The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-01
Reception Will Be Held in the
Auditorium Immediately
After the Ceremonies.
KIWANIS CLUB WILL
PRESENT u. S. FLAG
Army and Navy and Civic Or
ganiZations of the City
Will Be Represented.

Schools of the city will open on
Monday morning and for the first time
the students will report at the new
high school building on North Palafx
street.
At 1880 o'clock, Immediately follow
ing the afternoon session, a reception
will .be held in the high school audi
torium, at which time the Eublic is
cordially invited to be present to en-
joy the program, after which visitors
will be taken over the high school
building on a tour of inspection, high
school students acting as guides.
The principal address of the after
noon viii be made by Chief Justice
Jefferson r. Brown OF the Florida Su-
preme Court, who is noted not only as
one of Florida's greatest jurors, but
lis one of the most eloquent speakers
in the state
Dr. +. G.. Renshaw viii act as N.
ter of ceremonies, introducing "a
speakers, the invocation will be ~ras
by Rabbi l. Freund, of Temple s:Ath
El. and DR.. frank Tappey. par.o. -
the First Presbyterian church,
pronounce the benediction.
The army and navy viii be rer.-.
sented by Col. ]. r. Brady and as.&,
from Fort Barrancas, and Capte.7 2
II. Christy, commandant Of the Ne-vaJ
Air Station, and aides. The CEa-a,r~
of Commerce, Rotary and K.~ar,.s
clubs, and the Central Trades s=e
Labor Council will all be represer-o.
The Kiwanis club will present 70 ~
high school beautiful flag, the p-..
sentation speech to be made by I.e-
roy V. Holsberry, Judge Il. ID. Beggs.
chairman of the sFEscambia County
School Board 70 accept the flag in tr-
name of the board
Mr.. Sam Pasco. representing the
school trustees, will speak on educa-
ton in the county.
The program will be interspersed
with a numbersof musical selections.
details Of which appear elsewhere in
The Journal.
The Pensacola High School is one
OF the handsomest school buildings OF
the south. and was built at a cost OF
$273.0O0. Not only the class rooms.
offices, and other rooms Of the build
ing are csmmodious and modern in
every way, but the auditorium Is one
Of the handsomest and best equipped
in the state. It's acoustic properties
are excellent, and the stage well fit
ted for school and public entertain
ments.
One Of the most attractive features
Of decoration which are noted in the
auditorium is the frieze above the
stage, which shows the five flags un-
der which the government Of this city
has been admins stered-Spain France,
Great Britain, the Southern Confed-
eracy and the United States Of Amerl-
ca, each Of which IS companioned by
a tablet. which gives a short history
OF its period.
County Education.
During the past year approximately
half a million dollars has been spent
on new buildings. The Pensacola
High School, costing S273,0Oo: the p.
K. Youge school, 100000; the john
H. Gibson school Ccolored) costing
$4,000; East Pensacola Heights
school,, $500; the Blount Street
School, $1,000.
There are ten brick buildings, sixty
one frame buildings, and one concrete
building In the county.
School funds received in the county
for 1921 are: Taxes $149,27g.71; inter
est on state school fund s3,316.50; one
mill tax s15,1os.50; other sources s31-
s36.79.
Funds derived from the special tax
districts are s37.s11.14; sale Of bonds,
district IS, s4s4,162.s0
Total expenditures Of the county
outside Of Pensacola during 1921 for
property and equipment is 25s,s51.4f;
for schools proper. 1921, ,soO.7s; for ad-
ninistration s49.169.55. Cost OF re-
pairs 5000.
Among the special tax districts Of
the county besides district IS. are dis
trict number 5, tGonzaIez) which vot-
ed bonds TO the value Of $4,000. There
are sixteen special oax districts IN the
county, one Of these. Gonzalez, known
as district s, also has fund derived
from the Smith Hughes appropriation,
which amounts to about $1,000 a year.
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