The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-12-09
7IMMONS HEADS
SCHOOL BOARD;
HOLIDAY FIXED
WELL KNOWN PHYSICIAN ELECT
ED PRESIDENT OF. CITY BOARD
OF EDUCATION.
7, EMMETT OUGGER SECRETARY
Christmas Holidays in City Schools
VIE Begin Thursday Afternoon, De-
cember %, and Last Until Tuesday,
January 8.
lFrom Wednesdays Daily HeraId.l

| (From Wednesdays Daily Herald)
BY vote OF five to three, DR.. Z. A
Timmons was elected president of the
city board of education over w
Spence Neral, when the board was
re.organized for the ensuing term al
its stated monthly meeting last night
Mr.. McFall was then unanimously
elected vice president T. Emmett
Digger was elected secretary. These
elections caused no surprise, in fact
they were forecasted in The Herald on
Tuesday afternoon.
DR.. Timmons and Louis Barker, for
mer alderman from the first ward
who were elected members of the
board of education at the last meet
ing Of the city council were duly sworn
in and took their seats last night.
Judge William G. Salmon president
of the board, and Ashley b. Sowcll, its
secretary, who were succeeded by Bar
ker and Timmons, retired after brief
talks.
The meeting last night was called
| to order by Judge Salmon, and after
the reading of the minutes of the last
meeting by Secretary Sowell, the chair
appointed the budget committee, as
| follows: w. S. McFall, II. Il, Dugger
and w. b. Turner.
A communication from patrons of
the colored school on College Hill was
| read. This asked that more ade-
quate water supply be furnished the
| school
Superintendent r. l.. Harris made a
most interesting report Of the months
work. He declared that efficient work
| is now being done in all the schools
Of the city. He reported upon the pro
gress being made by contractors at
the Andrews building where an annex
is being erected. With favorable
weather conditions the roof will be on
during the present week. The brick
work is about completed and other
progress was noted.
Reporting upon the scholastic work
at the Central High School, Mr.. Har-
fis declared the past month had prov
en- the best of the year. The enroll
ment is large and the attendance re
cord is better than ever before, it be
ing above ninety per cent.
Mr.. Harris requested the board at
that time to fix the Christmas hol-
days, and he was asked for sugges
tons by members of the board as to
the length of this holiday Mr.. Harris
recommended that the schools close
at the regular hour on Thursday after
noon December -, and open again on
Tuesday morning, January 3; there
fore, it is seen that the city schools
viii have two more days holidays than
was given by the county board of edu-
cation, meeting here a few days ago
Judge called attention 10 the fact
that his term as member of the
board had expired, and spoke most
feelin2ly of his association with the
board. He declared that he had been
either directly or indirectly interested
in school work since 1889, having Serv-
ed first as a teacher, and later as
member of the board OF education.
judge Salmon lid that he had serv-
ed many years oa the school board of
Columbia, but some time back he. had
let it be known that he would be out
of Columbia much OF the time during
next year, aid felt that his place
should be supplied by one who can at
tend the meetings Of the board. Final
ly, in closing his remarks, Judge Sal
mon rendered his service to the board
at any time they should need it.
Ashley B. Sowell, in retiring as a
member of the board, said he wished
to endorse what Judge Salmon had
said with reference to associations.
There being no further business to
come before the old board, adjourn
mcnt sine die was taken Immediate
| ~ f. Yoest moved that the new board
re-organze. The motion was carried
Mr.. Yoest then moved that Dr.. f. A.
Timmons take the chair as Temporal
ry chairman. This was also carried
by viva voce vote. The board then
went into election of permanent of
/ ficers, with the result mentioned
above. DR.. Timmons being elected
president, Spence McFall, vice presi-
4 dent, and r. +. Digger, secretary.
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