The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-05
THE NIGHT SCHOOLS.
STARTING OFF WITH 4 GOOD ENROL,
MENT.
NO iDLING YOUTHS ARE I'd
MITTED
MONT SCHOOLS FOK GIRLS VERY
PKpBtBLc.
Teachers WI" VIII Conduct This New
Property Transfers In the city
aud IN Hsnrico. and Other Matters
of Local Interest

Two night schools were Instituted
Wedn' sdav nirht-One in Fult n and
one on West Marshall street for the ac-
commodation of boys who cannot 90 TO
school IN the dy. Thee, with the one
heretofore instituted on Church I'LL,
makes three In all
The City School Board sometime ago
determined 10 try the experiment The
object is 10 give free tuition 10 those
boys who have 10 work for their living
during the day. and h nee cannot avail
themselves OF thcaivantag's OF the regu-
lar public school system This will per
NIT scholar 90 enter up 10 the age OF
tweniy-One No boy or youth who idles
during the day can bc admitted A reg
istry is taken of the pa ents' name. resi-
dence, age, occupation, and with whom
employed during the dag
The first school instituted was the one
At Springfield school building on Church
Hill This school now has about sixty
scholars I he school is under the charge
Df Mr. +. Morriscte, the principal o.
East End schO J. lie is assisted by two
teachers Miss j. NJ Snyder aud Miss l..
" Parkinson.
The Fulton school was instituted
Wednesd-y night by Superintendent
Fox NJ Nicholson school building. II
opened with registry of thirty-eight
scholars. ranging in age from twelve to
Eighteen. Mr. : O. Perkins has been
elected principal OF the school Miss
Irene Valentino and Miss Josie Fergus
son are the teachers.
The school at Elba schoOl-hOuse on
Htf
Mr. George H. Pace, principal OF Belle
vue school He has on his roll 10 appli-
cations, bat Wednesday night only 80 re-
ported Mr. Pace will be the principal Of
This school and Miss Lucy l.. Beach and
Miss susie lFcsnOn will be the teachers.
The ace Of the scholars here range from
twelve TO twenty, a majority being over
seventeen.
At both Elba and Nicholson night
schools additional scholars Will be re-
corded tonight There will be an exam.
nation Of these scholars sufficient to
grade them into two classes. Some Of
The elder scholars registered have already
had the advantage Of the regular day
schools 10 some extent
These night schools will be in session
two hours each night The branches
which will be taught are spelling, read
Ing, writing and arithmetic. 1t Will not
be until Monday week before the Mich
olson and Elba schools will be in full
operation.
Superintendent Fox told TINES re-
porter that the Board intended doing all
they could i'm this direction. This at
tempt is intended 10 be but an entering
wedge II the plan of night schools
proves 10 DE successful IL will be en-
larred in its scope Mr. Fox said that
when in Fulton W ednesday night he was
surprised at the interest the people of
that section of the citytook in this new
movement Several leading citizens of
The ncizhb1rhood were quite cnthusias-
tie. and the girls in Fulton who have TO
work in the day time want night
school fer themselves.
II this new attempt on the part of the
city School Board To give tuition to all
the chill iren in tie city develops as they
hop IL will. the establishment of night
schools lor girls will follow, and then all
young people of both sexes who have 10
earn living during the day, will have
the opportunity To obtain trained edu-
cation in the simpler branches Of learn
ing