St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-09-09
Speakers Address Teachers,
Pupils and Patrons in
School Auditorium.
SLIDELL, ABITA, AND
OTHER SCHOOLS OPEN
Talisheek Will Build Anoth.
er School Building In
Place of One Burned.

The formal opening of the hig
school In C0vington was conducte
ct the school auditorium last Tues
day. Talks were made by Mrs. J
C.. Burns, president Of the Covingtol
School League, President N. H. Fitz
Gtmons Of the School Board, Supt
Lyon. Rev. Boykin of the Methods
Church and Principal Park OF thu
High School. The auditorium wa
crowded with pupils, teachers ant
patrons of the school, and much in
terest was manifested in making tn,
coming term q success.
The enrolment in the differen
grades, to Wednesday. was as fol
lows: First, So; second, 80; third
~; fourth. 81; fifth, 81; sixth, 3S
seventh. 28; eighth, 81; ninth, ~;
tenth, %; eleventh, Is. Making .
total enrolment of 4O5 of which 81
are In the high school department.
Ex-State High School Conductor
Leo N. Navrot, OF Baton Rouge, visit
ed the school Wednesday and made q
very interesting address to the pupils
OF the high school. 4.4S
Prof. Park states, for the benefit
ot those beginners who will reach
the school age ~ January l, 1917,
and who expect to enter school at
not later than that date, that 1t Is
advisable that they be enrolled now.
The reason for this is that In halt
= year they cannot complete the first
grade and consequently will be re-
A. Sn~& &~~ Ia
one and one-half years.
by the new Course Of Study sent
out by the State Department Of Edu-
cation, Physical Geography will take
the place of Zoology in the eighth
gr9de. r.. / saAus.
Atita Springs School.
The Abita Springs school opened
on Monday, Sept. 4th, with large
attendance, and number Of patrons
present.
Mayor Alex Multi addressed the
school stressing the necessity for
obedience, diligence and perfect at
tendance.
Capt. G. e. Millar made a very i'll
teresting address urging the child
rem TO realize the need of an educ1-
portunities.
After singing America" the child
rem marched to their classrOoms
ready to begin the work of the new
session.
Slidell High School.
The Slidell High School opened
Monday morning. The enrolment
has reached four hundred fifty.
The school day begins at $3.50 and
closes at 1855. That gives recess
and an extra period of forty minutes
in the afternoon. The idea is to pro-
vide for more study periods at the
school and less at home.
Many of the teachers who were
here last session have returned from
pleasant vacations and have begun
work again.
wedding bells rang in the faculty
during the vacation. Miss May Fred
erick, the 7th grade teacher Of 1915
16, was married to Mr.. Lemuel G.
Toney, Of Hackley, La, after school
closed last June.
Several changes have been made
In the class rooms. The high school
pupils are on the ground floor.
We will have our formal opening
exercises when Mr.. Liddle returns.
Talisheek School.
Talisheek will waste no time in
putting up q new school building in
place of the one that was burned
down last week. There is strong
in favor of giving the
children Of st. Tammany parish the
best educational facilities possible,
and Talisheek is not behind other
ections of the parish in this senti-
ment. The following notice shows
how the people stand on this Ques-
ton. and also that the provisions OF
the new compulsory education law
will be put in force in every practi-
cal detail:
Covington, La, Sept. s. 1916.
Public notice is hereby given that
the Parish School Board will receive
sealed bids fo rthe erection of four
room frame school building to be
erected on the school grounds at
Talisheek.
] This building will be built accord
Ing to plans and specifications of |
Chas. Jenkins, architect.
Notice is also given that build |
Ing committee to be appointed by the |
HArih School Board at their special
meeting to be held ON September 20,
1915. will meet in the ONCE Of the
Superintendent on Tuesday, October
~, 1916. and proceed to open bids
md award the contract to the low !
~ responsible bidder. reserving tho |
Ea&At to reject any and Ill bids.