St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-04-19


fifteenth of July.
Blanks for use in making this re-
port will be sent you some time dur
ingt the latter part of June.
Yours very truly,
w. N. MCFARLAND,
Supervisor of Public Accounts,
In accordance with Instructions re-
ceiyed by letter from majority of
you, ! have advertised for a fiscal
agent for this board for the balance
of the present biennial term and for
the next full term, up to April is,
1922. These bids are to be received
to-day and contract awarded by you
as your judgment and the law may
dictate.
l have recently been convinced
that the school at Houltonville had
pupils enough to justify the open
The length of the term that intend
to give these people will depend
largely upon the average attendance.
There is considerable amount of
painting that should be done during
the coming summer and / shall be
pleased to receive your instructions
at this meeting.
Several times in the past | have re-
ported leaks in the Folsom school
house roof and we have recently
made repairs upon the ventilator In
the roof with the hopes that this
would prove to be what was needed.
7 IN hot
of the school reports that the roof
still leaks. In this case ] can see
no other way to do than put on an
entirely new roof, unless you think
best to try roofing cement. | will
be glad to receive instructions.
i am in receipt of a copy of an
opinion from the attorney generals
office, regarding the constitutional
amendments ratified by the voters of
the State last November. This opin-
ion bears directly upon the amount
of special school taxes to be paid by
all districts. 1t states that Cd where
special school taxes, for maintenance
purposes have been voted and are in
excess of 5 mills, they are to be re-
duced to mills; but if they are not
in excess of 5 mills, they shall re-
main as heretofore. To In districts
where bond issues have been fioated
for building purposes, the school
boards shall levy each year only a
sufficient millage to pay interest and
retire bonds maturing that year.
CD This opinion also states that
where a district has voted tax Of
Of hn
pose of building and repairing a
school house, and bonds had not been
foated, that tax would cut in half.
This opinion of the Attorney Cen
eral is on file in my Office and con be
seen by any Of you whenever you
| desire.
The following Sixteenth Section
school money has been received by
me: Talisheek school, s46.71; Sill
d Ii, $3073; Central, S22.44; Peace
Grove, $26.S3; Audubon. 5000;
Maude and Pearl River, $3S.16; Ro-
bert, $6473; Oak Grove, $34.49;
Sun, $42255; Covington and Ram
say, $68.48; Sand Hill, $6749; Mad
isonville, s31.91; Vaudeville and
Lewisburg, s21.S4; Progress $3.50;
Lacombe, 1886; Ridge and Indian
Village, $250.24; Abita and VALID
helm, $500; Union Grove, $1.18;
Folsom, Onward, Savannah Branch,
$117.19; Pilgrim Rest and Middle
Road, $3975. For the general fund
$345.56. This money has been de-
posted in the bank, as follows. Sun
special account, s422.55; District
No. 3, $68.48; District No. 9 $19.08;
general fund, $383.92; Sand Hill
school, $67.49; District No. 10,
| $167.96; District No. 6, $128.28;
second ward special, $158.12; Dis
trict No. /, $31.91; District No. 4,
$21.S4; Slidell High School, $30.73;
Oak Grove school, $34.49; District
No. 5, $2959; District II, $167.97;
District 8, s334.05.
By your instructions, I attended
the superintendent Convention OF
National Educational Association, in
Chicago, from February "a to March
| H.. / wish that could give you in a
| few moments a report Of this conven-
ton so that you could get as vivid
and clear understanding of the great
work that lies before the school peo-
pie of this country. From what
saw and heard l am fully convinced
that the educators Of the country
are thoroughly awake to the respons-
Utility that rests upon them in the
great work of reconstruction that IL
now before us. I feel that | am
safe in saying that the three sub.
jects as discussed at this meeting
were better teachers and higher
salary for them; the using Of schoo
houses, as community centers as fac,
tors in AmericaniZing our people ano
furnishing substitute for the saloon
that is soon to go; and thir, tn Great
ing of Federal Department OF Edu
cation, the head of which shall be
secretary in the Presidents cabinet.
The following are some OF the
resolutions adopted by them, and viii
give an idea of the feelings of thu
majority:
/. An immediate creation of
Department of Education and have
it's secretary to be member OF thu
PRESIDENTS cabinet.
2. Federal, State and local pro
grams to foster and encourage thu
physical training Of the youths of tn
country.
8. They urge that throughout tn
Nation $1,000 shall be minimum
salary for any teacher for any grade
4. The creation of an interantion