El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-22
WILL NOT ASK FOR
SPECIAL ELECTION
Bond Issue to Wait; City
School Cash Balance
Is $17,729.24.

The city school board has decided to
abandon the IDEA @ asking for an cleo
! ton on the prOp1Si-k On of issuing S4C6,-
O00 worth of school bonds for the pUr-
! pose of erecting the prOposed2 high
school. For this year at least the
bonds will not be asked tt is prOba-
bic that bond issue for $4,000 will be
asked. This was practically decided on
at the meeting of the board Monday
night The money will be expended
towards making repairs said to be bad
~ needed at several of the schools.
Financial Statement Made.
The total operating expenses of the
city schools for the year beginning
April l. 1912, and ending March 81,
OF this year, amounted to SI67, 434 So,
as shown by the report of school audi
tor F. Z. Sawyer, submitted to the
school board Monday night The to-
tai disbursements for the same period,
including the taking up of $19S, 1920
worth OF outstanding warrants.
equalled S373,03763 The net cash Of
the schools on hand July 1 was S17,-
1924.
Under disbursements were included:
Administration, 81, 664.51; instruction,
$l54,96L2S; operation, $IS,06O.17; main
tenance' 274S-59; capital OUTLAWS in
$496.51, and furniture and equipment,
$486.24; total, S578I.63
The total enrolment for the scholas-
tic year was 5694- The average daily
attendance Of pupils for the year was
1869. The average cost per capita,
based on the net enrolment, 29.4054.
The average cost per capita, based on
the average daily attendance, was
HuEhey Elected Principal
A h Hughey, who has been acting
superintendent was elected principal
OF the high school at salary of $4,000
a year, Mr.. Hughey has been teach
ing public speaking and coaching the
debating teams of the high school In
addition 10 that he taught several
classes IN higher mathematics. He sue
ceeds S. W. Alexander, who resigned.
Mr. Alexander, at the time of his cleo
ton last year as principal of the high
SCHOOL was brought here from Houston,
Texas.
Teachers Elected.
other teachers elected were: Miss
Mae BuckalOO low fourth, Beall school,
salary S85 nlcuth; Miss Fannie Yea
ger, low and high fifth grades, Bean
school, $50; Miss Glen Adams, reelected
nigh third grade, Beail school, SIS; Miss
Marie Wingate, low fourth, Bailey
Miss Jewell Brown, departmental
teacher at the Bailey school, was
granted a years leave OF absence. Miss
Louise Hopper, teacher of the high first
grade at the AOy school, visiting rela-
lives in Paris, France, was granted an
indefinite leave of absence.
In considering the applications for
teachers in the city schools the rule
was laid down that no woman with a
healthy husband need apply. If the
husband is an invalid and the applicant
competent, the board will let her have
the position.
New Superintendent Present.
r. J. Tighe. who was elected TO sue
coed n. R. CrOZier as superintendent.
met with the school board for the first
time Monday night Mr.. Tighe pro
nounced tie) stated that he had visit
ed all of the city schools and most of
the buildings needed repairing, many
he said. needed new roofs Mr. Tighe,
who IS considered an authority on mat
ters appertaining to the adJninistra-
tlon OF schools, viii be asked to address
the chamber of commerce at one of its
regular meetings or luncheons. Clai-
borne Adams. a member of the school
board, passed a motion TO the effect
that neither the superintendent nor the
principals of the Ell PasO schools would
ever be allowed TO 90 on the lecture
platform, but could talk to the business
men
To Change Meeting Night.
BY unanimous consent, the netting
night of the board viii be changed from
the second Monday of each month to
the third vote will have to be taken
on this at the next regular meeting be-
fore the change can go into effect.
Those present were: DR.. E. H r.
vim, president; Claiborne Adams, H NJ
Andreas. George Fisher. F. E Sawyer,
A H Hughey, after his election, and
r J Tighe