The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-08-01
Donaldsonvflle, La, July "a, 1!

first ward; E. N. Pugh, third ward
Emile LeBoeuf, fourth ward; J. E
Saxon, fifth ward; Louis Bourgeoi:
seventh ward; F. Edw. Babin, eight
ward Absent-George BergeroI
second ward.
The minutes of the last preccdin
meeting were read, and on motion
duly seconded and adopted, ordere
approved with the exception of tha
portion regarding the budget, Whic]
should read: The budget was pre-
sented to the board, to be acted up
ON at the next meeting.
The superintendent reported yer
bally that the sum Of $500 advanced
to the school board by the police
jury at it's meeting on July 8, to bt
charged to the public school appro
priation for the fiscal year 1914-l5
had been deposited in the Peoples
Bank on the morning of July 10, ano
that of the $1,000 worth of checks is
sued against the deposit, only about
5000 worth had reached the bank ane
been paid when the institution sus-
pended business on July Il. He also
reported that there was $1271.71 to
the credit of the general fund the
day the bank closed, s229.32 to the
credit of Galvez school district No.
2, and S6.26 to the credit Of Dutch
town school district No. l. He
stated that he had written to all par
ties I'M whose favor checks had been
drawn, advising that said checks un-
collected be returned and that new
checks would be issued at some fu-
ture time when funds would become
available and provision be made for
an official depository.
The superintendent submitted the
following annual report, which was
read and received:
To the Honorable President and
Members of the Board of School
Directors, Parish Of Ascension.
Gentlemen:-I have the honor and
the pleasure of submitting this, my
annual report for the school Year
beginning July 1, 1913, and ending
July /, 1914
Date of Opening.
All white schools in the parish
opened on the date set by your hon
orable body. Monday, Sept. Is, 1918.
The colored schools opened in Feb
ruary, as usual.
Length of Session.
Durlng the session of 1928, all
white schools were operated for
nine months, for the first time in
the history Of the parish, but, in
order to carry out this plan, it be-
came necessary to borrow from the
ponce jury out of the funds of 1913
Ia the sum of $l467, the extra mill
and quarter budgeted by the po- |
ice jury providing insufficient rev
ehae to operate the schools for nine
months, contrary to our expectations. |
Ihfs consequent shortage in the |
funds OF 1894, together with a
shortage Of over $1,000 in the funds |
received from the state, made it
to keep open the country
or smaller schools this year longer
than seven and one-half months. all
Iour nigh schools running as usual
the full nine months.
might state here that after sew
efal years of study and planning of
and economizing where
possiole without sacrificing too
much in the way of efficiency
nave reached the conclusion that it
Is impossible to operate our school
system ~ for a full nine months ses-
SION at an expenditure of less than
p4V,ooo. When the happy day comes
asain TO Us when We shall have this
a.-atf to expend upon our school,
sysaem, We shall still be operating on
!, loM Soo00 to $4,000 less money
,nan our ne1ghboring parishes are
low expending. notwithstanding
~ J., lact OF our small school revenues (
- = compared to the revenues of orr
asoef parishes; Notwithstanding the /
aet that before took charge of the /
ooas system the parish school {
auney was such as to permit yearly 3
an ooapehuitufes of from $4,000 to s45- e
~, ~, notWithstanding the further fact t
o oSo., tue scope and efficiency of the t
snooi Work has greatly Increased and
although the revenues have ]
creased $4,000 to SO, 1000. We have r
een ess able by hard work to secure S
~ teachers, to keep open the
auf ~ nigh schools for nine months t
en year, and to operate the small l
!. senoois = an average of eight and a e
90. months for the past four a
,rs w. ! feel that the school direc- y
- 80 VI this parish may well be r
! ,oua OF what they have accomplish. o
seftalnly no parish can render p
i peeeef account, nor can anv mar 0
,,onnt s better returns for the II
ot money invested in schools. b
M commencement Exercises. p
,nn =. graduating exercises in the II
'ut state approved hiel schools q, a
j al- parish, located at Dutchtown CT
~ ~ aroVe, Gonzales and Donaldson. al
ts,e-ehese ~ schools so situated "a 10 al
,risb b 70 every boy and girl in the Sc
u ~ the means of obtaining Il
: seaool education at small out te
i, each OF time OF money-were &C
j pnt pnahhed and satisfactorily car u
81 sios out. Ihe orators on these oc- vi
: X were Colonel J. W. Nicholson. vi
z. ~ u I. Powers and R. l. Hines sn
re state University. and prof
no i,ehson, president of the Isl th
.haa, newman Manual Training in
8 81 OF New Orleans. The thirty Sc
hoass sslaouates sent out from these
! 80 - tnls year-tWenty young Ia
3 ,.Ad eleVen young men-as well re
mha~s elauuates sent out in large in
aarlng the past several GU
] afe a big asset to the parish Sc
ainss saseliy the expense incurred IN an
ling j ~, these schools of higher tn
i, ore as efficient training. Not ;sh
amsa,,sse : these graduates proven wi
young men and women of fol