Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-06-14
OVER 1,4OO PUPILS EXPECTED.
What the Enlarged High School Build
ing viii Accommodate.

WEN A,4VV FOfIAS EAfECIED.
What the Enlarged High School Build
ing viii Accommodate.
TIE NEW SCHOOL BUILDING APPROACHING CON-
PLErIoN-rHE RAPID eBowTH OF TIE SCHOOL
-INcREAsEs ExPEcrKp NEXT FALL-THK Ap-
OPTIONAL ACcoNMopATIoSs PROVIDED.
Unless calculations fail utterly the high
school Of this city will next year be one Of the
largest single educational institutions in this
country. 1t will have upwards of 1,450 pupils,
taught by a corps of forty instructors. all I'M
der one government, and virtually in one build
ing. The rapid growth of this school has at
tracted the attention Of educators throughout
the country, and some folks shook their
heads as the figures Of attendance
mounted higher and higher, and predicted that
the school would soon outgrow itself and be-
come too large and unwieldly for management.
But there has been no hitch in its progress,
and though it received a temporary check
about a year ago in the death of its founder
and builder, Mr. E. A. Paul it has since then
gone ahead and regained the lost ground under
the management Of the present principal, DR..
r. X. Lane. The next school year opens Sep
TENDER 70, and at present the prospects are
bright for another successful scholastic course.
ADDITIONAL ACCOMMODATIONS.
By means Of the appropriation Of $4,000
made at the last session of Congress q building
has been planned and already begun as an an
mex, or rather an addition to the present High
school building, which was constructed in the
summer of 1882. With the increase of room
and facilities thus afforded the school can next
fall be returned to the old basis on which each
pupil received a whole days instruction at the
school, instead of continuing what is known as
the halliday" system, which was adopted as q
necessary means In 1887 to accommodate the
great increase of pupils. This system made it
possible for each pupil to obtain just as much
actual class room and lecture instruction as be-
fore, but prevented any from studying their
lessons at the school. 1t was at first only
extended to a few of the classes Of the
d arS year. or lowest grade in the school si
necessary to extend it to the en-
tire class, and even into the second year.
The results were far from encouraging. The
feeling OF attachment to the school fell away,
the pupils were prevented from studying when
there were facilities for reference, and loose
habits Of study and preparation were formed
generally among them that had a tendency to
reduce their efficiency and minimize the good
results of the instruction. The system also
necessltated vast amount Of moving machin-
cry that generated friction and caused unneces-
sary confusion and loss of time. Now, how
ever, the halliday system is to be abandoned
and laid away for use only when the school
shall again Outgrow its old clothes and become
too large for the increased quarters. Every
pupil will report for duty at O'Clock, and will
spend five full hours at the building, going
through the program of the day, reciting,
studying, listening to lectures, writing up
notes, performing experiments and putting
their time to the best possible advantage.
THE NEW BUILDING.
The new building is situated directly behind
the main building on the west side, and ex-
tends north past the Henry school and east to
the center portion of the old structure. 1t is
to be OF brick, three stories In height, and of
the same architecture as its predecessor. The
brick work has now been laid up to the floor
ing OF the first story, and there is no reason to
believe that Contractor Parsons will not have
1t completed by the LIST of October, as called
for in his agreement
The building is Sc feet long by about GO or
or IS feet wide. 1t joins on the old building,
to which it is connected by means of q corridor
cut through the present class rooms, situated
In the northwest corner. The basement will
contain an armory for the cadets, 76.4 by 26
feet. The present drill hall" in the old build
ing will hereafter be used for gymnastics. The
rest OF the basement space will be taken up by
cloak rooms and closets. On the first floor is
to be library room 26xl5 feet, four large
class rooms and a cloak room. The second
floor will contain five class rooms and study
hall 46x32 feet. In the third story will be a
chemical laboratory 81. 5x465 feet, two class
rooms and q lecture room for physical science
66x265 feet with a sloping floor and an
apparatus room at one end.
The present library will be transformed into
class room, and there will be several other
changes in the distribution of classes In the
main building. After the rush of reorganiza-
ton is over and the new bnilding is quite COM
pleted the rented annex across o street will be
abandoned. The large lecture-room on the
third floor, now occupied by the physical sci
ence classes. is to be neatly fitted as a botani-
cal laboratory with growing room or conserv-
atory In the southwest corner, an apparatus
room, small corner room set aside for collec-
tons, and the walls fitted with cases.
NEARLY l 500 PUPILS EXPECTED.
careful estimate OF the next school places
the number of pupils at 1,450. There are now
LOGS on the rolls, of which number 234 will
graduate and 10 per cent of the remainder, SO,
will probably not return, leaving balance Of
old pupils to reenter in September of 742
About 20 Of the graduating business course
students will return to complete their three
years, making the old school 762 From re-
ports received from the supervising principals
of the various divisions, after careful inyesti-
cation by the Sth grade teachers, il is esti-
mated that there will be 66S pupils going into
the lst year class from the lower grades. and
20 more will in all probability be admitted at
the fall examinations. This will bring the
total up to the figure mentioned, 1.450, high
water mark of the school
1t is expected that this vast crowd of pupils
will be comfortably accommodated In the en-
larged quarters. although there will not be an
abundance of spare room.