St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-07-16
M VAUDEVILLE,
AUDUBONCLUB
is ORGANIZED.

Is ORGANIZED
A beautiful red-bird sat on tree,
Looking as happy as happy can be.
He whistled, I'm Vaudeville l am
| free,
For the Audubon Club takes care
of me-" &&::@.s@
Mrs. c. S. Galbraith
And the children of the grammar
grades of the schools of Vaudeville.
like the red-bird, are happy as can
be over their new Audubon Clcb.
1t was organized a month ago by
Miss Eleanor Rayne and Mrs. A. L.
Briggs with six members. 1t now
has membership of forty with the
aim of increasing this to one hun
dred by autumn.
Until the opening of school the
club Will meet at the home of Mrs.
Briggs every other week on Thurs
day afternoon.
Members are expected to sign
neatly printed pledges, which, as we'll
as the buttons stamped with the
name of the club and a portrait of
Audubon, were paid for by the Man
deville School Improvement League.
\ It is hoped that the club will be
instrumental in decreasing the
slaughter of insectiyorous and song
birds by instilliRg love and appre-
citation of bird-hfe.
At the first regular meeting June
a21st, Mr.. Gus Mugnier gave very
interesting talk about birds, and pre-
sented the club with beautifully
. stuffed and framed oriole surround
ed by flowers and butterflies.
The children are SO interested
that, despite heavy down-pour of
ain last Thursday, there was a large
attendance.
The officers are Emory Van Zanr,
president; Mary Louise Briggs, vice
president; Josephine Marsh, secrc-
tary; Elsie Bing. treasurer.
| The pledge reads: AS member
of the Audubon Club l earnestly
promise to obey the laws which pro-
hibit the killing Of birds, and to the
best Of my ability prevent harm to
| all song-birds, and birds which eat
| insects
I will try to increase the number
of useful and attractive birds by pro-
v;ding nesting boxes for them, and
| by preventing destruction of their
eggs and young, and will urge Others
to assist in the protection and care
of bird-ife. -..
have been informed by the State
| Agent Of Negro Schools that we will
probably be able to get assistance TO
the amount of $4,000 towards
equipment for industrial work. You
| may get perhaps correct idea of
the kind of work we expect to do at
this school if l should liken it to I.
| junior high school with all of the
Latin and sciences thrown out and
in the place of these put industrial
work. The pupils in the higher
Of their time in manual training, or
| work Of an industrial nature.
The insurance companies have
settled with us for the loss of the
Savannah Branch school, and an ad-
vertisement has been running in The
St. Tammany Farmer asking for bids
for the erection Of new two-room
building for that neighborhood, and
bids will be opened today.
Bids were received by your COM
mittee for the installation of NOV
able partition in the Audubon sch DOL,
and they were as follows: S. R.
Williams, 1915; Geo. H. Sticker,
$423; Warnie Crawford, $3.50. <
contract has been signed with Mr..
Williams for this work, and he has
given bond for the proper compile
ton of the job.
Some few weeks ago I was called
to Slidell to attend, with your Ninth
Ward School Director, a mass meet
ing Of the Ninth Ward taxpayers and
Slidell High School patrons. The
meeting was called for the purpose
of considering certain complaints
made by some of the high school
patrons regarding the work and eff
ficiency of their principal for last
year. A large crowd was in attend
ance. A committee consisting of
five was appointed by the mass mee.-
ing to investigate such charges as
might be received, and a report o.
this committee, I understand, has
been made and given to the Ninth
Ward School Director for your bene-
LIT and consideration today.
Our records show that in August,
1916, special two and one-half mill
maintenance tax was voted in .he
Third Ward for the purpose OF Civ
ing additional aid to the public
schools of this word. This tax was
voted for five years, and under his
circumstance it has run out. This
hrines rs to the unpleasant fact that
we Will not be able to- guarantee
more than six Or sevo" 'antns
school next year in the Third Ward