Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-09-17
THE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL.
Over Sixteen Hundred Pupils Expected
Next Week.


Next Week.
THE BRANCH SCHOOLS IN oEoRoErovN AND EAST
WASHINGTON TIE BUSINESS SCHOOL - M
PRovEMESrs MADE pUnrNo THE VACATION
EXAMINATIONS ron ENTRANCE.
When the High School teachers and pupils
assemble at the big central building on O
street next Monday morning they will and the
place swept and Rarnished. The frssh odor Of
new kalsomine and the scent Of recently var
nished furniture will prevail and there will be
that generally renovated something in the
atmosphere which marks the opening Of new
school year In all civilized communities.
Principal Lane was in his Office this morning
when stan reporter wandered In and sought
Information rs to the scholastic outlook, 20 2ar
as the High School is concerned.
OVER l,600 PUPILS EFFECTED.
''The general attendance will be larger than
il was last year." said the professor, who wss
looking a. little like professor as possible in
n complete negligee suit "Our calculations
are based on the number Of those who we're In
the school last June and who will proba-
trance from the eighth grade schools. Ten
per cent OF the scholars who are entitled to
return will almost certainly stay away, and
bearing that in mind 1t looks now as though
there would be 1850 pupils in the central and
town branch will have from IS 70 80, while the
Capitol Hill subdivision will contain about 200.
At the Thomson-wherc the new
business course will be taught-there
will be about $50 entries. This BUSH
is an increasing demand and everything pos
sible is being done to afford pupils every con-
venience. Heretofore the business course at
the high school has been partly COM
mercial and partly general, but in
cal idea has prevailed As Shorthand e P'I snd
typewriting are new studies in the course,
which has been relieved by the dropping OF
algebra. Mechanical drawing has also been
introduced. The full course win be two years.
but II pupil should have to leave at the end
of ono year the course would be rounded and
complete SO far ~ il went
'.Ihere are six rooms in the Thomson school
and some OF them will be fitted up with COM
mercial convcniences, such as bank counters
and such-like object lessons. Mr.. C. A. Davis
will be in charge. He Is a graduate of the
High School and Of Columbia University and
has had remarkable success as q teacher. Mr..
Davis takes with him A. A. Wheat, who has
been teaching in the business course for a year
past.
THE SAME METHODS AND THE SAME TEAcHEns
''Mr. C. N. L. Sites will be in charge Of the
Capitol Hill branch, which will be located in
the Peabody building. MIR. Sites il one Of our
graduates aud has a diploma from Wesleyan
University. For three years he has been our
instructor in mathematics. He is a gentleman
to run his school we'll.
1T is OF Importance to parents to know that
these three schools are one and that pupils will
have equal opportunities with those who
are in the main building. The meth
DDS and the teachers are the same.
To replace the teachers have mentioned
and whose departure l regret. three new men
have been appointed for duty at the Central
school; they are MI men of experience, and il has
been difficult to secure them for such salaries
as are paid. 1t is continuous fight to get the
necessary salaries. Our Latin teacher, Mr.. NJ.
r. +. Swartzell, and the physics teacher, Mr..
II. II. Ballard, have both resigned to 60 to the
A. I. Stewart school on Long Island. where
they get salaries that are fully double the ones
they were paid ho-e. We snail never be
any length Of tina so long as they
are paid less than are messengers in the
departments. The superintendent has done
his best to improve this condition Of affairs,
and in quite number of instances has sue
ceeded despite good deal OF not easily under
stood opposition.
CHANGES IN THE INTERIOR ARRANGEMENTS
''Have there been any improvements made
in the interior arrangements of the central
bulldingT repeated the professor. Eyes;
several During the summer a new laboratory
for physics has been fitted up. This was a
necessity; the only way to teach science is to
work with scientific material in n scientific
manner. No text book can point out
the true way or take the place Of real labora-
tory practice. That has always been rccog-
nized here, but, on account OF the limited
space at our command, the principle could not,
heretofore. be carried ont. All the appliances
are in readiness, and, while the most accurate
scientific work may not be taught, much valu-
able information is impaired in the matters OF
manipulation, observation and deduction.
ION the practical side Of educntion-a bread
and butter study-inore attention will be given
to drawing. An additional teacher and two
new rooms will do much. One Of the new
rooms will be set apart for model work In clay.
Until the establishment Of the branch schools
this increase in working space was not possible.
There will bo no halliday system, as there
was last year. and in this improvement there is
much to be thankful for. As things were nec-
cssarily arranged last wear we were crowded
to an uncomfortable extent, and all our work
was done under circumstances most disadyan-
tageouS and annoying. These branch schools
mean vast Improvement in the character of
the institution and material benefit to all the
pupils
THE MANUAL TRAINING SCHOOL.
'Any change in the manual training
school?''
"Yes," replied the professor. 1.-THE shops
have been rearranged so n to afford increased
space and better facilities. The black
smith shop is much large. and
many improvements have been made.
The more important conveniences are
those which will aid in the removal OF smoke.
cinders and dust in such manner as to cause
the boys the least Inconvenience. The space
set apart for mechanical drawing has been sep
arated from the shops, so that the draftsmen
will no longer be compelled to suffer from the
intense heat that accompanied their studies
last year.
Everything is as complete rs we can possibly
make it. Even the plumbing has been
thoroughly renovated, not because it was
really necessary. but for reasons that we're
purely precautionary. We will start out on
Monday on year full Of promise"
THE PROGRAM FoR THE OPENING.
The following Information is official and will
be Of interest to all concerned:
Second and third year pupils will assemble
at o'clock Monday, September g. First year
pupils ttransferred to the Central SchootAt IL
am.
All pupils transferred from the eighth grade
schools intending to take the commercial
course will report at tho Thomson building.
1916 18th street, at 10 o'clock. Pupils trans
ferred to the second year business course will
assemble at the Thomson Building at o'clock.
All transfers from the third division, the
Gales, Arthur and Blake schools OF the second
division and pupils from Anacosta will assem-
BILE at the Peabody building at o'clock Mon
day, 22d.
All transfers from the fifth division, the
Grant and Weightman schools Of the first divis-
ion and pupils from Tenieyt0wn will assemble
at the Curtis building at o'clock Monday 22d