The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-09-23
TAX DISTRICT
TOBECREATED
In PENSACOLA
School Association Organized
Last Night Decides Such Is
Only Solution of Problems
Facing Education Board.

The Pensacola School Associate
was organized lact night for the pur-
pose of bringing about the creation
of a sub-tax district for the city of
Pensacola and it's environs and will
proceed at once to secure a call for an
election to that end. The association
was formed after Judge E. ID. Beggs,
chairman of the county board of edu-
i cation read a report to the school
patrons in which he outlined the in
adequate conditions existing in the
housing facilities. of the schools gem
orally and which showed that the
schools could not be kept at a high
standard unless some provision was
made for obtaining additional funds for
this purpose.
George p. Wentworth offered the
resolution creating the association and
was appointed with L. J. Hays and
Oliver Semmes byztemporary chairman,
w. III. Watson to nominate officers
and the necessary committees for the
association.
The committee reported the follow
ing nominations which were approved
by the meeting:
President, w. H. Watson Vice-presi-
dent, E. r. Malone; Secretary. A. S.
Edwards; Treasurer. j. c. Watson.
Executive committee-W. H. Watson.
E. r. Malone, A. S. Edwards, J. C.
Watson and p. X Yonge.
Finance committee; Morris Bear
Frank f. Welles. r. NJ. Cary.
Publicity committee-Dr. William
Ackerman, Wayne Thomas, Percy S.
Hayes.
Campaign committee-Hunter Brown,
d. J. Hayes, L. v. Ho1sberry. J. e. ID.
Yonge. William Fisher.
The president in an address to the
meeting urged the undivided support
of every member present tR the fur
therance of the associations purpose
and requested that the officers and
committees get to work without de-
lay.
Judge Begg's statement follows:
To the penple of Pensacola
In the conduct of the affairs per-
tanning to the public schools of Pensa-
cola the county school board of pub
lie instruction is confronted with a con-
dition of such serious import that they
felt that the people should be ad-
vised in the premises in order that.
they might take such action as would
be open to them to relieve the situa-
ton.
New Buildings.
The population of Pensacola for
years has been constantly on the in
crease. 1t is now greater than ever
before and all confidently hope for its
continued increase in the future. Each
year the board has been confronted
with the problem of providing for the
increased attendance of pupils. Last
year the schools were all over-crowd-
ed and in some of them the pupils
could only be partly accommodated BY
double sessions, that is part of the pu-
pills in a given grade being taught part
of the school day and dismissed, and
then the other part taught for the re-
mainder of the day.
This year we are confronted not
only with the usual and normal in
crease in attendance. but the necessary
effect of the compulsory school atten-
dance law will be to further increase
the attendance.
The present high school building
is of course only for temporary use,
and the need for a new building for
it and for buildings for other scaools
became SO urgent and great that the
passage was secured by the last Iegis-
lature of an oct authorizing the is-
suance by the board of time warrants
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