El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-20
CARY SYSTEM
UP To PATRONS
If They're Not Satisfied
With This School Method,
It May Be Dropped.

IL May BE dropped.
II parents and guardians OF school
children In Fl Paso are not satisfied
with the Gary system. as partially in
vogue here. the school board is ready
to abandon the system entirely, it was
I decided at the regular meeting Of the
! board Tuesday night. Trustee s J.
| Freudenthal. after a discussion Of re-
/ ported criticism Of the system. pre-
! scented a resolution. which was adopt
ed by the board, empowering presi-
/ dent E NJ whitaker to appoint q
committee Of five citizens to ascertain
Z the wishes OF parents and guardians
Z in the matter
Mr. whitaker appointed c. P. Put
I nam. S L Davis. J.. c. Wilmarth. A r
Webb and Mrs. ". D. Howe on this
/ committee, expenses Of which viii be
paid by the board
The Gary system, as used at eight
Of the Is FL PasO schools, consists Of
supervised play and special teachers
! Tor each subject instead OF the old
time plan OF having one teacher to
/ teach each class all the subjects On
the curriculum.
Drops German aKuItur.s
Members of the board decided that
Fl PaSo, and America in general. has
had enough OF ''kultur" and THAT
I hereafter, therefore German will be
currlcula- The matter came up as a
result Of a request OF a high school
student that she be awarded q di-
ploma, despite the fact that she lacks
q certain credit in German.
Several Of the trustees moved that
German be abolished at the school. be-
ginning next term. Principal A H
Hughey volunteered the Information
that German IS dying a natural death.
there being only eight students in the
single German class.
well let's help kill It." said trus-
tee Z. n Whitaker. The board passed
the motion unanimously.
Condemns Franklin school Plant.
Dr.. irving Mcneil. medical inspector
OF public schools. had reported to
Supt r J. Tighe on Franklin school.
Leon and West Overland. and this re-
port was referred to the board. Dr..
Mcneil condemned the school plant
which consists Of nine buildings. as
not having sufficient ground space:
heating system as bad: lighting and
ventilation as poor. plumbing as de-
fective and obsolete. and drinking
fountains as an abomination- Dr. Nc
Neil recommended temporary cor
receive measures. and that the entire
plant be rebuilt as soon as practicable. I
The matter was referred by the board
TO It's external committee.
Await eDHyIiEhf' Observance.
What changes, II any, viii be made I
Ia school hours when the country sets
back its clocks an hour. TO conserve ]
light. was discussed. and Il was de- 4
cided to defer action until IL becomes
known how FL Paso in general viii I
observe the change. The board de- Z
cided to regulate school hours so that 4
lunch time would come for students /
at the same hour as for their fathers
in the business world.
II vas decided that school be dis
missed at 1880. or earlier where neces-
sary. Friday I'm order that the stu
dents may participate in the parade to I
stir UP enthusiasm IN the Red Cross
'Wake-up America" campaign
Prof HuEhey suggested that a free
summer high school be arranged. at
2 cost Of about $1,000. and the board I
decided tentatively 70 do this. finances
permitting
February Expense Higher.
, Expenses Of operating the schools
turing February were s3s.17s so. as
against S5O.2s8.66 the same month last
year, as shown by the report OF au-
1itor F Z. Sawyer. At the time the
report was made. there was an over
1Taft OF s53.39444 IN the maintenance
report. but receipts from city taxes
then have changed this 10 a credit OF
about $1,000 The building fund
showed balance OF s1022L
The board approved bills for the
previous month amounting 10 S4059.SS-
Permission TO use the Bailey school
every saturday Tor war FOOD train
ng class was granted the College Of
the City OF FL Paso, on oral request OF
chancellor II n Colviu-
Gas COMPANY Helps on Track.
First Lieut. Dawson Bryan. OF the
,adet corps OF the high school re-
luested that a cinder track Il feet
vide be prepared around the high
school stadium The gas company had
offered the necessary cinders free Of
sharge. Lieut. Bryan said The board
delegated trustee J. c. WorthingtOn
% have the work done.
On motion OF trustee Worthlngton
{ was decided to have all boiler in
'urance carried by the board Cancelled I
L once, the board to pay the short
erm rate. This action was taken be-
.ause a contest developed with the
insurance company over the boards
lain for damages as a result OF re-
.ent boiler troubles at Alta Vista
chooL
Teacher Going Abroad.
The resignation OF Miss Lucille
,cwan, tea cher in the primary de-
'artment at Beau school was accept
% Agnes Sackett. Abbie Cliburn and
lillian Reese were appointed teach
rs for this school.
Leave Of absence for a period OF the
81 aAAE4 MAI eaaAEL ELElllell-
way. Of san Jacinto school TO take ef-
ect from the time Of her appointment
8 reconstruction aid for foreign serv-
&C. which. she said. was Forthcoming.
he was informed by the surgeon gen
raTs office.
Praises Aoy Might school.
II. H Anthony. naturalization eE-
miner for this district who was in
Jrumental in having the board start I
he night school for foreigners at Aoy
chool, communicated to the board his
abstraction at the progress being
lade at the school, where there IS an
nrolment Of 400. with an average at
enhance OF 300 Mr. Anthony said he
s informed that some OF the students
ave already had their wages in
feased because Of a knowledge Of
snglish acquired az the night classes.
Auditor Sawyer Resigns.
Reading Of minutes OF previous
meetings revealed that at an execu-
I've session the board had declined 70
Increase the salary OF auditor Sawyer,
ccepted his resignation. and reeu-
aged him at $500 permonth. services
D be from month 10 month and not by
ontract. Mr.. Sawyer. It was expected.
Tould leave the service Of the board
ext month.