St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-03-25
Homes For Teachers
Continued from page y

| III q Lew WEEKS.
President r. II. bowman, OF New
Orleans, of the National Lumbe
manufacturers Association, and Di
rectors w. III. Sullivan of Bogalusa
and E. G. Schwartz, OF Burton, La.
are among the most ardent advocate
Of the project, and the success Of tn.
building of such structures in few
isolated portions of their home state
has convinced them that it is goot
social movement for the entire ma
ton, as we'll as for Louisiana.
The plan to spreaa the gospel ol
homes for school teachers over ths
land was first preached only lev
weeks ago at conference of the
directors OF the association. sit prov
ed instantly popular. The idea was
taken up by the United States Blu
reau of Education, and the first re-
suit of this cooperation between the
lumbermen of the nation and the
government itself is in the issuance
| of a brochure entitled Teachers
Cottages. by S. r. Kellogg, of Chi
cago, secretary of the National Lum-
Der Manufacturers Association. in
/
Bureau of Education, and which is
being sent to every county superin-
| tendent of schools In America. The
| Rockefeller Foundation has already
approved of the plan and Is giving
| SIS, 900 to foster this work with
more money to come.
The proposal to build these teach
ers' cottages all over the land fol-
lows out the idea that has already
been carried into extensive success
by the state OF Washington.
The national association has taken
up this social service work in the be-
Lief that the education Of the ma
ton will be immensely advanced If
are properly housed. The theory Is
that II teacers are provided will
proper homes, the country district
will be able to secure better teach.
ers, and avoid the constant changes
by which the schools are always in
a torn-up condition. AS Secretary
Kellogg phrases it in his work
which constitutes a survey of the
movement and its possibilities:
Under present circumstances, the
teaching Of a country school aften
becomes simply temporary expedi-
ent for the teacher the first term af.
ter getting a certificate, and ambiti
GUS teachers who are anxious TO
somthing of themselves, go to the
city schools just as soon as possible
where living condition are better.
The country schools are always left
with the largest proportion Of young
inexperienced, poorly trained teach
ers."
Mr.. Kellogg urges also that the
teachers cottages, or as he calls
them, teacherages, should be models
of sanitation, artistic, though mex
pensive, and so constructed that they
may be not only homes, but real
social centers for the rural neigh
borhoods.
In order to further this plan of
properly caring for the teachers, the
lumbermen's organization is ready
to prepare plans to assist rural COM
munities in providing their teachers.
with the kinds of homes which have
proved satisfactory in Washington.
and in the other more scattered To-
calities where they have been built.
Louisiana Is selected for one of the
first states for the general introduc-
ton OF this new idea Of teachers
cottages for every rural school, be-
cause 1t has already made amazing
progress on this very line.
Here are some of the detailed re-
SAnrfc I'M tho conditions w, CT
Special departments OF domestic
science are operated in about two
hundred OF our public schools.
These departments are supported
partly by special state aid. A num-
her of domestic science cottages have
been built in the various parishes.
The parish school boards have ample
authority in law to build cottages for
the purpose OF providing quarters
for the domestic science work. IT.
H. Harris, State Superintendent.
Baton Rouge, La.)
"Such a move would be good as
the teachers do not stay long enough
In q place." 1Have been consider
ing the matter" "The city of New
Orleans gave recently several thous-
and acres of swamp land, 1000 acres
Of which was to be set off as home
for teachers, but nothing has been
done toward accepting the gift.
Two rural consolidated schools are
now planning to build homes for the
principal" Lafayette parish.1
Choudrant has established an ag-
ricultural and domestic science high
school and In connection with this
school purchased and remodeled
six-room cottage; also furnished It
completely as q teachers home"
The agricultural teacher is kept the
entire year and they have 20 acres
on the school farm and campus.
De Soto rents two cottages owned
by the school authorities to princi-
pals but it Is the intention to give
them rent free as soon a. the dis
trict IL out Of debt.
Three other parishes are to try
teachers' cottages.
Avoyelles parish reports one COT
tage and that the experiment has
provAn very sucoessful.
Lincoln parish = attempting to