El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-19
CALL FOR PLANS
Of NEW SCHOOL
Competitive Sketches Are
Asked for Manhattan
Heights Building.

The school board at q meeting
Tuesday night in the Bailey school
called for competitive architectural
sketches for a school building with Il
rooms and an auditorium TO be erect
ed in Manhattan Heights. The build
ing viii cost approximately $4,000,
The sketches should be submitted
during the next ten days.
II was reported that work on the
foundation at the Aoy school was
PROGRESSING The contract for the
brick work has not been awarded
A new addition is being built at
the school which VIII cost $50
Discuss Grand View School
The Grand View school matter was
discussed at length. out nothing def
nitely decided except that children IN
this district would not oe cnar 5ea
tuition before January l. Arran ge-
meuts have been made, Il was an
nounced. between the city and the
council for the pupils to be given free
tuition until this time During the
week representative Of the school
board, the city council and perhaps
the county schools, VIII meet and de-
eide all quest ons evolved in the
Grand View school matter, including
the sum 70 be paid by the city for the
Grand View school, how the money
VIII be paid, the cost Of the new build
ing In that district and how techui-
calities can be gone around This dis
trict was recently incorporated in the
CITY limits.
r. c. Semple, councilman. who was
acting as mayor, when the city and
council came TO an agreement regard
ing charging tuition 70 the children
until a new county school was built
Fo- chem n17reeae7 the school hoard
The board voted TO pay 500 toward
defraying ]. E Gilkey's expenses 70
the commercial teachers meeting TO
be held during the holidays In Chi
caEo- This sum VIII be about one
half OF his expenses. He Is head OF
the commercial department az the
high school and IS head OF the night
school The board also voted 70 pay
Miss Bertha POOLS railroad fare TO
Houston. san Antonio, Dallas, Waco
and Fort Worth while she goes dur
ing the holidays TO study schools in
connection with the teachers conven-
tion at Houston. Miss Pool is Eu-
periutendent Of the first and second
grades OF the city schools
Grant Xmaa Holiday.
School children viii jump for 10Y
when thew learn OF the boards action
regarding the Christmas holiday
Upon the recommendation OF A H
huEneT, superintendent OF Lu6 city
school the board without discussion
granted two weeks for Christina
Holidays viii start the Monday be-
fore Christmas and last up TO the
Monday following New Years day
Superintendent HuEhey said he had
been urged again and again TO have
teachers form thrift clubs IN their
rooms and keep check on the num-
Der Of thrift stamps every pupil buys
The board agreed with the superin-
tendent that such clubs would make
too much clerical work for teachers
and would interfere with their regu-
lar duties. and agreed with him that
having teachers encourage thrift by
frequently making talks on Thrills 70
the pupils was sufficient
II was reported that the expense Of
operating the CITY schools this year
was about Is percent greater than Il
was last year This was discussed
and many reasons given for the in
creased cost in operation. Among the
reasons mentioned were higher sala-
ries. higher cost OF materials more
being made and more
pupils TO teach.