El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-16

presiding judge and the others asso-
ciates:
YsIeta-E. ]. Mcvey. Boone Cathay.
J. B. Peden, J. NJ Duran
Socorro-A- G. Hernandez, J. NJ.
Coker, F. Sierra, Charles De Croft.
San Elizario-A- y. Hoket. Juliano
Alarcon, J. J. Perez, J. G. n. Garcia
Clint-S. c. Hyde, H. W. Coffin.
Fabens-M. NJ. Webb. Santos Duran.
Island-J. NJ Escajeda, Joe Place.
| Smelter-A- W Foster. E. NJ. Fair
hirst-
Canutino-J ". spivey. sam Gil
lett.
VIII Set Voting Places.
An order was passed authorizing
the county clerk and the county au-
ditor to designate voting places. In
the city. it was said. the same voting
places would be used in most cases as
were used in the recent road bond
election, but in the county. where
schooIhouses were used. there will be
other places designated, as the pro-
hibition election will come on a school
day
tanned on receipt thereof for future
uses
Ask Indemnity on Boiler.
Secretary Sawyer reported that an
| inspector for the company which in
sured the school boilers had arrived in
the City to inspect the Alta Vista
! boiler. which recently gave consider
able trouble Copies of repair bills,
! totaling $3.50, had been furnished the
/ inspector, who forwarded them 20 the
| company. The board decided to make
I formal demand for decentralization
under the policy. and delegated the
| finance committee to meet the insur-
| ance company's agent
May Sell Sunset School.
On petition Of Sunset school stu
dents, the board decided to rent a
piano at s. per month for that insti-
/ tuition This petition brought a short
discussion on the probability of the
boards selling the Sunset school
building at some time in the future.
On recommendation Of principal A
H Hughey. Of the high school, and
Of all Spanish teachers in that school.
several changes were made in Spanish
text books. Trustee S. J. Freudenthal
remarked in this connection that the
teaching of Spanish is showing great
success One Of the French text books
also was changed
VIII Hold to Contract.
It was informally decided that in
future no teachers salaries be raised
after contracts are entered into. NJ ny
requests for salary increases after
contracts were entered into have been
New teachers were appointed as fol-
lows: Alamo, Miss Mae Armstrong:
Alta Vista, Mrs. Bessie Luthy; Aoy.
Mrs Lucy Walton: Beall, Miss Mary
Dewey; Sunset, Mrs. John Roslyn;
high school, Miss Elizabeth Walker;
manual training, L A. Osborne. Sew
eral Of the above are married women
and were appointed because Supt.
Tighe could find no other available
teachers The board hastfn the past
appointed married women only when
absolutely necessary.
Wives OF Soldiers Retained.
In the case Of several teachers al
ready in the system, who have married
soldiers the board decided to retain
them on the. teaching force.
On recommendation Of assistant sd
perintendent r P. Jones, the board in
structed secretary Sawyer to purchase
a list of reference books submitted
by Mr.. Jones. The total cost VIII be
S477.9S. A request for a $500 allow
ance for playground equipment. made
by Mr.. Jones. also was granted.
It was decided that a digest Of Tex
as laws be purchased for use in the
commercial law course at the high
school
Principal A H. Hughey urged all
members Of the board to attend high
school commencement exercises the
evening Of January %.
Offer Guarantee to @Cubs..
On suggestion Of trustee Worthing-
ton, the external committee was au-
thorized to act with Messrs. Tighe and
Hughey and arrange, If possible. to
have the Chicago Cubs play in the
high school stadium during their trip
here in the spring The Cubs ask a
guarantee Of $500 and the board
on renorr Of trustees Stavers and
Mayfield that the city council had
agreed TO grade High street, passing
north along the high school the ex-
ternal committee was instructed to
have the school ground on the north
side graded
May Have Cooperative Bookstore.
The matter of a cooperative book
store at the high school was suggest
ed by Mr.. Hughey and referred to the
finance committee.
Plans for providing separate dress
ing rooms under the high school stage
for boys and girls were presented by
trustee Mayfield, and ordered carried
out The cost would be about 1925.
The monthly report Of secretary F.
E. Sawyer showed: Overdraft in
maintenance fund December 81. S112,-
$1,000; balance in building fund. same
date, S102; expenditures during De-
cember, 1859; expenditures four
months this session, s163. 1864. and
capital outlay. same period, $997.51.
Revenue for the session is estimated
at S3S5.27T7S, against which $3S0.0O0
had been budgeted.
Enrolment 1s4S7; Teachers, 1856.
Superintendent r ]. Tighe reported
the total enrolment in all schools for
December was 11,4s7. or 1884 greater
than December. 1916. OF the total I
S54 were attending night school
Teachers employed totaled 335, with
an average class Of 81 students.
In the absence Of president z. n
Whitaker trustee J. c. Worthington
presided over the meeting.