Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-09-14
THE PUBLIC sCHOOLs
Making ARRANGEMENTS for Re-opening
them Next Monday.

ISSUING ADMISSION TICKETS FOR NEW PuPns-M-
CREASED ACCOMMODATIONS, TEACHERS coNFKR-
ENcRs, ETC.
The public school buildings began to show signs
OF life to-day after the long vacation As early as
O'Clock the steady tramp OF footsteps were heard
through the deserted halls The voices woke the
echoes OF the corridors that have been silent since
the closing OF the schools last June. From TO 10
O'Clock, the principals in the various buildings
were kept busy issuing tickets admitting scholars
TO the public schools, which VIII begin the new
school year next Monday morning. They were
not as busy as they will be tomorrow morning
and then again tomorrow afternoon from to
O'Clock, for In everything else people leave the
work OF getting school tickets until the last possible
minute. Tickets viii be issued again this afternoon
from to O'Clock. 1t is dificult TO form an esti
mate of the number of scholars that will enter the
public schools for the new year. Judging from the
expected that there will be the usual increase.
Last year the total number Of pupils was $soS0
showing an increase OF LOCO.
MORE SCHOOL ROOMS.
There will be no new buildings to be opened this
year. but there will be additional accommodations
The rent fund has been drawn upon to its fullest
extent and new rooms have been rented as fol-
lows: First Div1sion-One room each at 2112 and
2114 14th street; one each at 1400 and 140Oh 8
street, and one room for a cooking school at 1881
n
street for cooking school. The entire building at
GA D street for cooking and manual training
schools, and four rooms at 62S street for addt-
tional accommodations for the High School. Third
Divislon-Two rooms at the corner OF 9Th and
streets northeast. No additional accommodations
have been provided in the other divisions.
HALLIDAY SCHOOLS
IL Is expected that the school buildings will be
crowded, but perhaps not more than last year.
Arrangements will be made so as to limit the num-
Der OF h ilf-day schools, an expedient which has
bulldlngS IL Is, however an expedient that Is not
In favor with Superintendent Powell and he will
endeav0r 10 have as few as possible.
TEACHERS AND PUPILS
The small army OF youngsters that will throng
the school buildings on Monday next will come
under the direction OF 693 teachers. OF this num-
Der only 80 are newly appointed this year, so that
the old scholars Will see the familiar faces of their
teachers, unless promotion takes them to a higher
grace and new room. The teachers will meet the
superintendent and the supervising PRINCIPALS TO-
morrow at the following hours and places: Filth
division, $50 a. m, at the Curtis SCHOOL, first d.
vision, IL 100 a. NJ at the Franklin school, second
division, 1900 m, at the Seaton school; third d.
vision, 13O p. m at the Wallach school; fourth d.
Vision, 2:3O y. H., at the Jefferson school; sixth
division, 1890 a. IN, at the Franklin school; sew
enth division, 800 p. m, at the sumner school;
eighth division, 4:3O p. H., at the John +. COOK
SCHOOL
There Will be no changes in the course OF study
this year. The same curriculum VIII be preserved
as last year.