The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-27
SCHOOLS READY TO OPEN.
The Attendance Expected 10 Be Larger
Than Ever known.

Most of the Teachers Home From
Their vacations-Supt. Baker OPP
posed to Any Change in the School
Year-Forty-one Applicants in Yes /
terday's Examinations FOR Teachers /
Places.
The public schools will open for the |
wear on Monday morning. Supt. Baker
said yesterday that he expected the at
tendance would be fully as large as last
year in the grammar schools The at
tendance in the high school is expected to /
be largely increased on account of the
fact that tuition will be free The in
creased attendance may be so large as to /
require increased room, and the superin-
tendent said that in ali Likelihood the ser
vices of another teacher would be re-
quired.
Nearly all Of the principals and teach
ers are back from their vacations, and
the few still remaining out of the city
are expected back by the end of the
week. Principal Train of the high
school and Mrs. Cotchett, principal of the
Barnard street school. arrived back this
week from High Lands, n. c., where
they spent the summer. Principal
O'Brien of the cathedral school arrived
Sunday from Boston. Miss Muslin.
principal of the Barnard street school.
and her sister, Miss NJ. E, Muslin,
teacher in the sixth grade of
the Massie school, returned from the
north Yesterday. Principal O'Hara, of
st. Patricks school was expected to sail
from New York to-day, but PROBABLY did
not do so on account of the storm. Prof.
Cannon returned yesterday Principal
Spencer of Chatham school No. l is in
Atlanta, Principal Way of the Massie
school is in South Carolina with his wife
and Mr. w. S. Wilson, the newly elected
principal of Chatham school No. g is in
Ehingham county at his old home All
three are expected here by the end of the
week
Supt Baker and Assistant Supt. Fergu-
son have spent the summer quietly in the
city with the exception of an occasional
outing along the coast. MIR. Hartridge,
the newly-elected teacher of mathematics
in the high school, and Misses Harden
and Dorsett, also of the high school, are
in the city, where they have spent most
OF the summer. MIR. Otis Ashmore and
wife, who were last heard from at Detroit,
are expected back in day or two, as is
also Prof Cannon, who is now with his
wife at Asheville.
sAvANNAH's SCHOOL YEAR.
In speaking TO a MORNING News re-
porter yesterday, Supt. Baker said that
the impression that the public school year
at Savannah is not as long as at other
cities IL the state is wrong. While the
Savannah schools, he said, begin their
year nearly a month later than those in
the northern portion of the state, the Sa-
Yannah school year continues nearly
month longer than that of Atlanta and
Augusta The exact number OF weeks
taught last year after deducting all the
time allowed for vacations, was thirty
seven.
If any change at all should be made in
the time Of the beginning and ending of
the school year" said MIR Baker, lit
would be much better to continue the
school year until the middle of July rather
than TO begin it in September. 1t is
simply out of the question for the schools
to begin in Savannah on Sept /, and
should oppose any move to begin in Sep
TENDER at all. Not only are there very
large number of parents and children out
OF the city during September, but Septem-
Der is one of the sickliest months, and
the latter | think would prove greater
drawback than the former. With par
ents keeping children away from the
school on account of sickness, and
others returning to the city after
the schools had begun, we would have
great din1culty in beginning the school
year properly. i have always thought
that our vacations were too long. Three
months vacation is too much in summer.
II the board should decide to continue the
schools to the middle of july would re
gard II as wise move. There would be
no extra expense attached TO this The
school year in the northern states is ten
months, while with us it is only nine
months While do not think it advis-
able, on account of our climate, that our
school year should be as long as it is in
the north, think we could very well
make the school year nine full calendar
months.
FORTY-oNE woULD-BE TEACHERS.
An examination was held at Chatham
academy between the hours of Q and 2
O'Clock yesterday, of applicants to fill the
vacant position of teacher in the Fifth
grade of the Barnard Street school and
other vacancies which may occur during
the year. The examination was con-
quoted by Superintendent Baker and
Messrs. Saussy, Myers, Denmark and Es-
VII OF the board of education.
In spite of the storm which was raging
al the time, the mum Der of applicants was
very large, the examination being under
gone by thirty-eight ladies and three gen
uemen. The ladies' most of whom are
graduates of the savannah schools, were
MEDICAL.
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