El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-21
Board To Name
School Teachers
For Next Year

In order that FL Paso public school
teachers may not have their vacation
curtaned while waiting for their next
year contracts. the school board,
meeting in regular session Tuesday
night at the Bailey school. decided TO
hold elections early in Nay. The con-
tracts viii be tentative so far as sal
aries are concerned, for the election
deciding whether or not the tax rate
shall be increased TO afford increased
teachers salaries, viii not be held
until June.
supt a. II. Hughey reported 70 the
board an opinion by local attorneys
that the school board can have the
city council call a special election for
the purpose Of increasing the tax rate.
a majority vote viii carry such an
election.
Most Of Tuesday nights session
was devoted 10 the transaction Of
routine business. Members discussed
the question OF graduation garb for
high school students Mrs. W C.
McGrady. vice president, favored the
wearing OF gray caps and gowns for
girls and boys alike, but Walter s
Clayton. president OF the board. re-
ferred TO the meeting OF high school
seniors Tuesday, at which il was de-
cided by the students themselves to
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Seniority Rule Applied.
The board decided TO follow a SEN
iority rule in appointing school prin-
cipsls, this method obviatinE any
claims as 10 partially or untairness-
Members Of the local carpenters
union appeared before the board to
protest the granting Of the contract
for the Douglass school 10 Stanley
Bevans. They declared that ". J.
Pickering, an unsuccessful bidder,
had not been granted enough time to
submit his bid and that his estimate
was considerably lower than the one
accepted by the board Board mem
bers were under the impression that
the Pickering bid is higher than that
Of Bevans, but ordered r r Jones.
secretary OF the board. TO compare
itemized accounts OF the bids and
make known the result at the next
meeting
Representative OF the building
trades council appealed TO the board
TO employ only taxpayers in the con-
struotion Of school buildings At
first. the request concerned American
citizens but the board pointed out
that many laborers might be taZpay-
ers and potential citizens.
Building Plan Discussed.
II was decided TO use pine doors
instead Of maple ones Tor the Man
BeuteI. OF Beutel q Hardle COM
pany, informed the board OF the con-
siderable saving in cost. The ventila-
ton question was also discussed but
no action was taken. The omission
OF ventilating fans would save more
than S29o0, but the Texas laws re-
quire certain rentilating provisions
Dr. g n Higgins, school physician,
requested the board to appoint 4
nurse 70 assist him in foilow-up work.
a nurse for fOllow-up work is an alb
solute necessity" stated DR.. Higgins.
with such assistance a clinic could
be established and curative measures,
as Wen as the preventive ones now in
use. could be followed
DR.. Higgins was unanimously &C
corded a vote Of thanks for his gift
to the board Of a template influence
static machine 10 be used in the
physics course
Reports OF financial statements
showed that OF 2460.000 or S4s5. 00Q
which the schools viii receive OF the
S472.016 appropriated, S537.s37 has
already been spent. Expenses from
now on viii be much lighter. Il was
: ing the sumner months and heating
and other items have been cut down
I C. B. Stevens has decided not "a
Z resign from the board. according "a
p p Jones. who received a telephone
! call from Mr. Stevens 20 that effect
/ Ar Stevens stated al the called meet
ing OF the board last week. that hi,
resignation was written and would
be submitted at the regular meeting
| Tuesday night 1fr. Stevens was mo-
present at the meeting