The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-02

The Total Enrolment Greater Than
on Opening Day Last Year.

on opening Day Last zeal.
/ The Colored Schools Show Heavy
/ Increase and Many Children Turned
/ Away for Lack of Accommodation
/ The Enrolment of the White Schools
Slightly Less Than Last Year on
Account Of the Jewish Holiday-The
Attendance win Be Largely In
creased by the End Of the Week.
Large Increase of Attendance in
the High School.
The public schools opened for the year
yesterday with a total enrolment Of 4, 125
pupils, as compared with total enroll
ment at the opening OF the schools last
year Of 4,044. On account Of the day be-
ing Jewish holiday, the attendance
upon several of the white schools was less
than it would otherwise have been. The
Jewish children will come in to-day and
will swell the rolls considerably.
The principals found that many Of the
children who were in attendance upon
the schools last year are still out of the
city Many notes were received from
parents on this account requesting that
places be reserved for their children.
The tardy ones will come in during the
week. and by Friday the list of those in
attendance will be swellcd considerably.
The number Of pupils enrolled at the
high school this year was 2l3, as against
$50 on opening day last year. 1t is ex-
pected that the attendance will reach to
about $50 by the END of the week. There
&c No oh. f., ~
school this year, and this accounts in
part for the large increase in attendance.
The total number of pupils enrolled by
the white schools yesterday was 2, 544.
THE COLoRED SCHOOLS.
The total enrolment at the colored
schools was l,5Sl-163 at the East Broad
street school and SIS at the West Broad
street school. This is an increase of ITO
over last years enrolment on the opening
DAY. The increased enrolment would
have been very much greater had
there been accommodations sufficient
for all who applied. 1t is estimated that
not less than 600 colored children were
refused admission to the schools
yesterday because there were no accommo-
datlOns for them. Principal Butler of
the West Broad sereet school places the
Der who were turned away from his
school at not less than 400, while Princi-
pal Ross of the East Broad street school
estimates that fully 600 were turned
away from his school. As it is the colored
schools are crowded to their fullest capa-
city, the children being packed in like
sardines. A new public school building
for the cOlored children is evidently a
a crying necessity.
THE ATTENDANCE BY SCHOOLS
The enrolment at the white schools
was as follows:
an 2l3
barnard street. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ri
Cathedral school ......................3l 8
Cnatham, No l...... Observation-Disclosures. .298
chatham, No. g.. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. .266
iienry street........ -.....................5 1S
MasSie ......, ..... ......- 2s5
81 EalTlCk s.. '''''' 1863
The principals and teachers had a busy
time Of it, receiving the children and ar
ranging them into classes. No att mpt
was made to teach. Those children who
We're not supplied with books were given
lists Of the books which they are re-
! qulred TO have, with instructions to pur-
chase them before returning to school
this morning. As a result the book deal
ers did quite rushing business.
NEW TEACHERS AT WORK
The new principal of Chatham school
No. 2 Mr.. Walter 5. Wilson, began hi 5
duties. Mr., Wilson succee DIS Mr.. Hart
ridge, who began his duties as teacher
| Of mathematics in the high school. The
! only other change of principals is in the
| night school, where Mr.. NJ. A O'Brien
succeeds Mr.. Gillespie, who declined re-
| election.
| Supt Baker was very much pleased la st
night after receiving the reports of the
| principals of the several schools. The
! schools have opened up we'll" he said to
a MORNING News reporter land the in
| dications are that we shall have the
! largest attendance we have ever had.
! The attendance will no doubt be very
largely increased by the end of the week.
| Everything is in good shape and the
schools will get down 10 regular work al
once"
The night school opened last night with
an attendance of seventy-three. Most of
! the boys who were in attendance last
! year put in an appearance again. The
! prospect is for a large attendance upon
| the night school this wear.