St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1918-08-03
Law Requires a Daily Av-
erage Of Not Less Than
Twenty-Five Pupils
NO ATTENDANCE
NO HIGH SCHOOL
Parents Should Not Neglect
Their Duty In This
Matter.
(By DIR. A. G. Mayne)

MduueVll1e, aug. !, AoAc.
When the new Vaudeville public
school was opened last January,
those whose hearts were in the pro-
ject promised that veery endeavor
would be made to begin the 191S-19
session as a junior high school; that
promise has been faithfully lived up
to, all obstacles have been overcome
and the Vaudeville Public Junior
High School is within the realm Of
certainties. Supt. E. E. Lyon and
school Director H. H. Levy have been
authorized by the Parish School
ooard to secure permission from
.ne state Board OF Education to in
slltute the Junior High school, tine
teaching corps has been engaged, the
leAl BOOKS seAecteo. the course OF
stuuleS mapped out, anu the iaOOrA-
to1y and iiDIaIy PivViueo IoF. OCA'
IA DoA car leLlefs ana Where we Stlch
me proven DIAL pm, tor II IS the COR
uer stone, the Uaslc prlnclp4e on
Wn1on the wnole proposition stands
or IaIis, all tAat has Deen accom-
plIsned viii be as naught unless tae
.tEluikED NUMBER OF PUPILS
are lnere TO take the hlgh school
course. The school law requires
chat TOR the establishment ana con-
tlnuance OF Junior high school
lnere SHALL be daily average al
tendance OF not less than twenty-five
pupils above the 9th grade, note that
,nIs does NOT mean an enrolment
OF twenty-five but it DOES mean
that the daily roll call must show
an average OF not less than twenty
.nve pupils actually present and fol-
lowing the high school course. 10
accomplish this there should be
about thirty-tive or more above the
sixth grade, the excess thus permit
ing the upkeep of the required aver
age, regardless of absentees. for such
there will be, be the cause what 1t
may. .Y
Now, then, as the pupils attend
.nce is purely within the will Of the
parent or guardian, and as the
pupils attendance is the prime and
vital factor in the establishment and
continuance of the high school, the
tate of the Vaudeville Public Aigh
School is solely and entirely within
the will of said parents and guard
ians, for it naturally follows tnat M
e.pils and no attendance, NO high
school.
Will you. my good and devoted
parents, arise equal to the occasion
and give your children that which
they by the very nature OF their
b.lth are eminently justified in de-
manding as an inherent right, that
most beautiful and serviceable Of all
Jewels, sound, thorough and iinish-
Cd education, thus equipping them
Hjth an instrument with which they
may go forth into this exacting world
and meet their fellow-men on an
equal footing, or will you fail IN your
God assigned duty and send them
forth with unclean and stunted minds
grieving and bemoaning their humil-
iating and pityful condition in life,
existing only to hurl relentless accu-
sations and curses at those reapOns1'
Die for their suffering and misery
and who, l pray you, are the re-
sponsible ones? You, each and every
one Of you parents who permit, by
our neglect and indifference, this
excellent opportunity to slip from
yoar grasp, to again obtain the Like
# which will necessitate untold and
heroic efforts and then possibly With
cut satisfactory results.
The writer is Of the opinion tna'
Il is without the range OF possibiii'
ties that the people Of the Fourth
Ward, especially those controlling
school children. and more particu
arly those having to do with child
:en possessing high school qualiaca
tions, urged by the educational ia
cilities at hand plus civic pride, Wi
| fail to meet this issue squarely In thu
face, by not beginning AT ONE
! for now is the time to make arrange
nents and prepare their children 10
attendance at the elementary, gran,
r.ar and high school courses.
Supt. Lyon and School Directo
Levy will be pleased to receive tn
names Of all those intending to enro!
for the high school course and vii
cheerful,y furnish all possible infor
nation relative thereto, SO that ade
ouate arrangements may be made TO
I their reception.
The following will be the teachin
corps for the 19l8-19 session: Mis-