The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-09-27

morning for the IS14-1J term. The
| buildings have all been put in condI-
| ton and the teachers are ready 90
| begin their work. The first day, OF
! course. viii be devoted principally to
! The organization of classes. But for
/ the school book situation the attend
ance would be much larger than prs-
/ vious years, but it IS feared this will
/ have the effect OF keeping many pu-
/ pills away from school who otherwise
would be in attendance. Then, too,
] there are some who are unable to pur-
/ chase books for their children and this
/ Is likely to keep the attendance down
/ 10 some extent.
! At the Pensacola High school pro-
+ vision has been made for taking care
/ OF every pupil in the city who is en-
/ titled 20 attend. The full faculty IN
/ Prof b. r. Lane principal. Prof. WIN
/ Tyler, assistant principal and head of
/ department OF commerce.: Prof. ID. l..
! Milne, Science; Miss Maude Sutcr.
French and history; Miss Mary Bitch.
! Latin; Miss Sara Z. Donaldson, maths-
matics: Miss Josie Loftin and Miss
/ EVA Vaughn, English: Miss Helen
/ Carter, Domestic Science and History.
a large number Of students have
+ already enrolled, and a most success
! ful year is anticipated.
( TO ATTEND NO. 20.
/ Through an arrangement concluded
! yesterday afternoon the pupils IN the
two sections of grade No. s will re-
! port to school No. 40 Monday morning.
A cottage Just across the street has
been secured, as the grades cannot he
/ accommodated in the No. 40 school
building The building is the best That
could be secured under the circum-
stances and will be remodeled at once.
| Speaking OF the matter last night Supt.
/ Edwards said:
u hope the people will not be dis
! appointed in the class OF rooms Sc
cured for these sections OF the fifth
grade, as no one realizes more than
the board of education the inadequacy
| of rooms in a residence with respect
| TO size and Inconvenience. We found
| It impossible to secure rooms large
enough to accommodate thirty to forty
pupils, but we will throw small ones
together. 1t is absolutely necessary
to rent rooms, and it was thought bet
| ter to rent in the community where the
! children live than to require them to
walk across town and still occupy rent
ed rooms"
BOOK SITUATION IMPROVED.
slightly favorable aspect appeared
on the face Of the textbook situation
yesterday when Superintendent Ed
wards received a telegram from the
Southern School Book Depository Cr
: Atlanta, through whom come practt-
caIly all the books except arithmetic
and English grammars. This telegram
stated that books were going forward
by express and freight both.
Apparently the situation was cleared
to this extent in somewhat the fol-
lowing manner: 1t is stated that the
publishers through their agents in At
lanta yesterday telegraphed both their
agents here to send in an order for the
additional books needed, and also by
telephone requested information Of ons
dealer. who replied that all the infor-
nation had been sent in a telegram by
Prof. 3. b. Lane Thursday night. The
dealer states that the Atlanta agents
told him they had refused to receive
the telegram and had not read It, and
his reply then was that the telegram
contained all the information he could
give. It seems that Supt. Edwards
message to the effect that the telc-
gram in question was to give them
the last chance TO get the books here
and that IL had been sent in a effort
TO get a sufficient supply Of books
as well as save the publishers damages
for failure to furnish the books. had
brought the publishers to terms. In
the meantime Professor Lane had teie-
graphed again that his former MESSAGE
containing the list of books needed for
all the county, and that unless the
books were in Pensacola Monday the
county must claim damages under the
state contract with the publishers.
GAVE DUE NOTICE.
The school officials claim that they
have done everything possible to get
the books here in time not only for
the needs Of the city but OF the out
lfing county schools, that the publish
ers have had due notice that the law
requiring the use Of the state adopted
books would go in force in Escambia
county this session, and that the pub
fishers contract with the state put or
them the burden of furnishing the
books. or Of becoming liable for dam
ages for failure to furnish them.