El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-21
$4,000 VOTED
FOR HIGH SCHOOL
School Board Makes Con-
struction Appropriation
Wednesday Night.

The school board authorized the APP
preparation Of $4,000 to cover the
construction cost on the new high
school building under the contract re
Gently let to J. Z. 1Gorgans ordered the
issuance of a warrant to take up. the
remaining note of $3.50 against the
high school site, discussed the play
ground and recreation center move
ment at it's meeting Wednesday nlgnt
The entire board was present, includ-
ing r. +. Hines, recently elected'@o
membership in place of Alves Dixon
The December bills, amounting 70
s1T2l25, were ordered paid
The Franklin school was granted
request for larger supply Of towels
AOy Gets Photograph.
The request Of the Aoy school for The
installation of photograph was
granted and the superintendent OF
schools was authorized to make the
purchase.
The yearly salary of Miss Mildred
Whitfield was raised $50, owing TO the
character Of work she is engaged in.
A communication from the Beall
school, thanking the board for the pur-
chase OF q piano for the school, was re-
ceived and filed.
President F. B. simmons appointed
trustees ]. c. WorthingtOn, R. L. Holli-
day and DR.. J. A. Pickett as building
1 committee.
"A representative Of the Trusscon
Steel company, of Youngstown, Pa, ap-
peared before the board in behalf OF
the use Of the company's process OF
construction.
{ chase OF books to be used in the TOca-
! tiOnal work Of the schools
Additional Teachers.
Supt. r. J. Tfghe was authorized to
\ employ additional teachers as follows:
Two for extra grade and one. for fifth
| grade in the Alta Vista school, one FOR
4 the Villas school, one to fiji vacancy
i in the Lamar school and also one in
, the High school, also a teacher in the
[ High school to do commercial work
| Supt Tighe, as member Of the play
I ground committee that waited on the
! city, reported that mayor c. 2 Kelly
| had given assurance that the city
! would appropriate $4,000, and rs near
| $4,000 as possible, as its portion Of the
! $4,000 needed for the first year in es-
/ tablishing the Fairgrounds and recrea-
1 ton center plan. It was the sense OF
/ the board that the employment OF
| supervisor be deferred until the organ
/ izatiOn of the system was little
( farther advanced.
/ No Political Meetings.
Acting on a request for the use OF
/ the Alta Vista school for the holding OF
I political meetings. the board ruled that
! none of the school buildings should be
/ rented for political purposes.
/ barrels of kalsomine, of standard col
| ors, be purchased for use by manual
| training students, in retinting the
! walls Of certain schools.
J. E Morgan addressed the board or
| technical features OF the construction
I work on the new high school building
Reports Arc Read.
The report Of the superintendent FOL
! the month of December showed tota
( enrolment in the schools of 1899 an in
! crease over the same month last veal
/ OF 1885. The percentage of attend
/ ance was 95.6. the same as the preced-
/ ing December. Cases Of hardness to-
I tailed 700, or a decrease of 60 from
/ December 1918. The average rally at
I tendance was 1894 an increase of 1Oi
| over the preceding December.
The report of H. A. Schaffer, auditor
| showed expenditures in December, S21.-
| 1866; total revenues, S136.21779; sur.
i plus for the period. s114,72L23. Fol
( nine months, including December, ex
| penditures totaled s144,O1442, and rev.
enues, s23I635.41, leaving a surplus o.
| S93 620.99