El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-14
SCHOOL DEBT IS
REDUCED 43,78I
Indebtedness Now Is 1872
1888; Heat insufficient
in School Buildings:

The city schools enter the second
half Of the school fiscal year s924S5.3S
| in debt. according to the report OF
| F E Sawyer, school auditor. submitted
at the meeting of the school board
/ Monday night To apply to that in
debtedneSS there is the sum of S1212. 6S
in the hands of the city treasurer. APP
parently this status of affairs threw the
school board into an executive session
lasting exactly 90 minutes BY a warm
stove After the internal meeting
was over, what was called the regular
meeting was held 1t lasted 80 min
uteS.
Last year at the corresponding time
amounted to S149.729.32. The revenues
and appropriations for 1911-12 equaled
approximately SOS. 900. Out of that
amount the school board has managed
to reduce the Indebtedness, as SHOWN
{ The revenues and appropriations for
1928 are set down in Mr.. Sawyer 5
report at S21S,377.OS. an increase OF
approximately $4,000 over the amount
preparation this year IS lneluded S1Sz;-
Ola named in mayor q h Kelly Duu-
get which goes into effect IN April
The total expenses 1or 1S11-4z "SIS
s162. $3.50. For six months Of the
term 1928 the expenses were 5 10
500 70 IT was stated that they would
be more for the next six months, IOf
the reason that in the second seIneSSl!Sg I
there are five months OF scnool. WINE
the expenses given were only M dol sctI,aI
school period in the first six months'
December Expenses Heaviest ST cole
The total expenses OF the ScnooiS
during t6e month of December amount
ed to S2O,02S.13, more 1t was salu, IIL y u
had been the case for any other nlOntL
that extra items happened to occur IN
the month: coal, for one tnlnS-. COMING
in for $500 Insurance pohcleS car
ried by the schools also eXplreu ~ IN "a a :
cember, which called for an eXpehol-
'Ui Schools InsuffeientIy Heated. -
N R Crozier. superintendent OF Ihe
schools. reported that the recent Sc
we're weather served to demOnSIrdle
that the schools have not .a- a P5f u o1e
remedy for that the superintendent
ssid-increased radiation Every Scho9I
room. he said should be suppheq VIII
f0Er radiators. and there are only. two
in the school rooms Mr., Crozle[ SI 80.
that in some of the schools Jhes nreS
were kept all night and in others klLu-
led at 8 o'clock in the morning, . Du5
the Temperature could not De IdlSSu
above SIS. He said in those rooms ~
pupils had to be dismissed II the OllIl
cOmDIaintS had come during the FeceuI
cold spell" said Mr.. Crozler. l Sflo 9Iu
say that allowance should De Ildue III
the unusual weather, but the com
plaints are almost constant IN 1reeZlht3;
weather. of which We mad a great ueei
during the past two years n -,
According to the report OF MI CTO-
zier, there were enrolled in the schools
for the fourth scholastic month endlng
December 20. 5434. an increase OF Z4y
pupils over the showing Of the last
term 1911-12.
Changes Among Teachers. ID,
Miss Mamie Sexton. principal or In ne
San Jacinto school. on account OF III
health requested a leave Of absence
1t was granted. and Mrs. NJ. L Pa[-
terson, PRINCIPAL of the Villas school,
was appointed to fill her place MISS
Alicia Swami. principal of the HIgn-
land park school. will take Mrs Pat-
terson's place, and Miss KliHord Rlce.
who has occupied the position of advls-
ory teacher. will be placed in the Hign-
land park school as its principal Ihe
promotions are Temporary. DEPENDENT
upon the return of Miss Sexton The
new positions will be taken next Mon
dav the beginning of the second sem
ester Of the schools.
Claiborne Adams was unanimously
elected as a member of the school
board. to fill the vacancy created BY
Fred Woodwork, secretary of the
board. who resigned, it was stated, for
business reasons
There will be a meeting Of the
finance committee this afternoon to
determine the question of paying the
school teachers with warrants or cash
AT present the salaries, are paid by
warrants