El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-09
RUMORS CAUSE
HOT SESSION
School Trustee Mayfield
Offers to Quit; Others De
fend Pupils Morals.

encounter between J. c. Worthington
and W. D. MsyfieId and Mr. Mayfields
offer to resign from the board fea-
tured a stormy chapter in the pro-
I ceedings of the executive session OF
the board Of city school trustees Tues
day night.
During the progress OF the session
C. 3. Stevens started something with .
/ this announcement.
Il see from the afternoon paper .
that at a meeting Of suffragets held .
at the chamber Of commerce. the /
morals Of the nigh school pupils had .
been severely criticised and as Prof .
4. II. H1ghey. principal Of the high r
school. IS present. [ think it is our
duty to take the matter up. though !
know the pupils have been grossly
. slandered."
SAYS immortality RumoTS False.
This brought Scott White TO his
feet with an emphatic denial of all
allegations against the morals or the I
high school pupils He said he had
run all rumors down and that they
were false.
J. c. Worthincton declared that Mr..
Navfield was responsible for credence
f being given rumOrs hurtful TO the
aEEUULaLlNL OF inc MS IT 7A-ANNA hNAA'a--
and said ne had poor opinion o. sucn
conduct on the part of a trustee
MayfieId Retorts HeatedIy-
Mr. Nayfield retorted with consid-
I cradle emphasis that he didn't care
a dash for Mr.. Worthin gtOn's opin-
ION as TO what he should not nave
said before the Womcu's meeting
3ir MayfieId had been urging the
appointment Of a aaron for the hlgh
school and g. B. Stevens moved that
the board DO not employ a matron ana
this latter motion carried
WayfieId submits Resignation
= Fast on the heels OF this action Mr.
Mayr.eld submitted his resignation as
follows:
Gentlemen of the Board Believing
that a woman would be most help-
ful addition to the school board ana
would urove to be far more useful 10
the board and the schools OF the CITY
rhan 1 am or can be. 7 hereby tender
You my resignation as memS9r OF the
board OF trustees Of the independent
school district of the city or II Faso'
Texas. 10 become effective imm@-
.diatelv upon the election by you or 4
woman as mv. successor and her quail
fffcation as a member Of this board
fSirned1 "W. D. Mayueld.'
Left As Unfinished Business.
Mr. WOrthington moved tnat n
designation be accepted and tnat me
hoard elect whom IL pleased 10 the
President F. N Whitaker suggested
that the acceptance of the resignation
as submitted would be an agreement
to comply with its provisions o,..7
Trustee 5 7. Prudential moNe1
thar the resignation be tabled. out no
] action was taken on the motion anu
the resignation was left peholh6 d
unfinished business
MatrOns Only For DOrmitOries.
.---na-a#fnm nF his vote against
Ifhe employment Of q matron. Mt-
Prudential said that matrons were
2 employed only in colleges ana I'M
versities where there were COZ I itllsI-,
: les for the supervision OF girls llNlnS
. in schools. but that in day schooIs'
the Drfncinal and teachers were SUI
ficient for the care Of pupils, cooper
r ating with their parents ,--t
- II is said that charges that lhtoAL,
. incaats were served at hign schooi
dances and that a former high schooI
gfrl had been taken to the Rescue
= home were responsible Tor TINS To"
l. precipitated Tuesday nlshl,
An Investigation OF these charges
daveloDed the fact that young men
not pupils Of the school, hao tahsn
beer 10 a high school dance ana IN
tconseouence some mothers had pro-
limited their daughters from going 10
any more high shcool dances ana tney
had been stopped And a year ago 4
doctor had taken woman 70 ~
T9asrrie home where he stated tnaL sle
-, en+ireIy respectable and was
F,ieh school graduate lnFesL % lloH,
however. disclosed the fact that the
woman had never attended an FL Faso
! school. the trustees assert
RIame s-Cs ossipinE" Women
Members OF the board Of trustees
declared that gossiping women were
responsible for connecting these ass
4 Vim the high school They said ina /,
/ a thorough investigator Colitl a. -
even the suspicion OF lax NOES Va
the mart of any high school puplls-
criticism from women VINO attehu-
Cd the meeting at the chanper u
!, / commerce Monday afternoon ISaciie \
PARENTS Of high school pupl-s alIu
- rr7ent caused the warm
cbanter at Tuesday nights meetlhs
z Of the school board
Paws Interest ON Property.
4 The board ordered that S$tS que as
4 interest on FL Paso scnoGl s,55i-
q in block II. Manhattan Iiei7ii'9 ''''
a balf holiday for the schools on
j u--idav- Nav IL. when the annual tleld
meet of the schools viii De s- hsio, was
arranged by the board o. directors
Would Help Piano Fund.
u Harkrider presented plan
4 for the holding of patriotic paseanI
4 at the high school on June = he satu
that about 500 persons W0uIo pa 80 - =
D
I'm over 90 per cent of the recelpts
10 the grand piano fund Whlch Was
oroanized by ". D. Mayfieic. trustee
\ Sor,nittee composed Of s J Freud
j enthaL J. c. Worthiugtonf Scott 4.
4 white and superintendent or schoo!s
81 p I Tfghe was appointed 10 lnVesl--
y ea+e tbe merits of the entertainmen
s and was gwen power 10 act III the
8 matter with Mr. Harkrlder-
4 No More Blank Diplomas.
Is A motion prohibiting the ISSUANCE
8 OF blank diplomas at the graoua Lioii
II exercises to pupils VINO had not com
q Dleted the required course was passed
s IT has been the custom OF students to
8 receive their diplomas with their class
= when they have been deficlent n
g studies and make up their studies IN
. the summer time
q Trustee j. c. Worthington was ap-
y Dointed to investigate objections CT
e the city building inspector against ne te
81 installation Of a moving picture booll
y i'm the high school building
= PAYS For Orchestra Instruments.
Il The board unanimously ordered tRat
: trustee NIavfield be reimbursed with
y a sum ranging between $50 and S5u
81 which was spent in the purchase OF
II musical Instruments for the high
II school orchestra
a Trustee Prudential presented =
81 resolution that the board extend Us
81 appreciation TO principal A II
y Hughey and students Of the high
q schools for the splendid records they
n made fin the competitive high schooi
u tests held at Austin. Tex.