San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-18
NAMES
FOR SCHOOLS
TO De BUILT
Famous American Writers
and Poets Remembered
by Board. -
DECLARE A HOLIDAY
Southern Authors Are
Picked Along With Emer-
son and Hawthorne.

Names of eight junior high schools
TO be established under the S2,0O0,OOO
building program were selected at the
regular meeting of the school board,
Tuesday evening. The schools were
definitely named at the request of the
architects. Phelps & Devices, who stat
ed that the stones over the doors OF
the buildings in some cases would pre-
cmde the possibility of having a long
name chiselled on them. Should such
serted, they would like to know before
hand so that contractors specifica-
tons could be changed.
Schools to be erected upon the fol-
lowing sites will have the names as
Twain; Josephine street, Nathaniel
Ralph Waldo Emerson" Cooper
avenue, Joel Chandler Harris: Me-
kinley avenue, Sidney Lanier !;
Morales street. washington Irving.
Should the school board carry through
its plan of converting Breckenridge
grammar school into Junior high
school, the name will be changed to
Thomas Nelson Page"
Rogers Takes Seat.
Tuesday afternoon marked theafirst
meeting of the new school boar1. The
only change in the personnel Of the
! board was the presence of Henry a.
Rogers in the place of ]. X. Beretta,
whose term of office had expired. MI.
Rogers was elected at a recent school
board election to fill the vacancy.
DIR. w. ii. Hargis was reelected
president of the board; Mrs. Henry
Guerra, vice president. and Mrs
Byron Eastburn, secretary.
\ full holiday will be granted to
! school children on Friday in recogni-
ton of San Jacinto Day. Since San
Jacinto Day. April 81, falls on Sat
urday this year, the members of the
board felt that the school children
would not fully appreciate the signif-
icance of the day since it falls upon
regular holiday. 1t was explained
that in as much as many of the school
| children who will take part in the
parade will be absent for a half day
or all day, Friday, that a holiday
should be declared.
viii Investigate Protest.
| Asserting that 451 voters of Span
iSh descent live in precinct No. s, as
compared with IS negro voters, the
Order of the Sons of Texas filed a
protest with the school board against
| the erection Of a negro elementary
school in that precinct. The board de-
| ferred action until Assistant Superin-
tendent W. J. Knox can make a sur
, vey of the conditions and ascertain
whether or not the Order will assume
the school boards obligation to pur-
chased the property, and whether or
not other property will be available.
Mrs. George Cummins addressed
the school board for few minutes in
behalf of a movement to induce the
board to build an auditorium ut the
Mckinley school. She was assured
that the board would bear her request
in mind and that it would comply
with her request if funds were avail
able.
More Money From State.
Opening of bids for the contract to
equip and furnish The schools was
postponed until May >, in order that
additional companies might have time
TO enter their bids.
Paul Scholz. business manager OF
the board. informed the meeting that
he had received Official information
TO the effect that the state scholastic
apportionment had been increased
from 50 to So which would give the
San Antonio Independent school dis