St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-12-30
Sees nNewly Elected School
Board Member H. II.
Levy Hope for Cause.
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NEW CAMELIA AGAIN
j. PLACED 9 IN. SERVICE
Lack Of Material Causes a
] Temporary Stop in Con-.
struction of Sea WALL.
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{By staff Correspondent, ,


Mr.. H. H. Levy has received hib
commission. taken the oath of Office
and is now afull-fedged member
sof the Parish School Board until
1922, having been elected for six
years, during which time the desti-
kntes of the local public school system
VIII be in his hands and very much
under his control and we believe to
"a brilliantly successful finish. for he
possesses all the necessary attributes,
youth, energy, ambition, presidency
and above all is a fanatic on the
school question, and he-4but why
continue, everybody knows ..Hymen"
SO We raise our hats to the new men,
ber, and in extending our congratu-
lations we couple it with the hope
that before the finish of 1917 we will
see begun bran new pub blic school
ana a high, school at that. Mande-
vile should be made the center of
this educa tional district and by prop
er care, grooming and educational
methods 1t can be SO made. The
material is here, it only needs ex-
tploitipg. Our present school is a
disgrace to the parish, and a reflec-
tiOn on the community and a shame
to the Individual units. thereof. It
soon will be put up to the people to
decide II the present conditions are
to be permanently and perceptably
or remain in statu quo; and
it it be the latter 1t will go far to-
wards proving that some of the i'm
hajbitants OF this town are out Van
Winkling old Rip himself for he slept
but 20 years while they are hiding
In the same old rut and mire for nigh
on to rs years.
The child of today is the man of
tomorrow, soon to replace us in our
respective spheres, and that he may
do SO: intelligenly, with credit to
himself and honor to his community,
the proper and safe foundation must
be laid and that can only be done
in the school. The opposition to a
tax for q new public school and an
improved public school system, is OF |
its very nature prime factor with a
Heaven-hIgh appeal for q re0rgani-
zation OF present conditions, for it is
born Of seltishness, ignorance, illit- |
eracy, bigotry and niggardlyness. 1n-
Hviduals who imagine themselves
strong enough to shoulder the re-
,ponsibilny Of preventing or even
the giving Of a good sub
education to the. youth of
he land. are to the entire social
'abric what. the ..cottony-cusio pest
s torplant life---a menace to the pub
10, a cankerous sore that should be
sxcised and destroyed, not literally.
nut by such an Overwhelming defeat
It the polls, as to prove to them in
10 uncertain manner that they are
'bstructionists, irnpedfments to pro-
.resaiNeness and parasites who are
Olerated because Of reasons that
nay be, and whose silence or room
would be preferable to their baseless,
and untenable state
nents. Ill |
It is understood that Mr.. n. II,
4evy. with the assistance OF the
roper officials, intends to enforce
he Compulsory Educational law
% II '.hint is as good as a hit" 1t
7ould abe1Well for parents and guard
ans who have children. annenabIe to |
he law to voluntarily do at once
ahat the law win compel them to
o later, viz: send their children to
chOol.
The magnificent piano offered as a
rize by the Vaudeville Co-operative
rug Co., to that person who would
roduce the largest number Of sale
was won by Mrs. Nicholas
NTH. The contest has been on
[nce last May and was closed last
aturday night. and the judges, who
ere Messrs. Guy A: Smith, James
Hutchinson and James Reed, de-
Ided Mrs. N. Smith the winner. she
aving accumulated 20, ,I81,88O, and
d her nearest competitor by
.16S ,8O7 votes. Mr.. and Mrs. N.
NTH, who are very popular in the
Dunger set, are preparing for good
Id time "at home for their many
lends, when the new instrument is
stalled and ready for business.
Work on the sea wall has been
stopped because the 8
resent car shortage has prevented
le delivery OF material necessary In I
le construction OF the concrete pill |
g. However, the contractors state
at once they do begin they will J
ork double crews day and night, *
lereby catchinE ~ lost time and q