The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1921-08-04

How many pupils III tiio 1'''"
HIGH School in 1910: ~ ,oo,o
' How many in 1920 and 1'-A'
'ov' What was the number Of pupils
nor ~ room for last year? 81.
y Give highest number. a.
4 Lowest number. 81 ,oa
. What effect do these cro"uso
conditions have on the physical cohul'
tiou Of pupil and teacher: Dr. jones'
Dr.. Ferguson and Dr. Atkins 1t ,.o,,o,o,
Il will impair their general
ho o. on account of breathing foul
air. Contagious diseases are more
sasilv contracted and harder to con.
troll than if contracted under more more
favorable conditions NO more II'a III
20 to s. people should be confined IN
small room for more than one hour;
A visit to one Of these overcro"oeu
rooms will convince any one t4as
new building is necessarily N 'oneS'
NJ. D. ouoroud
School rooms being oyercrowd
3D. the ventilation is insufficient TOT
lack of oxygen. The student becomes
du]l and stupid These condltloliS
, u work against the general progress
|R. c. Ferguson, NJ. D. Ao
c. | inspected all the rooms ol .hg
Arcadia High School this spring anu
found the rooms were overcrowded anu
Ventilation poor. Such conditions VIII
make both the teacher and pupil more
suscentible to infections and cohtas-
ions diseases.-W. L. Atkins CITY
health officer. .,o
2 What effect does it have on 1he
work that they may accomplish by
teacher and pupil? ,,
pupils need individual help
This can best be accomplished by sup
, ervjsed study periods. With the crowd
cd conditions we now have, both teach
D., ers and pupils work at disadvantage;
Then too, pupils need comfortable ana
nleasant surroundings to do their pest
work which is impossible under pres
s ont conditions.-Florence Sutton.
b. There can be no personal atten'
5 ton to pupils who fail to see any
particular phase of the subject pre-:
sented, In our school 50 per cent OF
the teachers efforts are practlcali.
!. wasted because Of crowded conditions
PUPILS who sit in an overcrowded
7, room, amid the noise, confusion anc
foul air That are inevitable in such 9
l. room, cannot concentrate their minds
50 that they can grasp readily Thoughts
s, presented, nor can they in the stud!
period prepare their lessons we'll =
Habits Of carelessness, inattentio1
, and inefficient preparation. are forme'
which may not easily be discarded Il
IL later years.-Mrs. Leo Daniel.
" 4. How many children Of school az
v in this district? -,
I" A. The census of 1919 gives 45(
" Since then there has been STEADY IL
y crease-E H. Fisher.
4, How many children OF adjolr
10 ing parishes attend this school! Ho'
many from other districts?
b a. From adjoining parishes ther
are 6 pupils attending the Arcadl
=" High School.
b. None. When the parish'wld
, school tax was voted this eliminate
u school districts so far as MAINTENANCE
il concerned.-J. P. Wagner.
N 6. Is this movement designed or II
tended to absorb neighboring schools
D. a. No. The purpose is to prepal
a place to teach the higher grades tint
come form these schools and to tai
care of the overflow that Is now o.
ING experienced in the present bull,
ine The neighboring schools are
re, run on just as they have Deen fu'
ning.-E. H. Fisher.
IT, Z. As proof Of our growth, no
many residences have been erected
this school district in the past tnr'
re, '' a. There is no available data
= concerning the whole district, but
u in the town Of Arcadia there has
heen IS new residences erected
er' l., tha mast three wears. and q num-
a Der Of old ones remodeled: :,
a. There is not . town In North
w. Louisiana twice the size that has
built that many. There has also
a been erected during this time .
a. u modern waterworks, electric light
" ", and power plant, second to none In
W. the State An Ice and cold stor'
ace plant that is q credit to the en-
m tire section, . modern three story
y w. brick hotel, q brick garage that IS
" ahead Of the community, q brick
church, several new places Of busi'
m' ness, three new law Offices, q new
bank, a banking house second to
none in North Louisiana, one OF
the old banks has added second
w. story to its banking house. A new
barbershop that would be 9 credit
to q town three times the size Of
0. Arcadia There are numerous
90. other improvements in this sec.
ton that space will not permit to
90. enumerate. AT the time the pres
90. emit school building was erected
/ we had only one bank while to.
day we have three fast growing
ey, banks with resources Of around
~ s2,OOO,0Oo. We had $50 children
.ho in school then, while today we have
. -. over 400 and the number is in
W. creasing weekly. l attribute this
o on stable and steady growth in popu.
',s lation and values to the excellent
n.y. public schools and our enterpris-
ing citizenship and / can not be-
lieye that our property taxpayers
will at this time deny the pres
ent and the unborn children the
w privilege Of enjoying tho very best