St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-09-02
Attendance Will Be Larger
Than Ever, Because of
Compulsory Law.
SLIDELL HIGH SCHOOL
WILL HAVE $50 PUPILS
Some Schools Will Probably
Not Open Till the First
of January.


open Monday, September 4, with a
{ nine-months term ahead. and pre-
pared for some good work. Prof.
Parks time will be taken up by the
teaching of mathematics and history,
together with two forty-minute peri
ods, required by law, for supervision
by the principal. ~
The other high school teachers will
be Miss Mamie Paysinger, science
and mathematics; Miss Ethel Moore.
English and Latin. Miss Moore is
from Homer and comes very highly
recommended, having done post
graduate work at the Chicago Uni
versaty and at the Tulane Summer
Normal School. II it is possible to
get the pupils In the roms. there will
be one less teacher in the high school
than last year.
Miss Gertrude lMather. who for
merly taught here, and Miss Nellie
G. Gerome. from the Warrensburg,
(Mo.,) State Normal, and niece Of
Mr.. Graf, will teach the overflow
from the fifth and seventh grades.
The seventh grade will be taught
by Miss Myra Melanc0n, the sixth by
Miss Hattie Murphy, fifth by Mrs. v.
z. Young, fourth Miss Christine Fitz-
Simons, overflow from fourth and
dfth by Miss Nellie G. Gerome, Miss
Wesaie Lansing third grade, Miss
Elisa Stockton second, and Miss M.
T.. Cazes first.
The Slidell high school will open
September 1 for nine-months term.
Prof. H. U. Baker, principal. will
teach mathematics, 8. L. Taylor
sciences, Miss Rosa Towns Latin and
English. Seventh grade will be
taught by Miss Isabel Smith. sixth by
Miss Mary Taylor. fifth by Miss Beu-
1ah Baker, fourth Miss Alma Fred
erick, third by Miss Ella Scogin. ov-
erfow from fourth and fifth by Miss
Cora Abel, second by Miss Adele
Perreand, first by Miss Leah Com
fort and Miss Francis Bryson. Miss
Cecelia Theobald and Miss Cora Abel
will take charge Of the overflow.
On account of the crowded condi-
tion of the school one OF the un-
Anished rooms in the basement has
been completed. All the high school
pupils will be on the first floor in
stead of the third and the labora-
tory will be in the stage dressing
room. There will be $50 pupils to
provide for this term. or about l5O
more than in the COvfngton school.
This Is due to the fact that Covtng-
ton has 30 many other educational
institutions, such as st. PauPs Col
lege, st. Scholastica's Academy and
the Catholic Parochial School.
Schools in the Sixth Ward. the
Talisheek, Central, Audubon, and
Peace Grove schools, will open Sep
tember 4, with full term; In the Fifth
Ward. the Sun and Oak Grove
schools; in the Fifth Ward there Will
be a house built for the principal.
The Ben Williams school will open
40 soon as the new furniture comes
and Is installed.
In the Fourth Ward. the Mande-
Vile school will open about Jan. l.
The Onward school. in the Second
Ward. will open ~ soon as the prin-
cipal il ready, about first Monday in
October.
In the First Ward, the Madison
VILE school will not open until No
vember. A new six-r0om school Is
to be built. The Sandy Hill school
is also building new school house.
In the Eighth Ward, the new
school, the Ridge. Pearl River and
Robert schools will open Monday,
September 4.
In the Seventh Ward. the Lacombe
school will open about the first OF
January.
The Garden District will have a
new four-room school, with three
teachers, and will open as soon as
this fall
AT Ramsay an effort will be made
to secure a transfer to take the
pupils of all the grades above the
fourth to COyington.
industrial C0lored School.
Prof. Leo NJ. Favr0t, the new State
rural school inspector for colored
schools will be in Covington next
Tuesday evening. September 5. and
will spend Wednesday investigating
the possibilities of an industrial
school. He will speak to the patrons
Of the colored schools Tuesday even
ng, Sept. S.
Under the new State law education
viii be compulsory. and all educable
children will be compelled to attend |
ehe schools In accordance with