St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1920-05-22
Report of Superintendent
Outlines the Work
Accomplished.
ENDORSES WORK
OF PUBLIC NURSE
Resolutions Asking Repre-
sentative Cooley Urge
Pension Fund.
oton. La, May IA, 1920.

Covington, La, may H. 1'|o.
Tho ST Tammany Parish School
noord met in regular sess on in the
ofice of the superintendent on the
ahove date with the president, N. Il.
/ ,Titzsimons, in the chair, and the fol-
,owing members present: I. }.
4 n Keefe, second ward; n. II. Fltz-
simons. third ward; H. H. Levy,
fourfh ward; w. w. Talley, ff:n
ward: Dave Evans, sixth ward; l. II.
Keller, seventh ward; G. F. Bancks
eighth ward; w. ]. Sebastian, ninth
ward. VIM. Oswald, tenth ward.
Absent: George R. Dutsch, first
I ward.
A quorum was present.
Moved by Mr.. Oswald, seconded by
Mr.. Evans, that the minutes of the
last regular meeting be approved as
mblisbed in The St. Tammany Farm
! err Carried.
Moved by Mr.. Evans, seconded by
Mr.. Levy, that the following report
read by the superintendent be ac-
cepted and placed on the minutes.
Carried.
SuperintendenHs Report.
Covington, La, May IA, 1920.
To the Honorable President and
Members of ST. Tammany Parish
School Board, CoV.ngtOn, La.
Gentlemen:-Allow me to present
the following report of the school
conditions in the parish at present.
/ AS many of our schools are still
in session, l shall leave considerable
until my next report, and then in
clude a statement of all the schools
in general.
The following schools have closed:
Middle Road, Lnion Grove, Pilgrim
Rest, Waldhem and LacOmbe. /
have given my consent for the clos
ing OF the Galloway school temporari-
ly because of sickness at the resi-
dence of one of the patrons where
the teacher was compelled to board.
| shall expect to reopen this school
as soon as the peculiar circumstances
there permit. The attendance at
the Savannah Branch school has been
far below the required thirty, for the
past two months, and | am there
fore removing one of the teachers.
This Is, as you know, in strict ac-
cordance with rule Of yours tina.
has been in effect for several years.
A ssoon as the Ramsay school closes
shall have the library books moved
to the Covington high school, and
added to the library there.
J have received a donation from
the Town Council of Pearl River OF
s102.55, to pay for the fence that has
been recently placed around their
school grounds. | also wish to ac-
knowledge receipt of the following
money from V. c. Thornton, princi-
pal OF the Covington colored school
Dec. 3, $50; April 10, $25; May IL.
$S5, making total of $170, and this
taken with $S1.3S received before.
makes total of $251.38 that has
oeen raised by colored people Of Gov
lngton and turned over to me for
school building purposes.
In accordance with vote Of your
board at your last meeting, held On
April 3, the following resolution has
pee nsent to Hon L. V. Cooley, Jr.,
our Representative in the State Leg
s.ature, and also to Hon. Delos R.
Johnson and Hon. Shelton Settoon.
state Senators from thi sdistrict
Eacn OF these gentlemen have been
asked 10 do all eh can to have law
passed whereby worthy teachers may
Se retired ON half pay after twenty
I'VE years of continuous service:
whereas, the public school teach
v.s OF the several parishes Of the
s'ate nave labored and toiled for
soars TO lnstill into the minds of our
ooys and girls the rudiments Of an
education, and
whereas, the meager compensa-
uon received by them for their ser
ives mas been scarcely enough to
Aegp 1 body and soul together, and
"nereas, many of the pubic |
ssnooi teachers, after long years Of |
NJ. ne auous and uninterrupted SER
we md themselves old and decrepit |
II ~ IN mpecunious circumstances |
therefore be it
i, NesolVed by the School Board of
sas. e raffsh of st. Tammany, in legal |
So'on ah,. convened, that the Honor |
un sle l. Y. Cooley, member of the |
pe pouse of Representatives from the |
aeaisa .sa OF st. Tammany, be and IS
aeteoy earnestly requested to urge |
inS hpOu the Legislature, at the com
nrau s session, the adoption of a law
'. H. ulng for the retirement of pub
as,.s - school teachers on one-half pa
es aasn. twenty-five years of centinuo1 1s |
q, M = further resolved, That a copy
oraa, n.s resolution be sent to the Hon |
tas ss,es s De.os R. johnson and Shell
aaos. aosu.twlthstanding the fact that we
AZ eu ra new schedule of salaries.
crass soar last meeting. giving an in
moves. e IN saalries of about $40 per
bess b'l' we are to lose some of our
lars..t s. teachers, who have accepted
View lew - salaries in other parishes. In
Al M \. u the fact that the attendance
reace Grove school is far be-