Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-02
OPENING OF NIGHT SCHOOLS
The Outlook is EXCELLENT for Repetition
of ThsirPast Success
The Courses of Study to BE Followed
Instruction in Practical Cooking
An Interesting Review.

That decldedly1i important branch of the
public school systematic night schools
will be put into operation for the pending
school year next Monday evening at
o'clock, to continue three nights each week
for fifty-seven nights.
LAS profitable investment as we could
make,' is the chara cterizat!on applied to
the night schools by Superintendent Will
lam B. Powell and in conversation with
Star reporter today he stated that since
their institution several years ago they
have proven gratifying success.
The opening of certain of the cooking
schools in The evening, which vas given a
trial last year. resulted in such gratifying
success that the plan will be continued dur
ing the pre- sent school year.
Beyond bringing forward the opening or
the night schools to date two weeks
earlier in the season than heretofore, the
plan CT their Operation will be similar to
that followed last year. According to Su-
rerntendent Powell, the reason for open
ing the schools a fortnight earlier is that
experience has shown that the interest of
many of the pupils decreases after the
Christmas holidays.
When the Schools VIII Be Held.
The sessions of the schools are to be held
Monday. Wednesday and Friday evenings,
from / to o'clock. at the following school
buildings:
For white pupils, Night High School. in
the building of the Business High School,
list between B and C streets northwest.
Studies below those of the High School,
Franklin. building, 18th and * streets
northwest; Hel ry, between 9th and 7th
streets northwest; Waflach, Pennsylvania
avenue between 7th and Sth streets south
east; Jefferson. 9Th and d streets south
west. and Curtis, between SD and 33d
streets northwest
Cooking schools-6O9 o street northwest,
and also at the Wallach and jefferson
buildings.
County colored schools--Mott. 9th and
Trumbull streets; Hillsdale, Hillsdale, ID. c.
Colored schools, seventh and eighth di-
yis;ons-Sumner or Stevens; Wormley,
Prospect between SD and 34th streets
northwest: Lincoln, I'd and streets south
east; Garnet, between Vermont avenue
ana 10th street northwest: Cook, Q be-
tween 4th and 9Th streets northwest; Ran
DALI LIST and l streets southwest
Colored cooking sChools-Stevens and
Randall buildings.
The cooking schools are open but two
nights each week, and for the coming year
Wednesdays and Fridays will probably be
the evenings designated.
The Branches to he Taught.
The course of instruction in the ordinary
schools will embrace mainly reading, writ
ing and arithmetic. but other subjects,
probably bookkeeping and algebra, may be
taken up if the progress made by the
pupils warrants such a step.
The pupils of tine High School will be
divided into three classes. Glass is to
meet Mondays and Fridays, from I to s
O'Clock, and will take up shorthand, book
keeping, mechanical drawing, arithmetic,
English literature and typewriting.
Class b. Mondays and Wednesdays, from
s to . O'clock. Studies. Latin, shorthand.
bookkeeping. mechanical drawing, algebra,
grammar and typewriting.
Class G, Wednesdays. from to S o'clock,
and Fridays. from 8 to 8 o'clock. Studies.
Latin, shorthand. bookkeeping. mechanical
drawing, geometry, grammar and type
writing
Pupils are free to elect any one of the
three courses. The teachers have not yet
Leen finally selected, but Will be before the
close of the week.
Characteristics of the Pupils.
Those who attend rho schools are mainly