Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-09-13

Principal Lane fs hard ~ work devtsing plans
Tor the accommodation OF the swarm OF pupils
that Will descend upon tide High school next
Monday morning. There viii be twelve hun
dred OF them, two hundred more than last year,
and nearly four times as many as when the school
was organised on It's present basis In 1859. Last
year the school Was overcrowded, the nrst year
pupils being cut down 70 halliday system and
although there Is some additional room Afforded
this TALL and three more teachers added TO
ths force, IT seems a. though the CON-
plant OF last year viii be repeated.
There have been i've new rooms provided. Two OF
tnese nave been formed fn Tie building by parti-
uoning on the rear OF the physical lecture-room
on the third Moor, and the vest eud OF the corri-
DOR, thus making Two very comfortable recitation
rooms. Besides lnis building directly across the
street, No 62S street, has been rented Tor the
use OF the school This affords Three large class
looms which can accommodate, with the halliday
system, SIX sections or Classes OF about 40 each.
and forward OF these classes but they VII torln
kand OF colony. seli-sustaining.
tbs halliday sYsrEM.
Even with this help IL does not seem possible,
DR.. Lane says, 10 accommodate the LOO without
resortins TO the much disliked expedient Of ex-
ending the halliday system 70 the second year
Class IL Is likely, however. that but portion Of
TINS class Will be TINS Affected, PROBABLY the
students OF the commercial o. business course.
AZ Is estimated that the third or highest class
on as a margin for those Who do not return. Tue
sanae ejaculation places the second year nsure III
Sea, While the eighth grade pupils promoJed 10
the high school, forming the nrst year class,
number $50 kwi b the percentage educted). Be-
Sizes these there are always a numuer OF pupils
admitted In september 6y means OF an examine
uon, the app.lcanJs being newcomers from other
clues, and others who, tOr various reasons have
been unable 10 enter through The regular chan
mel DIR. Lane places this number this year AZ "a.
thus making Tue whole school, reach the total OF
l,le0 pupils
THE TEACHERS
To teach these pupils there Is a corps OF thirty
three teachers as follows: r. X. Lane, principal;
Agnes NJ Lathe, assistant principal; E. s. burgess,
p NJ. Hughes, Geo. 8. Fellows, Wilhelm Bernardo,
- SmIta, A. SARAH Ramey, Eva Al. Pits, Wm. A.
HedTick, Edith X. b gle, Charlotte SmiIn, Helen
N. Hayes, Mary Eastman, Hattie T. sharp, Harry
EAgilsh, Alice h. Bradbury, g. NJ. l. SITES, N. 4. Il.
Swa ,zeil, Annie NJ. Wilson, John Is. Daish, Agnes
A. Rogers, Marie siebert- Nora hoegelsoerger.
h han ~; Sasains' Charles A: DAVIS S.iaton
Clement Dietrich, 3. Z. Breck nrldge.
In view or the lack OF and OF teaching force
te.ap.ed this year In the curricuuan out every
EFFORT wall be made u Accommodate tne great num-
Der.
THE MANUAL TRAINING school
In the manual training department, however,
much Is going 10 be done in advance OF that al
ready accomplished. The building adjoining the
one used last year has been rented and enla, ged,
and viii De nt,ed with additional tools and eqaif-
ments Tor a thorough course IN arvealry, Jolaefy
meLai-working aud Casting. Owing to the neces-
SLY or oegianIng this course at Tue top. In The
highest Class OF the Hlgh school, and working
dowHwArd, &c viii DC auother year Uefore the
chain oil Instruction In tnf, line from the bottom
up Viii De compete and uuoroken. At present
the nTst year boys, WAC did Tue fn the eighth
grade Us tn former frst Class In the high Scool
wall Oe dong Lne HorA that The second year
class Is dong. But This VIII smooth Itself oat 10
time.
The High School cooking school Is 10 be moved
from Its lorner quarters an No. 626 . street. 10
tue new uuil Ina, GA ana The Iorner given up 10
eighth g Ale ciIsse. There Is no Iear or danger
that any pupil vino desires The instruction In
manual training viii Dc q med lt through lack OF
means Tor IL Is tue theory OF superintendent
Powell that the puoiic scaoOl system Ia all OF its
branches should AFFORD all facilities possible 70
every one who wants Them.
As the school Will be organized next Monday ft
WILL Undoubtedly De one OF the largest Hga schools
In the country con, rolled by one head and system
I. Is possibly the largest, for those ~ Boston anu
Philadelphia, wnlie they contain more pupils Ia
the aggres ATE, have tnem divided among several
institutions