Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-06-08

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TO ar of the biggest featuvclvof the
ttogram in the closing exere-se of the
ahbbeville high school was the address
made by Mr.. l.. o. Broussard, formerly
superintendent of schools of Vermilion
Parish, in which he brought out some
Of the most important points concern
ing the betterment and improvement
If public schools We herewith print
the address Of the speaker:
Mr.. President, Ladies and Gentlemen:
School commencement exercises are
not especially noted for brcvity. There
are a few functions one attends with
the foreknowledge that in comparison
will be brief. Some one has said that
/ when the committee was Informed that
/ instead of the usual flow of eloquence
ION occasions of this sort, you would
/ have to listen to a few remarks from
= plain everyday business man, one
! whose life's training has been to listen
we'll and talk little, Lies yeuX ct les
grizzlies ouvertes ct la langue tran
auilleN, that committee at once sug-
gested of the four minute rule.
The close of a successful session of
The Abhcville High School 70 one who
rs a child was a pupil in the tien two
room AbbevilIc Public School, presided
over very efficiently by Mr.. Summers
whose appeals for work and good be
; havior were frequently reinforced wit.
branch of a Haw tree. seems a pro
nituous occasion TO take stock Of thu
progress of our school system durlns
she intervening period.
When | attended public school II
,,1 - q
= ant. the Haw switch, constituted III
faculty, and an enrolment of forty o
y fifty pupils, some of whom lived severa
: miles out, some as far out as Henry
u was considered most satisfactory.
g few wears later, as Parish SuperintenC
ent. | had an opportunity to becom
il familiar with school conditions through
out the Parish.
In 1892 there were thirteen publ
g school teachers in Nermilion Parlsi
Z with a total enrolment of less tina
- five hundred pupils. Now the enrol
IL, nont is several thousand, and !:
II teachers are employed. No turth
IN statistics are necessary TO convince
p that we are progressing. During u
t. ,ast thirty Years. dating from the tin
e. when | presided over the destlnlcS
40 Tho praus5ard cove Academy for 4
a murifciont salary Of FORTY dollars p
he month for q six or seven months 80
~ Sion have Ar times been active
~ apoooed and ALWAYS deeply interest
ia school work and when | hear 60
rlaints of present conditions, my M
r.vprts 70 the one or two room Scho
or tho nroverbial Blue back Spell
lev Smith : Grammar and Nicholson
Cd, Arithmetic. AID am forced TO the e
~ clusion that though there Is ample ro
ing for further Improvement, we ha
lsO reason 10 be pleased with bur progre
He Nowhere has that progress been M
ow marked than In the Abbcyille Sch(
DIV. crn+ Harris some weeks ago told
1.-THE extravaganza of some sch
district composing large land 1oIIi
Of n0n-resiaents. 9"eclai 'aA'a
- TOD and buildings costing thirty
| forty thousand dollars erected 10 no
on enrolment that cannot KEEP IA
,har two teachers occupied. lh&uA'
cffriept management, 10 paih'taN
4 fs.ultv and especially 70 a very 9,
ne,ent rrincipal, the Abbevn,c, u
e.Lool though deficient IN hulidlm ~!
oro hundred per cent sc1ooi. -
= on a+mosphere Of efiiclenfT ptr..i
- onr school which removes al
st;nc Of apeciaI taxes and am graz
Car me omortunitv 70 ,n,..'gl-
the tribute 10 Nj 81 evnress the hope
your teache.S' noot;rue in charge.
Ie re- theN ma! nanob said about teach
an in we near MT Scbool Board quite I
riend- salaries r -, 70 obtain the best
many cry Is an ,I.. with the least pos
, der sinIe ,,s rsS" That is their plain