St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1920-04-17
OF SCHHOL BOARD
MEETING HELD FRIDAY,
APRIL 8.
Covington, La, April 8, 1920

Board met in regular session in thu
Office Of the superintendent, on the
above date, with N. H. FitzSimons,
president, in the chair, and the fol-
lowing members present: Geo. R.
Dutsch, ward l It. J. O'Keefe, ward
2; N. H. FitzSimons, ward 3; H. II
Levy, ward 4; w. w. Talley ward S;
Dave Evans, ward g. Isom H. Keller.
ward z; Geo. F. Bancks, ward g.;
w. J. Sebastian, ward 8; VIM. o.
wald, ward 10. Absent: None.
On motion Of Mr.. Oswald, second
ed by Mr.. Dutsch, the minutes Of
the preceding meeting were al-
proved as printed in the Off eial
journal.
Mr.. Oswald, that the following re-
port submitted by the Superintend-
ent be accepted:
Covington, La, April 9, 1920.
To the Honorable President and
Members of st. Tammany Parish
School Board, Covington, La.
Gentlemen:-I beg to submit the
following as my report upon the cor
ditions of the public schools of this
parish at the present time.
In the first ward the Madisonvtlle
school has been improved by having
the basement fenced in. Both this
school and the one at Sand Hill arc
running smoothly and will have q
nine months term. Since your last
meeting we have purchased the two
story frame building, with it's fiVe-
acre site, that has been used by the
Madisonville colored school, for
s25O0. This was made possible By
using the $1,000 raised by the pat
rons of this colored school, $1,000
given by this board, and a note Of
$500 for one year, signed by twenty
odd patrons of the school, which was
accepted by the owners of the build
ing. You will remember that this
board agreed, at a recent meeting,
to pay $3.50 to be used in assisting
to retire this note. | wish to give
the teachers and pupils credit for
good deal of work they are now do
ing in removing stumps from the
school grounds. 1t is the desire OF
the patrons for this school to qualify
as teachers training school for the
opening of the year 1921-22.
In the second ward there has been
considerable sickness, and Savan-
nah Branch school had to be closed
because of the fact that the princ'-
pal was taken with the mumps. In
the Folsom school we have had all
of the pupils yaccinated for small
pox. This work was very generous
Iy performed by DR.. Jones, of Fo'-
som, the board furnishing the vac
cine. My last reports from Union
Grove neighborhood was that the al
tendance was very low because of an
epidemic of severe colds, or light
cases Of influenza. In the other
schools of the ward things appear to
be going successfully, although TIE
Middle Roads school has had a small
attendance, caused by la grippe, or
the influenza. 1t would appear that
the new pump at this. school does not
receive careful treatment from the
student body, Because it. has recently
gotten out Of order, and it was ne2-
essary to send a man from here 70
repair it. l believe that this boarl
should authorize the building, dur
ing the coming summer, of a new
chimney in the Union Grove school,
and the extending, or lengthenin5,
of one in the Folsom school. All of
the school houses in the second ward
need re-painting.
At Vaudeville We have ordered
fine new sanitary heaters that will
be installed as soon as possible.
Through the kindness of DR.. K. b.
Paine the pupils Of the Vaudeville
and Lewisburg schools have been
vaccinated against smallpox, and
the fourth ward special tax furnish
ed the vaccine.
Three lots Of ground have been Sc
lected as a site for the proposed
school building for the colored child
rem of Vaudeville, and will cost the
board 1925. The grounds of the
Vaudeville high school have been
much improved by the setting out OF
palms, and other plants, and, with
the assistance of the playground ap-
paratus, it presents a very attractive
Nothing new has happened in the
schools of the fifth ward. l have
asked the trustees of the Progress
school to attend to the building OF
shed for their teacherage, as In
structed by you, and l expect that
this will be attended to as soon as
the spring rush of planting is over
A new pump has been' purchased for
the Sun school, and several other
minor improvements made.
| understand that some of the pat
rons Of the Oak Grove school 1eel
that We should sell the teacherage
purchased some three years ago for
that school. 1t is true that our
this year has not been able
to occupy it, because of personal rea-
sons, although he told me recently
that should he be re-appointed 1or
another year he would probably
want to live there. 1t was through
the earnest solicitation Of a great
many of the patrons of THIS schooi
that this farm and house were
The fact that we have not
used it this year does not, in the
slightest way, indicate, or prove, that
we will not use it next year, and |
would strongly recommend that it
would not be sold, although l be-
lieye we could we'll afford to sell
most of the land that goes with 1t,
provided we had the opportunity.
In the sixth ward we have had
great many cases of the influenza