St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-01-13
Covington, La, Jan. s, 1912.

The parish school board met
regular session in the court hous
on the above date with frcsiden
Charles A. David in the chair.
Members present: John Engle
hardt, first ward; T. j. O'Keefe, set
ond ward; DR.. j. F. Pigot, thir
ward; C. A. David, fourth ward; W
H. Kahl, fifth ward; H. @. Parker
sixth ward; T. P. Crawford, eight
Absent: John H. Davis, seventl
ward.
Minutes of the last two meeting
were read and ON motion of MI
Gauze, seconded by Mr.. Parker, the
were approved as read.
The Superintendent report from
October 10Th to December 31st, in
elusive, was read and accepted.
Is as follows:
To the Honorable President ant
Members of the Board of Schoo
Directors of St. Tammany Parish
Gentlemen:-In making this my
arst quarterly report Of the condi-
tions of the schools of this parish
l shall confine myself to a brief state.
mont Of the matters that need your
attention.
The white schools are oil in ses-
don and the work is going on
smoothly, with the exception of the
one at Pilgrim Rest. This school
has been temporarily closed, because
of the transfer of the teacher to Al
ton, thus filling a vacancy caused by
. resignation. So
The colored schools at Covington,
slidell, Stahlding or Indian Village,
st. Joe, White Settlement and Third
Ward Floats have been closed and
the same teachers, SO far as possible,
given schools in other parts of the
parish. This is in accord with your
wishes, believe.
The patrons of the Sun colored
school are now continuing their
school one month longer through
private subscriptions. The colored
schools at Lacomb, Hay Hollow,
Houltonville and Five Miles Still
have been opened. The one at Man
deville viii open on January 8th.
The scmi-annual. teachers cxami-s
nation was held December 21st, ed
and 23d, by the acting superinten-
dent. was pleased to note that
two of the ladies receiving certifi-
Gates for the first time were st. Tam
many girls.
In the construction of new school
houses, commendable progress has
been made in all cases, with the ex-
ception of the one at Folso :. Work
on this building was stopped by
legal turn Of affairs, and this mat
ter will claim your attention at this
meeting. The new Middle Roads
school house has been finished and is
now occupied. This school should
be visited in the near future by your
committee.
It has been deemed wise to hold
the Teachers Institutes one day
every month, rather than two days
every other month.
It Is my desire to so manage the
schools Of this parish, that the most
remote ones will become living
part Of the parish school system: /
shall. therefore, present for your
consideration to-day a plan whereby
I believe this result may be expect
Cd. It will never be possible as long
- the Superintendent visits the
schools only once session.
The people of Dunbar have Pc
titioned the school board for public |
school, claiming that they have had |
none since Mr.. W. G Evans was
your superintendent. visited Dun
bar on December 26th in order to |
learn the true conditions of school
affairs there. In company with Mr.. |
Kelley, of that place, went |
Into the homes of the children, and
in some cases into the very kitchens |
q order to see the children myself.
am positive that l saw and counted |
twenty-five children of school age, |
and these were children whose par
outs told me lived there the entire |
year. I was emphatic in my state
ment thst did rot want to visit the |
homes of the floating population, al
thopk6ttha4 would not be prevented |
from pAtrofizing the school, should |
one be opened there. l went into |
small school house which they told |
me was built by the people and
Evans term in Office.
From what l could learn at the |
time of my visit do not hesitate to /
my that believe their claims to a
public school are just.
Ny financial statement from Oct.
18th. 1911, to Dec. 31st. 1911. in
elusive, is attached to this report.
IN closing wish to pledge you my
best and most active efforts for the |
Of the schools through
out the parish. and l earnestly hope |
10 merit your cooperation. We all
know that the best man in the State
may fail as superintendent. unless
his board is in hearty sympathy with
Als policy. l am, therefore. asking
Tor your assistance and support, for
will not work alone.
Respectfully,
ELMER E. LYON,
superintendent.
RECEIPTS.
Balance on hand Oct. 10,
1911 ,........... 22,022.S5
Current school fund. $500
Poll tar .... 391.40
Police jury appropriat'n 743.23
Pines and forfeitures. 360.10 +
Dpecial school tax. 97.91
Municipal appropriation 1888
interest on balances. 837.t0
9og tax .95
Total balances and
receipts ....... s25,1s3.o7i