The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1922-11-10
SCHOOL REPORT
SHOWS PROGRESS
EXPENSES REDUCED I'M MANY
DEPARTMENTS WITHOUT DE.
cREASiNG EFFICIENCY
REVENUES s25,14S,933
shortage or Legally Qualified Teach
ers Is Principal Handicap OF State
Schools Progress.

Baton Rouge, Lain the renorI
0I l. II. Harris, state superintendent
Oh public education, to the Louisiana
state board of education which met
mere healthy growth in the public
schooI system was indicated and q
oaance on hand of approximately
100000 more than the total at the
same period last year was shown.
Mr.. Harris reported that the cost
OF transporting children in automo.
plle Duases has decreased an average
OF S4z.SO transfer, compared with
year ago, and the cost a child ia
s4.fo less. The average length OF
lhe session has been increased three
days. There are rs and 40 per cent
OF white educables enrolled. A short
age OF legally qualified high school
teachers is pointed out in the report.
Today's meeting was the last ses-
sion OF the appointive board as the
new board will be elected November
y. ana probably will be reorganized in
January Members OF the present
BOARD are: E. L. Kidd, Ruston. pres
ldent; and DR.. N. P. Moss, Lafayette:
robert Martin, st. MartinvilIe: Ralph
. Thorton, Alexandria, and superen-
tendent T. H. Harris, who is secre-
fary to the board.
me board met to receive the
report On the important phases of the
work OF the public schools for the
session 1s21-1922, and approved the
right OF the New Orleans Conserva-
tory OF Music and Dramatic Art to is.
sue baccalaureate degrees.
Mr. Harris report in part follows:
me state current school fund dis
trlbutions to the parishes amounted to
$4,S2O,666.45, an increase of a little
more than $5,000,00O over the last
session. The parish constitutional tax
usually referred to as the police
jury appropriation was. s4,917.94s.
a little more than 100000 less than
the funds realized from that source
the previous session. Special main.
tenance taxes amounted to $3,016, O23.-
IS, an increase Of approximately
$500, 900 over the last session. Funds
from other sources amounted to S.
OS5,270.04, representing an increase Of
a little less than $50,000,0 600.
S25, f4s,933 Received
THE total revenue receipts for the
session amounted to $14,339, 910.O3. a
little more than a half million dol
lars in excess Of similar receipts for
the previous session.
The non-revenue receipts were:
Balances brought forward from the
previous session, $685., 1888, repre-
senting an increase of a little less
than 100000; proceeds of bond sales
for building etc, $2,19s,4S6.69, an in
crease over the previous session of
a little more than $600,000; loans to
meet current expenses (of course this
in reality does not represent re-
ceipts), $6,25S, 602.53, an increase of
a little less than 100000 over the
previous session. The total non-rey-
enue receipts amounted to $40, sos, 023.-
Is, an increase of s1,675,22466.
"The grand total of all moneys re-
ceived was SIS, ,933.1S, represent
ing an increase of s2,263, S03.60. Sub
tracing $6,25S, 602.6O of current loans,
the funds in tn hands of the school
boards for use in the operation of the
building schoolhouses, ETC.,
amounted to si8,Ss0,3S0.65. This was
an increase of a little more than
million and half dollars over the
previous session