The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-04-19
Field Report Of Parish superintendent.
Colfax, La, April A, 1918.

To the President and Members of thu
Parish Board Of Education:
Gentlemen-l respectfully submit fol-
your consideration the following field
report for the quarter ending March
81, 1913.
During the quarter all of the white
schools of the parish have been in ses-
sion all or part of the time with a
teaching force of eighty ladies and
gentlemen.
The enrolment of pupils for the
quarter has not been as good as it was
during the previous quarter, neither
has the daily average attendance; es-
peclaily is this the case in some of the
agricultural sections where the children
have been stopped to do farm work.
With but few exceptions all of the
schools will run eight and nine months.
especially so where the interest will
justify.
We have had four colored schools in
session, with about the same usual in
terest that is characteristic of the me-
gro race to manifest in educational af-
fairs. The supervising colored teacher,
supported by the 'tJean Fund" is do
ing what she can to teach them some
OF the industrial pursuits of life, which.
IN my opinion, will help the negro to
serve the State better than if he were
taught the literary side of life exclu-
sively.
We have held one two-days' teachers
meeting during the quarter, with a
fairly good attendance of teachers and
quite a number of visitors, and pro-
grams are out for other meetings to be
held April 5, at Clear Creek. and April
~, at Hargis, at which meetings we
would be glad to have you gentlemen
attend.
With the exception of four I have
visited all of the schools of the parishi
during the quarter once and most of |
them twice, and as a whole | have |
found them in fairly good working or
der; very good interest manifested by |
all concerned, no contention or strife |
worth mentioning among school patrons
In any of the respective school commu-
mites of the parish.
For the past three weeks we have
had with US DR.. j. ID. Baucum, a rep
resentative of the State Board of
Health. who is looking after the sani-
tary conditions of the schools of the
parish, thereby doing what he can to
improve health conditions among the
school children, and at the same time
trying to eradicate the hookworm dis
ease from the parish. The work is
primarily an educational campaign, and
judging from the great interest mani
Tested by the citizenship of the parish,
much good has been and will be accom-
plished in this health movement.
On last Wednesday Dr. Sidney D.
Porter, State Sanitarian and director
Of the Hook worm" Commission for
Louisiana, paid the parish visit, WIS.,
ting two rural schools during the day,
and that night made a very impressive
and instructive talk to the people of
Pollock along sanitary lines. /,
/ suggest that at this meeting you
make the necessary preliminaries to
nave the school at Georgetown placed ,,
on the approved high school list, as all
Of the conditions leading thereto have {
been and will be met
l again call your attention to the fact :
that oHzuschool finances are growing 9
ess all the time, and our operating ex-
aenses increasing, and for that reason
t will be out of the question to run the !
chools of the parish long term next
eason unless you borrow money, or :
merely run the schools that have money
o their credit, and those that are not y
% fortunate to have plenty money not .
pen them until they get money to {
heir credit.
To make definite arrangements for I
he teaching corps for the coming sea- 1
on desire you to outline something Z
long this line for the next years work
It this meeting or at the meeting you :
viii hold in July. q
Thanking you and the people of the Z
'arish for any courtesies you may have :"
attended to me during the quarter in .
he discharge of my official duties, 81
IN, Yours very truly, r.
J. N. WARNER, I"
Grant Parish Schools. !,