El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-17
REFLECT TIGHE
HEAD Of SCHOOLS
Gets New Term by Solid
Vote; May Drop the
Gary System.

Richard J. Tighe was unanimously
reelected superintendent OF city
schools at the regular meeting OF the
| trustees Tuesday night. The election
Of Mr. Tight consumed not over a
minute, trustee Dr. r. L Ramey max
! ing the motion and all other members
| agreeing at once
The term OF office is one year and
I the salary remains the same, 5000.
IL was stipulated in the motion.
To Examine Gary Plan
Whether or not the Gary system as
IN use here in q modified form, is 20
be continued next session will be de-
date, It was decided This matter
was brought up by trustee l.ameytI
who said he knew There is some op-
position to the system and IL IS up 10
the board to investigate the system
with a view 10 determining IL the syS-
TEN should be discontinued. and IL so
if this could be done without great
additional cost" Trustee W. S. Clay
ton voiced an approval. and thereup-
on trustee Ramey moved that the
board constitute itself a committee
10 investigate the system at once The
motion was carried unanimously.
To Have branch Libraries.
request OF the city library for
permission TO establish branch cir
culating libraries at Beall and Alta
Vista schools was granted on recon-
mendation OF Supt X. J. Tighe
The board voted TO grant halt
holiday on Nay 10, when the annual
city school field day will be held. Ar
engagements are already being made
Tor that event, SupL Ilgle said
Principal A. H. Hughey requested
the board TO designate place on the
high school grounds for erecting an
so foot steel flag pole donated to the
school by cadet Harry Pearson The
matter vas left 60 frost & frost, the
schools architects
To Continue Night school.
On receipt OF q request from Fror-
J. T. Gilkey, Of the night high school,
that the same be continued for eight
weeks during the sumner. trustee 3
J. Freudenthal said he had visited
the night school recently and had
noted such enthusiastic study on the
part OF the students. who work by
day, that he favored continuing the
classes by all means. The board
voted 10 continue the school, az re-
quested. each student 20 pay only 81
registration fee for the Summer The
cost Of prolonging the session viii be.
supt. Doughty Coming.
A communication from state super
intendent ". +. Doughty requested
that classes for training men for the
draft be started, and stated thar the
superintendent, accompanied by state
superintendent OF industrial educa-
ton n. $. Hunsdou, would come 20 II
PasO at a convenient date and explain
the plan Supt Tighe was instructed
TO write Mr.. Doughty that classes re-
ferred 70 had already been started
here. and to arrange details OF Mr.
Doughty's meeting the board here.
T. Z. Sawyer. whose term Of eul-
plOyment expires at the end OF this
month, requested that his successor
be named so that he would know 90
whom to turn over the Office Mem
bers Of the board asked Mr. Sawyer 70
remain another month and he ex-
pressed a disinclinatlon 20 do so. but
said he would give q definite answer
before next Monday
The board is undecided as 10 the
position Mr.. Sawyer holds. He IS an
assistant secretary according to the
term Of employment. but has been
acting as auditor and purchasing
agent. The board has not decided
what the capacity OF Mr.. sawyer's
successor will be.
March Expenses. sss.Oa2.44.
The monthly report OF secretary
Sawyer showed March expenditures TO
have been 938.96Z4A. as against $780,
BASS the same month last year To-
tai expenditures 10 date this session
were fZSo,l28.1s, as against S212.209.61
the same period last session Balances
on hand April 1 were. Maintenance
fund. s34s2.20; building fund. sl02.s1.
Since the date OF the report. the
maintenance fund has received about
1000 current taxes, however
100000 To Re spent Yet.
Mr.. Sawyer's report also showed
that on March 81 about 100000 re-
NAMED. according to the budget for
operations until the first OF the 1915
1913 session Of the S3S5.21z73 reve-
nue. budgeted against, S265,11T20 had
been collected.
Mr.. Sawyer was authorized By the
board to solicit bids for next winters
coal supply, the same amount as pur-
chased Tor this session. about 1909
tons.
Enrolment Increases.
Supt. TiEhe's report for March
showed a total enrolment OF 1850. an
increase Of 1857 over March. 1917.
The average attendance was 8056. an
increase OF 663. The total teaching
force during March was $50. The re-
port by schools was.
Net en- Av. at
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