El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-24
SAYS Backward
/. CHILDREN MANY
Prof. Taylor Urges School
Board to Give Them Spe-
cial Attention.

Special attention along modern ap-
oroved. scientific lines for the back
ward children was urged by Prof. H.
C. Tavlor Of the high school at a
meeting Of the city school board
Thursday night Studies in other cites
show four precent Of all children TO be
feeble minded. two percent hopelessly
so. Prof. Taylor explained, and con-
cluded that FL Paso is about the aver
age. .,-- ..-.5
He cited the case Of children - a .lg
IA wears Of age in lower Brdues Win
small tots, and showed now ~ w.
wasting money and time TO attempt 70
teach such children, who not OnlL
learned nothing but were source OF
injury to the other children he re-
called one case in Fl Paso Wnere
girl in the same grade three consec1--
tive years cost the school Doafu sl-O
and learned nothing.
Prof Taylor Thought that IL specldl
scientific study OF such cases were
made. they could be PROVIDED lot sep5
aratelv. Supt r !. Tlghe estmaled
there are between 200 and 400 similar
cases in this city
Advocates Tests For Teuchers-
Prof Taylor also advocated me
adoDtion of standard scientific tests
for teachers. to determine II lhelr
work is I'D 10 grade. He also suggest
ed the adoption OF vocaIlonal tesls ~
order that students might NOT waste
thef time in courses for which they
are NOT fitted. He said there are &C
curate tests whereby. for instance. u
could he determined in 20 minutes II
Z a girl would ever make a stenograpne
I He said these tests were used by such
institutions as the Pennsy wanna
railroad. Metropolitan Life Insurance
I company and others In engaging en-
plOyes.
The board thanked Prof. Taylor for
! the suggestions and said II would con-
slider them
! Auditor F. f. Sawyer reported the
boards treasurer. Rio Grande valley
T Bank and Trust company, nad asreed
I TO carry an overdraft Of $500 Tor tne
/ board pending payment Of that amount
+ due from the state on the annual per
capita allotment.
says Company Making Fortune
] The bitulithic company IS lnahln5
: a fortune out of this town and every
I one knows it," said trustee @ B. stew
ems. when the matter OF paying apoul
$1,000 paving bills came up Audlter
] SAWYER said W. ]. Pand Of the Dl-
/ tuIfthfc company. had said hat Wnlle
Q the compauv was entitled % percent
] interest on one Of the bills. he would
Z wouldn't like any one TO arpl
| trarilv discount my bills. Let's pc
business like in this said trustee W.
S Clayton
1t appearing that most Of the paw
ing was done over the boards protes l.
/ IL was decided to paw the older bills ~
fun without interest. and 70 accep y
the discount. two percent on the 1871
and 1918 bills.
soft CoaI Bids, SS.75-
] Bids to furnish 200 tons bituminoul
I coal and 100 tons anthracite were sub
mitted by West Texas Fuel company
Dawson Fuel company. osborne tue
company. Held Bros. Neft-otiles com
pany and Southwestern Fuel company
i Bids seemed to be all Identical on tn'
same kinds Of coal but as there were
various kinds bid on. it was decided
that the bids be tabulated. to be actet
On at the next meeting. on the oi
luminous coal. the standard bid wa'
sS.T5 T. o. D. bins. and on anthracite
\ the figures were S1115 10 Sll-z5-
Reports on Attendance.
Supt Tighe's report on attendance
the first eight months Of the curren
session showed: Total enrolment 10,
079 Of which 1874 were in the higi
schools: average daily attendance
s216 IN day and 425 night 55f teach
ers engaged.