El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-18
SCHOOL. BOARD
NAMES OFFICERS
Former Heads Continue;
Monitors Project Tabled;
Need Money for Organ.

Ofr1cerG were elected and the newly
elected members sworn in at the reg
ulsr meeting OF the city school board,
held Tuesday evening at the Bailey
school The meeting was one OF the most
important sessions held by the board in
several months and large volume Of
important business was transacted.
The following officers were elected:
z NJ Whitaker. president; ]. c Worth
ington. vice president s. J F'reuden-
thai, secretary: 2. z. Sawyer, assistant
secretary. External committee. Charles
3 Stevens, chairman; W D Mayfield
and J. c. Worthington. Finance com
mittee. Scott Q. White, chairman; Roy
VI Walker and s J. Prudential The
Rio Crande Valley Bank & Trust COM
pany acts as treasurer for the board
The newly elected members Of the
board who were sworn in were hessrS
Stevens. Walker, Prudential and
whitaker
Contract for Retaining Wall.
The board authorized the president
70 sign a contract with George B.
Bosco for the construction of a retain
ing wall around the entire north SIDE
of the high school building. to guard
against erosion from the Mesa and
Scenic Point The contract was award
ed at the figure of s1S25 and $154 for
additional work
The board discussed At length the
zdvisability Of changing the steps at
the high school. but deferred action
until the next meeting
Want Government Bill Taken In.
resolution was passed by the
board asking the legislative represen-
tatives of FL Psso county now attend
ing the special session at Austin to in
trOduce a bill incorporating the Gov
eminent Hill school district in the CITY
Of FL Paso.
There have been contentious by both
the city and county school Officials
that each is entitled to the state ap-
portionment. The city has been bear
ing much Of the expense, in fact all the
expense, the board contended of edu-
eating the children OF Government Hlil,
and for this reason the city trustees
declared they believed thecity was en-
titled 70 the state apportiOnment- But
the state superintendent OF SCHOOLS
ruled that the money should be turned
over TO the county school fund
Woman Monitors Plan Presented
a resolution introduced by trustee
W D Mavfield providing for the crea-
ton of board Of woman monitors for
each OF the i city schools was read
and passed until the next meeting me
resolution provides that each school IS
10 have its own board Of monitors
three or more, to be selected annually
by the patrons OF the school Such
boards the resolution specified, could
investigate the conditions and needs
of the schools and make recommenda-
tions 10 the board In schools where
there are more than 500 patrons the
monitors board Is TO have an additional
member for each 100 additional patrons
or fraction thereof
Movies Are Encouraged.
The board appropriated $3.50 10
construct = motion picture booth in
the high school The remainder OF the
money necessary to build the booth is
to be paid by the high school students
The booth is being built so that edu-
cational films can be shown the stu
dents These films are being cllcu-
lated throughout the country at the I
cost of the government and state
The FL Paso Overland company IN /
= letter to the board offered to con- /
tribute free Of charge a second hand !
Overland car for the manual training
department of the high school The i
offer was accepted by the board
The Southern Sales company in a |
communication asked the boards au- !
thoritv 10 distribute to each school /
child a fly swatter." The offer was l
accepted
Asks Action Regarding Organ
4 letter was read from James G. Nc
Nary, president Of the First National (
bank. in which he asked the trustees :
making an appropriation for pipe !
organ for the new high school Mr. |
AfcNary said he did not believe Joshua I
$ Raynolds would hold open his offer 1
10 donate $4,000 towards the organ for /
an Indefinite period. Mr.. McNary said he |
believed the board should appropriate 1
bout $4,000 and that the remaining |