Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-09-21
SCHOOL BEGINS AGAIN,


THE SCHOLARS RETURN FROM THEIR VACATION
Drowned AND REFRESHED AND EAGER TO AGAIN
TAKE Up THEIR COURSE OF KDUoArIoS-AS
ARMY OF 1000 CHILDREN.
Vacation is over. For many working man
and woman vacations days have been over for
some time past. The present statement applies
only to the scholars in the public schools and
to those whose duty it is to teach their more or
less youthful ideas to hit the bulls-eyes of life
This morning the ninety and nine Of the build
ings in the District that are used as schools
were opened for business, and all dav long
their rooms and corridors were throngcd with
about as fine looking set of young people as
any city could possibly turn out.
EFFECTS OF THEIR VACATION.
Healthy and sturdy as rule the scholars
were as they put in an appearance this MORN
Ing ready FOR another year of work. Many of
them were brown berries and showed in
thelr features and freedom Of motion the good
efects OF their summers outing. That is
| TO say. the younger children and the boys
In all the grades looked sunburned and
brown. for 1t must be admitted strictly under
! tho rose, however, that by the time q Washing
toll girl gets as far rs the sixth grade she is so
careful OF her complexion that the Sun doesn't
| get any show at all Such n lot of pretty girls
rs there were to be seen on their way TO school
| this morning! Fair and dark small and large
pretty and-but then they are all pretty, from
TIE little tot who will get her very first taste OF
school life in the lowest grades tomorrow up TO
!he pig girl in long gown who went
INTO tho third year of the High School
this morning and had only a distant bow for
tho cadets in their last years uniform. Vaca-
| ton has its charms, but there were lots Of
young people this morning who were rather
glad that school was beginning again. and the
greetings that passed between the young people
| and the teachers as well among the scholars
themselves were as a rule of the most cordial
| In many cases. of course. tho teachers and
the scholars who were transferred up from a
lower grade were strangers 10 each other. and
| a large part of the morning was pleasantly
| spent In making new acquaintance.
An ARMY or 40,CG0 CHILDREN.
| 1t is no small task to marshall an army Of
upward Of 10000 children, many Of whom are
raw recruits, and get them started on their
work for the coming year, and it will neces-
! sariiy be couple Of days before everything is
In smooth running order Still Superintendent
Powell and his big corps OF assistants have
had just that sort of work before, so there
was nothing like the amount of confusion and
| chaos that one would have anticipated
| for today. All of last years pupils who had
been promoted to higher grades were expected
| to report for duty this morning to their new
| anu tHcsC young NcteThfle, 30 W
speak. were familiar with the routine of OPEN
ing school and form sort of substantial
| nucleus in each school. The new scholars, who
are admitted by ticket. will put in an appear
| nnce by tomorrow morning, when the actual
work of organizing the various schools will be
begun.
| sUpT. POWELL BUSY.
| 1t would be hard matter to find a buster
man than Supt. Powell was all day today. From
| carly in tho La baI
| slant procession of teachers seeking informa-
ton on every imaginable point Of interest as
well rs parents and children with all sorts of
| questions to ask and requests to make. Yet all
the cogs and the wheels within the wheels that
| go to make up the public school system OF a
| big city appeared to be moving withouta hitch.
To STAR reporter Mr.. Powell said that he
was more than satisfied with the way the new
| year had begun, though there was little in the
way OF news, for the reason that it was all NOV
Ing along 30 smoothly and without break.
Inc teachers, he said, were all interested In
their work and showed in their renewed activ-
| ity the good effects of their summers rest.
Oh last years Normal School class of 40
almost the entire number have been given
positions as teachers. This was made possible
by the number of designations that have been
received, together with the fact that several
| new schools have been opened this year.
The Colored SCHOOL,.
There were nearly -, 900 colored children en-
rolled in the schools of the seventh and eighth
division, this morning. The process was ac-
complished smoothly and without any mishaps
Superintendent Cook was on duty early and he
had plenty to do in his Office. besides visiting
| each of the twenty-five buildings that consti-
| tute the colored part OF the system. The main
| scene of activity. of course was Mt the Sumner
School, on NJ street between 10th and 17th
| where are the headquarters of the superintend-
10 INN ing in, and ool-
Ing questions, receiving instructions, and the
| place looked like the tent of a general in the
| midst OF a great battle. The telephone bell
rang at frequent intervals and much sweetness
OF temper was destroyed before the unreliable
box of sound.
ONLY HALF A DAYS SESSION.
The majority of the pupils were kept in
| school for only half day, being dismissed at
| O'Clock in order to give the teachers chance
to strengthen out their rolls and make their
| reports to tho superintendent. Tomorrow the
system will look more like a machine and by
Wednesday the process of education will have
been started over again fo- the year an the
schools will be in complete working order.
THREE NEW BUILDINGS.
There are three new buildings this year and
| they tend to relieve the pressure on the others
very much. Two of these are occupied by
graded schools and accommodate about 45O
eucn tne pupllS being OF the hrSt. second,
third. fourth and fifth grades These buildings
are the Phillips, on NJ street between 9th
and 2Sth streets, and the Slater. on p street
near North Capitol There are about 400 chill
dren in each one today.
The the third new structure il tEs High
School building on N street between lst street
and New Jersey avenue. This was occupied
today for the first time. The vacation by the
High School OF the Miner building, on 18th
street between p and z leaves, a quantity of
room there that is being utilized by the trans
| fer OF several schools, from the first to the
fourth grades; from the Masruder and Sumner
! buildings
Yet with all of this relief there are some
crowded schools.
CROWDED SCHOOLS
| The worst instances of this are to be found
in the Stevens. 21st and X streets; the Bell. LIST
and streets southwest; the Randall. LIST and
streets southwest, and the Banneker, Sd be-
tween and l.. These schools are sheitering
| more children than they should be compelled
to house. but the superintendent hopes that by
| another year a couple more buildings will have
been provided, thus affording all the room re-
quired.
INCREASE OF SCHOLARS.
Last year the rolls of the seventh and eighth
divisions contained the names of ~. 1872 pupils,
IN increase over the enrolment OF I889-9O Of
694. This year it is anticipated that the in
crease will be quite rs large, and probably
| greater, and it was estimated at Mr.. Cook 9