Bogalusa enterprise. [volume] (Bogalusa, La.) 1914-1918, 1914-12-31
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FINE SCHOOLS
Would Be A Credit 10 A City Of $4,000
Population. Much Praise Due Great
Southern Lumber Company
SOME INTERESTING HISTORY

Inc history OF no community IS COM
plete unless the story of its educational
progress and advancement occupies
prominent place in the account. To no
cause more than to the rural and intellec-
tual uplift of its schools does the United
States owe its position in the family
of nations. The several states of the ma
ton have advanced as they looked well
to the training of the future citizens.
The growth of Bogalusa from a small
town of a few hundred people into pros
porous, thriving city of 10000 souls is no
small measure is due to the generous sup
port given to our schools by the Great
Southern Lumber Company and the peo-
pie of this city. The year 1905, marks the
beginning of our city and the Great South
ern Lumber Company recognized, that if
the place was to become city of which
every one should be proud, if residents
were induced to come here and to stav
here, the schools must be placed in
firm and sure basis. The first school was
opened in three room house in the part
of the town now occupied by the colored
people. This school had one teacher and
about 80 pupils. The next school opened
was located on Ave. B. taught by a lady
teacher as private school and having
but few children in attendance.
The city grew by leaps and bounds and
the erection of school building became
necessary to meet the demands of the in
creasing population and the growing met
rOpolis of southern Louisiana. The
Great Southern Lumber Company saw the
need and knew that the place must have
a school building big enough to answer
every purpose for years to come and also
a building that would be credit to the
city The erection of the fine building in
South Bosalusa now in use was begun in
the spring of 1907 by the Great Southern
Lumber Company and completed in the
late fall, This gave Bogalusa school
building, modern in every respect, with 10 Il
rooms, equipped with the best desks and
furnished with everything school could
1esire, and also an Auditorium with 800
opera chairs and 200 folding chairs, this
structure would be pride to city of
even 10000 people. In the fall of 1907 the
lew school building was entered. 1t was
happy moment to all. The childrens
hearts were filled with joy at their sur
oundings and the people pointed with
honest pride to the home which the GOOD
Company had erected for the education of
heir children. The pupils We'd with each
other in expressions of delight and that to
lay the building is so free from abuse is
in no small part due to the splendid spir-
It of the student body For as no appro-
priation had as yet been made by the
Parish Board of School Directors for the
maintenance of the school, the Company
which had so literally erected the build
ing. furnished the means with which pro-
visions could be made. To most commu-
mites this building would have been am
pie for years to come But Bogalusa is no
ordinary city, the spirit of progress took
of the citizens; the excellent
opportunities of the place attracted the
attention of the intelligent citizens of 9TH
II districts, where other cities doubled
heir population, Boealusa multiplied hers
~ eight. So the school building that in
l9O7 was thought by every one to be
ample for many years to come was found
n the fall of 1909 to small to accommo-
late the hundreds of pupils knocking at
he doors. Steps were at once taken to
urnish more school facilities. The schools
1t present have an enrolment of 100
White pupils and 20 teachers, housed IN
our separate schools at North Boealusa,
n Adamstown, in Richardstown, and at
he Central school is south Bogalusa. Our
chool is one of the recognized High
chools Of the state and put out its first
Graduates in 1912, who received state de-
'lomas. There were three graduates in
hat year, three others in 1918 and six in
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