The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-02-21
SCHOOL ITEMS OF INTEREST,
MUM EER 2s

oi AsSehsioh'S Accomplish
n1s1ts in the Cause OF Education
/ al Progress-Forward Movemsgs
! in All Parts of Parish.
The agricultural department of thu
Oak Grove high school has been ap
proved for the session 1884, ana
Is receiving the special state an
preparation Of $1,000 in monthly In
stallments Of 1888. The domestic
science department of this schoo
has also been approved for the pres
enu session, and lately received the
sum of $222.20. one-haIf of the atate
appropriation to that department.
The domestic science department
introduced into the DutchtoWn high
school this session is in receipt Of
similar amount, having been ap,
proved by the state authorities.
As result of the visit of State
| supt. Harris to the three approved
nigh schools at Dutchtown. Oak
| Grove, and Gonzales, these schools
ana the work they are doing received
The stamp of approval, and Supt,
Harris has forwarded the special
state appropriation of $3.50 to these
institutions, including the Donaldson
vile high school, the work of which
has also been approved.
The superintendent is making an
effort to instill patriotism In the
schools, and as part Of this pro-
gram it is hoped that by the end of
the session every school building In
the parish will have United States
| flag floating above it. Ahu-dy a
| s1stEtlt}stt of the schools, inelua u. the
snIee New II. q aigu seuoois. nave
nolsted a flag. The Smoke Bend
school will raise a flag over Its new.
l=pul ldiRg hursd Wi vi III ppraarsaIe
exercises.
1t has been found necessary to re-
turn an assistant teacher to the
Burnside school, since the great num-
Der Of pupils who expected to leave
tnat community have decided to re-
main. The attendance at this school
is around three hundred.
On account Of the good roads thus
Iar, the transfers at Gonzales and
Galvez schools have been crowded
with children each morning and good
time has been made in making the
trips.
The Smoke Bend school is now
housed in its new building 1t had
been hoped at one time that this
school might be consolidated with
DonaldsonVille, but after a study OF
the situation by e. P. Melancon. at
tn9T fimA f,f
Tor the first ward, and by the super
lntendent, and later by the new
board member from that ward, it
was concluded the plan was not
feasible on account of the number of
children attending the Smoke Bend
school and the expense incident to
the establishment of three large
transfers that would be necessary to
transport hese pupils, to Donaldson
Vlile. The cost of operating the
transfers would have been more
than the salary of the two teachers
employed at Smoke Bend, to say
nothing of the original cost of the
hacks, $175, and the salary OF two
additional teachers in the Donald
sonville school. It was found also
that the town school campus and
building are already overcrowded,
and ttat there is but one good avail
able classroom, when two would be
required
Some agricultural extension work
is being done in most of the country
schools. The teachers and pupils ut
Hobart have converted all the rear
part of the school campus into a
large vegetable garden and have
SOLD quite a lot Of vegetables for the
benefit Of their school fund.
The special school tax in the
Dutchtown district has yielded this
year $450.27, with about 5000 more
to be collected. The Galvez school
community has paid s168.75, with
more outstanding.
The cattle dipping vat at the Oak
Grove agricultural school is serving
quite a number of the people in that
section of the parish A fee of 8
cents per head is charged for Dip
ping. The farm will soon invest in
a thoroughbred bull, which will serve
the needs Of the community. During
the past three years the farm has
supplied numbers of farmers, club
members and others within the par
ish, as well as a few out of the par
Lsh, with sock from the farms reg
istered Duroc-Jersey hogs. Brown
Leghorne chickens and India Run
ner ducks now keep company with
the pigs on the farm and helm to
consume the waste from the kitchen
OF the domestic science department
OF the school.
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