana
/ cry, While there is life. there is hope
I he was Immediately strangled.
These were unusually long beardef,
glooms that infested the-meeting Of r. =
school board, and they dominated the
Z session.
Two Hundred Applicants.
The members really met for the pur-
pose of looking into the credentials Of
2O0-Odd teachers who had made appli-
cations for positions in the FL PasO
schools, but the thought that the com
mencement exercises were almost at
hand and there was no building in
which TO hold them, had tendency to
hold the question of the examination OF
the credentials In allegiance until that
could be solved one way or the other
F. B. Simmons, as spokesman for the
committee, announced that they had
made every effort to secure the FL Paso
Grand for Friday night, when the clos
ing exercises are TO be held He
stated that Howard FOgg, the manager
of that house, wanted $500 for turning
over the house for these exercises.
With that condition confronting u.s.
said Mr.. Simmons, a committee, com
posed Of J. F. Morgan, Fred Woodwork
and my self, sent telegram TO L ~
Crawford Report on that telegram, Mr..
Morgan"
Mr. Morgan-'I do not remember the
exact terms now, but 1 can give you the
substance Of It. 'FOgg wants $500 for
the closing exercises to be held in FL
PasO Grand Our financial status. -
not exactly those words, but to the
same effect-'Wiu not permit US to
make this expenditure Assist US in
getting better rate for the benefit Of
your patrons as well as ours That
was about it, and he turned 10 the
others for confirmation They bowed
their heads.
Mr.. simmons then showed the tele-
gram he received in reply TO the tele-
s.ram the committee sent It was from
Mr. Crawford and was to the effect that
FOgg would be instructed TO reduce the
rent Of the house to $3.50
Sawyer Reports.
Mr Simmons addressed F. E. Sawyer,
auditor and purchasing agent Of the FL
Paso schools: Report, Mr.. Sawyer"
Mr. SAWYER talked to Mr.. FOgg
over the phone Saturday afternoon at
o'clock. I told him that I understood
he had been instructed TO reduce the
rent TO $3.50. He replied that this was
impossible. that II we paid $500 we
could not have the house, for the rea-
son that he had leased it to a stock
company, and he was under contract
with it"
Had Been Paying $50.
Mr.. simmons then turned 10 y r.
CrOzier. superintendent of the FL PasO
schools Report, Mr.. CrOZier. as 10
what has been the maximum figure
paid for an opera house in these in
stances in Fl Paso." he said
Mr.. Crozier--The maximum sum paid
was $l5 night. and $50 for the after
noon. That may have been on previous
occasions, but II was never more than
500. Usually it was s125 for two per
1ormances-that is, the afternoon and
night"
Mr.. Crozier stated that he understood
mat the use Of the AirdOme had been
rendered to the management in charge
OF the commencement exercises. as was
the use of the Crawford. The AirdOme
Is occupied at present by musical
stock COMPANY As for the Crawford.
mayor G. F. Kelly stated that he would
not allow the pupils OF the school TO
use it. for the reason that he did not
Negro People to Use House.
Mr. Sawyer brought out the fact that
that house would be used Wednesday
and Thursday nights by pupils OF the e
negro school for their exercises, and
Tor II they were only paying 500 a
night This contract, IL was said. was
made by Fogg prior to closing the con-
tract with the Myrtle Vane company 3
On these two nights that company viii
be forced to vacate-
1t was then suggested that Miss Vane /
pe Appeared TO- and the envoy that made !
the suggestion hurried down to the :
theater where she was playing
After the close Of the fourth act Of
Paid in Full which is that cOmpany's /
Dill for the week, Miss Vane was seen.
She was holding a reception on the /
stage for the students of the high /
school who are going to appear in the I
play, The Half Back" II they can Sc [
cure place in which to stage it.
The members of The Half Back" /
company were telling their sOrrOws TO I
Miss Nane, who, although she had lust /
gone through four strenuous acts, stood +
and listened to them, and sympathized /
She was as charming as she had been
in the piece. But that is Miss Vane.
I'VE are ready to put on our play. /
We have been rehearsing two weeks
and spent $50 for advertising" cried /.
the leading man OF The Half Back I
a aggregation.
The play is supposed to be on We'd |
nesday night, and we haven't a house /
Isn't il just perfectly dreadful Choir