The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-08-01

ana INDUSTRIOUS, but they are pra
ttcally all employed and renderin
" good service and are in almost ever
case self sustaining. They al
!, practically all employed and rende
ing good service and are in almos
: every case self sustaining. They ar
> spiendld assets to their communit
and parish.
II We consider that the averag
earning capacity of the boy o
glrl who completes his or her edr
cation with the grammar school i
from $40 to $40 per month, l beliey
1t is safe to say the average earn
Ing capacity of the student who graf
uafes: from the high school is from
S40 to SlO0 per month. In fact. tn
lafse per cent OF one hundred odt
graduates who have been turned ou
from our parish high schools durins
Che past few years are married o.
employed. and those who are EN-
ployed are earning from $40 to $I0t
per month. Running roughly ovel
the list l find that graduates of oul
hlsh schools are earning from S13 ,0O(
10 Slo,Oo0 per year, and that most OF
TINS money is placed in circulation
In this parish.
Teaching Corps.
Slxty-nlne white teachers have
been employed this session, and
while among the number several
might have been stronger and bet
ter teachers, still not one has been
| failure. On the whole they have
been above the average in scholar
ship, teaching ability and school spir-
It. They are registered as follows:
Number holding diplomas from State
University, male 2, female L; Tu-
lane University, male 1 colleges and
universities in other states, female
2; State Normal School graduates.
male 2, female IA; New Orleans Nor
NAL, female /; Normals in other
states, female l.; first-grade certifi-
cate by examination, male 8, female
10; special first-grade certificate, fe-
male L, male l; se'cond-grade certifi-
cate, male 8, female IL; third-grade
certificate, male /, female 8.
Teachers, Institutes.
On Sept. 13 a joint teachers in
stitute composed of all the teac hers
engaged to serve the parish was
convened in DonaIdsonville This
meeting was held just previous to
the opening Of the schools and for
the purpose OF becoming acquainted
with one another and with school
conditions and requirements
Three other Institutes were held
during the session in the New River
section and three in Donaldsonville.
All these meetings were well attend
ed and the teachers seemed eager
at all times to do their part On the
program and otherwise assist in max |
ing the meetings not only profitable |
but enjoyable. DR.. Powers and DR.. |
Coffey of the State University were
present at two of the meetings and |
the teachers. At Oak |
Grove and Dutchtown dinners were
served by the girls of the domestic |
science departments of those schools,
assisted by the teacher and some
Of the ladies of the community.
During the parish fair a special
institute composed of all the parish
was held in DonaldsonVille.
This meeting was held On a Friday
and the schools ordered closed and
he teachers required to attend The
dea was to give the teachers an op-
3ortunlty to meet with teachers from
he surrounding parishes, to listen
% addresses from State Superintend-
mt Harris, Prof. e. S. Richardson,
State Institute Conductor c. A. Ives,
IND Supt. Sam. Alleman of Assump-
,Jo yiSi% if
The meeting was both profitable and
nJoyable, and the results justify the
epetltIon of this plan for another
ear.
Course of Study.
The agricultural work done in con-
ectlon with regular school work at
Yak Grove, Calbasse, Donaldsonvllle,
acremento and Johnson has been
roductiye Of much good. At Cal
asse the pprincipal taught the use
cold frames and hot beds, cooper
ted with pupils and patrons in home
arden work, and distributed several
plants, such as egg plants,
etc. b
A good school garden was made at t
ohnson, Donaldsonville and Sac p
amento schools, and a garden a
sarted at Smoke Bend school. L
The commercial work, bookkeeping E
'peWriting, stenography, commercial
'w, ETC., continues to be popular, c
specially with the boys Sewing Il
Id cooking have met with favor be- t,
0nd our expectations and the girls
gard this course as their best. Not N
lily are the girls taught how to pre- B
ire various dishes and to make new v
les, but they are taught the rela- F
We value Of foods, how to economlze, A
Nv to keep accounts, how to pre- T
ire and serve the table, how to te
anage the household and how to
range and make the home more B
mfortable and inviting as well as N
tractlVe. In the sewing work, they N
e taught the different stitches, handI B
wing, the use of the machines, cut
lg patterns, fitting, etc. It is in S,
resting to observe that the entire M
stumes worn by the graduates at ps
ltchtoWn were made by the indl- G.
1uals of the class under the super Fl
sion of the teacher, and at a very
all cost. b
am strongly of the opinion that Nd
IS work should be offered the com- G.
: year in the Dona1dsonville High M
hool, should the funds permit.
and Literary Contests. ee
Our high schools were poorly rep "
'ented at the high school contests
Baton Rouge this year, much to g
{ diseredit and to the injury OF our u d
lools. There is no reason why,