El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-01
TEACHERSPAY
DAY On FIRST
Board So Rules; Diaz To
Open High School With
Song; No Roman Room.

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ployes Of the school board viii ne on
the first Of the succeeding month. ex-
cept when the first falls on a sunday
or legal holiday
This ruling. which it is believed will
remove the cause for dissatisfaction
among Fl Paso teachers. regarding the
irregularity of pay day. was made at a
meeting of the school board Monday
night
Many teachers want to leave town
on the last day of May. and some Of
! them cannot get away because they
Hawley, the vice president. who Occu-
pied the chair in the absence of presi-
dent Ed. NJ Whitaker.
why the hysterical haste to get
away? snapped out 5. J. Freudenthal?
I Any teacher that can't wait two or
! three days before leaving FL PasO ought
! to get out and stay out"
To Take Up PayroIIS.
After the motion had been passed.
! Nr. Hawley said that he would take
up the matter Of more complete pay
rolls with superintendent Tighe- The
| chairman also brought up the matter CT
J holidays
suppose n teacher quits on the 21st
| of December. or the day after the holt
| days begin, is he or she entitled TO full
I The consensus OF opinion among Mr..
! Hawley's colleagues was In the mega
( tive
Suppose. however. that the teacher
leaves on the day after the vacation
| is over was the next hypothetical
question.
Then they've got you" volunteered
Mr. FreUdenthal unhesitatingly amid
the laughter OF the other members
DiHH Concert Allowed.
Senior Rafael Diaz. noted opera singer.
and his accompanist. Oliver Denton. viii
be allowed the use of the high school
auditorium cOr the consideration Of
500 plus the expenses TO be incurred
1 Tor lights The date Of the concert
has not been fixed. but VIII be some
time between oct. 20 and Nov. =
Il know that 1 haven't much music
in me confessed g 3 Stevens. but /
wish 10 say that lot Of il is wasted
IN the schools l take different view
from that OF most people about the adu-
cational value of music
Prudential Quotes Shakspere.
The man that hath no music in his
Is fl for treasons. stratagems and
quoted Mr. Prudential from the 1fer-
chant of Venice.
J. 9. WorthinEton and Mr. White
thought that the school board ought TO
encourage good music as an educational
proposition Mr.. HaWley was not sure
that the school would ne prepared TO 20
into the theatrical business next fall
Despite Mr. Steyens's stentorian no"
the motion was carried. The women
who have urged the matter in recent
letter 10 Prof. A. II. HUEhey. principal
Of the high school. are Mesdames : J.
FenneL W r. Brown. g F. Kelly. Jas.
= Bowen. Jos. Hurxthal. Henry T.
Bowie ! NJ Richmond Carl Halpern,
Margaret Olive Jordan. Julia Lee
Brown. and Or. Alice G. Merchant
Turn Down Roman scheme.
the ma rbie-izatiOn' OF the Latin
room in the high school would cost
from $50 TO $500, announced Prof
Huehey
1T would tend 10 give the atmosphere
OF ancient Rome TO the classroom. ex-
planned the principal
why not try Roman candlesy' Suz-- 4
gested Mr.. FreudenthaI
or why not have the Latin teacher
dress IN Roman style2" volunteered Mr.. I
Hawley-
The cause or chaste I-atinity became
"a noble ruin when W r. Navfield -nro
whose hands the matter had previously .
been placed for invest ieation. reported R
that the Roman idea could not be de- E
veloped m the Latin room as il IS At
present built. II was decided that the /
time was not Yet ripe for ADOPTING. F.
Prof Hughev's plan.
To Inspect Ice Boxes
Heating and cooling occupied good /
part Of the boards attention Monday
night After hearing arguments from
various representatives of refrigerator
concerns. IL was decided to turn the \
question OF ice boxes for the high
school lunch room to the external com
mittee. who are TO inspect refrigerators
now in use in I'll Paso
Prof. Putnam Dictates Figures
The hoard resem bled a dictation class
Wnen Prof G p Putnam. formerly
superintendent OF education in FL Paso.
Fuel company ordered the members to
take out pencil and paper. and CODY the
figures he had before him The dz-a /
were taken from government reports. Z
and dealt with the chemical properties
or various kinds Of coal-his own and
some OF his competitors being included |
only Mr. Worthington played truant
and did not take notes as Prof Putnam /
lictated-
The lesson in coal chemistry included
problem in proportion. which most Of J
the members tried to work out = +
"a wyer. auditor and assistant secretary.
proved himself the champion -apid
calculator. giving the result in thraa
seconds and a half.
Chooses Hard and SOFT CoaI~-
Cerillos No. p. anthracite coal at
$50 a ton was selected for whatever
fuel VIII he needed at the Alta Vista
school The Southwestern Fuel com
l1nv was awarded the contract for 81
'wastika fancy nut hituminous a $50
ton. with the reservation that one
'arload. not to exceed 20 tons OK
Vashed nut coal al $3.50 a ton viii be
supplied by the West Texas Fuel COM /
1any. i'm the way Of "A trial order
Besides Prof Putnam W W Evans !
-eprese uting the Forbes coal through .
Held Bros. and :. G. Aubrey. of the |
Southwestern Fuel company. nut forth
heir claims. Mr.. Evans entered into a
echnical discussion with Prof Putnam
-egarding the analysis OF coal and
asserted that he had later figures than
hose read by the professor.
No Fence For stadium
The building OF n fence around the
Ugh school stadium in order to make | /
possible the charging Of admission for
ootball games was vigorously opposed
" Mr.. Stevens.
Il am going to scrap football every |
inc il is brought before this board" |
declared Mr. stevens with consider Dle { |
ceiling Football takes students away /
rom their work, and mains many OF
hem ] don't want the school board
o have anything to DO with il"
Scott White expressed himself in !
avOr Of military training. as the ideal
VaV of deVelOpinE manhood. huf added