Bogalusa enterprise. [volume] (Bogalusa, La.) 1914-1918, 1915-04-15
|0UR SCHOOLS
EQUAL BEST
Success Due In No Small
Meaure TO Local Tax
Levy
AN ABLE AD N ms TRAT|ON
Has Resulted In Remark
able Progress Made
During Past Year

That our City has grown fror
a small town into a prosperou!
thriving city of 10000 souls is du
in no small measure to its goo
system of schools. The citizen
recognized early that if the tow1
was TO become a city of which
everyone should be proud, thei
schools must be placed on a firm
and sure basis. This could be done
only by local taxation for schoo
purposes. Most willingly did the
people meet the demand and votec
tax levies sufficient for the purpose
of operating our schools. This
revenue together with the amount
received from the State has been
sufficient to give our people good
educational advantages for nine
months in the year. Our people
gave freely and they were wise
Figures speak truly and figures
show that the educational advan.
taees in our city are such that they
measure up with the best of our
State.
Under the able administration of
our Boards of Education, our schools
have made splendid progress and
have been placed on an equal with
the best school systems of the State.
Year by year the number of school
pupils has increased and by raising
the curriculum each year, our school
was placed with the accredited
high schools of the State, so that
our graduates can enter upon certifi-
cate the Sophomore classes of our
colleges and the Freshman classes
of our Universities. If they are un-
able to 60 off to college and duty
calls them to the battle of life, thew
are fitted to meet conflict and to
win over their less fortunate compe-
titors.
With this history Of her. past and
present, with four grammar schools,
one hiehschool, 81 teachers for the
white schools, two good schools for
negroes with five teachers and 100
pupils, Bogalusa may we'll feel a
pride in what she has done for the
educational uplift Of this city. Yet
the future holds even greater things
in store for the Magic City," The
wheels of advancing civilization
and progress cannot be stopped.
Soon the state in its wisdom is 90
ing to lay its hand upon the child
rem of the common wealth and saw
that they can no longer be kept
from school; the children must be
prepared in schools, to be successful,
useful citizens; department of in
dustrial training must be established
workshops and kitchens will have
to be built and equipped with
everything needed to fit our boys
and girls for the real struggle of
life. For the approach of this day
Boealusa is wisely preparing. For
over 1900 white pupils and 900
negro pupils provision must be
made. Therefore the people of
bogalusa will be asked soon to vote
another special tax for school pur-
poses as has been done in the past.
All the best school systems,
in the city or in the coun-
ny, are supported in past by
ocal taxation and Bogalusa is no
exception. The people of our city
deserve great deal of credit for
heir loyal support Of cur schools in
ne past. 1t is to he hoped and we
incerely trust that every citizen of
'ogalusa who reads this, will show
efficient interest in our schools
hat he will give his influence and
part of his money for the success
I'll maintenance of our schools in
ne future as he has invariably done
n the past: our schools so far are