Word: beauregard
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...family-that part of our "education." Now I am horrified to see my own son entering school in much worse surroundings: more dilapidated, crowded, dirty and understaffed schools than that Ozark country school . . . May I suggest that someone make a mold of Principal Joseph Schwertz of New Orleans' Beauregard school [TIME, July 25], then cast about 1,000 copies of him and distribute them in California...
Parents' Clubs. Soft-spoken Principal Schwertz, a product of New Orleans schools himself (before going to Loyola University of the South), soon began to change things. He wanted a playground, and went direct to Beauregard parents for the money. Before long, he had enough to cover the muddy schoolyard with all-weather asphalt. Then he set up tennis, badminton and volleyball courts. For the youngest kids, he put in a basketball court with baskets five feet off the ground...
There were a lot of other things Schwertz wanted. Instead of waiting for the school board to dribble him the funds, he kept going to the parents. Members of the Beauregard Mothers' Club flocked to meetings just to keep up with his new schemes. The fathers formed a Dads' Club...
...paper drive, organized by the mothers, raised enough money to buy Beauregard the first telebinocular (for eye tests) and Audiograph (for hearing tests) in any New Orleans public school. Among the first 65 children tested, Schwertz found 38 who needed glasses or other eye treatment, and several who were being handicapped by deafness...
Children's Chance. Last week, though school was closed for the summer, Principal Schwertz was still busy in his office, working on his latest scheme. He wanted Beauregard to be the first U.S. grammar school to have its own radio station, to give the children a chance to broadcast their own historical dramas, music, and student forums...