El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-23
BUY THREE KINDS
Of TYPEWR|TERS
School Board Selects Three
Models for New High
School; Walks Needed.


Upon the recommendation OF the
school board, three different models
of typewriters will be used in the COM
mercial department Of the new high
school during the next year. This was
decided at a meeting of the board Of
school trustees Tuesday night at the
Bailey school The three models Sc
lected were the Remington. Underwood
and the Royal all being highly recon-
mended by secretaries of various
boards of education throughout the
country. While the idea of selecting
three differently manufactured ma
chimes was for the purpose of familiar
izing the pupils with the various
models. and not one standard make
Fifteen Remington typewriters. seven
Underwood and three of the Royal
manufacture will be purchased by the
board, a total Of %.
To Get Three Models.
The decision Of the board to pur-
chase the three models was reached
after the agents Of the different ma
chimes had explained the mechanism
Of the various parts, and offered ref
erence from schools in different parts
OF the country \ self-starter on one
OF the typewriters attracted consider
able interest on the part Of trustee
Charles B. Stevens. who declared that
he thought il would contribute TO the
saving of time and labor Prof 4 H
Hughey. of the high school stated to
the board that he thought that at least
20 new typewriters were needed. but
that as there were only 80 new desks
at the high school. and six machines in !
use already. only an addition Of 25 |
would be needed
To Pay in Instruments.
All Of the agents of the various COM J
panies agreed to accept payment for |
the typewriters on the instalment 4
ha "a vii
TO be paid until December !. II was /
also decided TO trade off all Of the old |
typewriters for new ones Of the same
model and that the difference in the
purchase price be paid out of the school J
fund. (
school Depository.
Bids for the depository of the school
fund were opened by auditor F. z
Sawyer from the First National and
the Rio Grande Valley banks. The
custody of the school funds was award
ed TO the Rio Grande bank on recon-
mendation Of trustee A L Hawley. the !
bid Of this bank being two and one
half cents interest Oh the fund. and
six per cent interest on all over-drawn
warrants. The bid of the First Ma
tiOnal bank was two per cent interest |
on the fund and SIX per cent for over
drawn warrants Auditor Sawyer also
reported that SOC chairs ordered from
the Neff- Stiles company for the new
high school had arrived insgood con-
dition and were being placed
Walks Needed.
Superintendent r J. Tighe brought
the attention Of the board to the con-
dition of the walk leading from Ange
and Florence streets to the new high |
school building after heavy rain, and
recommended that the board authorize !
the construction OF board walk for
the pupils TO use This led to a lively |
tilt among the members. trustee {. B I
Stevens stating that he walked 10 ,
school when he was boy and il did !
not matter if he got mud on his feet
or not.
But there is flooring and other
things that would be damaged in the
building If the pupils were allowed to /
track mud in said Supt- TiGhe-
We'll. ] would suggest that we build
= tramway from the street to the new
building. in order that they do not get
their feet wet" said trustee Stevens.
The matter was postponed
New Teachers
Supt- Tighe also reported that he
had received designations from the
following teachers Of the city schools:
Miss Minnie Grace. Miss B Miller and
Miss Y Whitfield. He stated that ne
had made the following appointments
TO take the place Of those resigned;
Miss Frances tTernsbacher, Miss opal
Hughes and Miss Helen Hoover The
appointment Of four cadet teachers
subject to the order of the board at
A recent meeting was also read by
SUpt. Tighe as follows, Miss Vivian
Pomeroy. Miss Elizabeth Lucas, Hiss
H. Light and Miss Fay VIM All of
the foregoing teachers are graduates
II the local high school and are
equipped with normal certificates. ac-
cording to SupL Tighe- His action
was approved by the board
Chairs For Sewing Room.
The ordering of p chairs for the
sewing room Of the High school was
referred to the external committee with
power to act Trustee Charles B. Ste
renS also brought up the matter Of
the new high school library
with the necessary furniture and stat
d that there were numbers of small
tens on a requisitiOn brought to his 1
attention that should be investigated
The purchase of an encyclopedia
was discussed at length by
he board and Il was decided to refer
he matter to the external committee
Both Prof A. H Hughey and trustee
:. B. Stevens stated to the board that
hey were afraid that the new high
school building would not be completed
ic term during the early part Of Sep
ember.
There are numbers Of FL Paso peo-
de who want to see the new school |
building before il is opened t. the pu-
ills and I think We ought to have II
pen for two days at least" said trus-
ee Stevens.
7 am not sure whether it will be
completed by Labor day or not" said
orof- Hughey.
Trustee 4 L. Hawley then stated
hat the building of the new school
vas d tremendous Job and the best
hing the board could do was to let
he contractors go ahead and finish |
I as soon as they could and open it
s soon as possible
JAYS RUBLEE Is SERVING
BY RECESS APPOINTMENT
Washington. D. c, Aug 23..George
2ublee is acting as a member Of the
ederal trade commission by recess an