The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-26
ALL WANT TO BE TEACHERS.
SEvENTY-TwO APPLICANTS FOR
PUBLIC SCHOOL POSITIONS.


There Are Only Five Vacancies at
Present. However, I'm Both White
and COIored acknowledgements
for Opening the schools Tuesday.
An Additional Attendance of About
500 Pupils Observation-Disclosures
Cards 20 he Given Out To-day and
Tomorrow.
Active preparations are being made
every day now for the opening OF the
public schools next Tuesday. Yesterday
was taken up in the examination Of ap-
piicants FOR teachers positions for the
purpose OF filling present and prospect
i've vacancies.
The examinations were stood by "A white
and IS colored persons, and were in charge
Of DR.. J. B. Read, capt. Henry Blum and
Supt. W. H. Baker. the committee ap-
pointed for the purpose by the board
Of education.
There were twenty-five young ladies
20 stand the examination. as follows:
Misses K. n. Hartridge B. y. Hook.
F. E. Foye, A. f. Coe. W. F. Purse. s.
J. Engierth, 81. A. Bell. H. n. Ward.
L. E. Simmons. NJ a. Williams. NJ W.
Furze. D. r. Henernan. K. r. Meyler.
L. X. Alexander, VI. F. Deegan. B. Haas.
X. T. Ledlie, Clifford Genken, E. Lebey,
y. Conway, F. NJ Colesberry. and NJ.
BIomQuist. Messrs. c. n. Ferguson and
C. b. Webster also stood this examina-
ton.
OF the eolored applicants there were
eighteen men and forty women. The
subjects upon which the applicants were
examined were reading, spelling, geog-
raphy, English grammar. arithmetic and
penmanship.
The examinations began at 9 o'clock IN
the morning and il was late in the after
noon before they were concluded. In spite
Of the fact that there were seventy-two
applicants for teachers positions. there
are only five vacancies. all told. which Will
have 10 be filled by the board OF education.
There are only two vacancies in the white
schools, and both in assistant teachers
positions, one Of them being at the Mas
sic school and the other at khe chatham
at the Anderson Street Colored school TO
be filled.
From those who stood the examination
vacancies in the schools will be filled for
the next two years, provided the appli-
cants made the maximum average OF 81
per cent. on their papers. If that was the
case, they Will be put on the list of ell
gibles, and will have a chance Of working
into vacancies which may occur within
that time.
Supt w. II. Baker has given public no
tee that the schools Will reopen next
Tuesday, Oct. 1, and announces that cards
of admission will be Issued from the su-
perintendents Office at the Chatham Acad-
envy to-day and tomorrow between the
hours Of and y o'clock Before any
cards are given out, the applicant for adj
mission into the schools must produce
proper evidence of having been vaccin-
ated. Applicants for admission To the col
ored schools will receive their cards from
the principals OF their respective schools
evidence OF vaccination. The night school
will be opened Wednesday, oct. ?, at S
o'clock.
Superintendent Baker says the rule with
regard to evidences Of vaccination will
be strictly enforced. so that il cannot be
said in case of the breaking out of small
pox that the public school children were
not properly vaccinated.
1t Is expected. Supt Baker says. that
there will be from 400 to 800 additional pu-
pills in the schools this year There will
be about 100 additional pupils in the high
school, owing 10 the large Increase in the
grammar school classes In the highest
I grades last year. and also to the fact
/ that good many more than usual viii
come from the private schools. Supt
/ Baker wants It understood that only
/ those who We're not in school on the last
Z school day of June will have to apply fol
/ cards of admission. The prospects ars
/ bright for the largest attendance the
I schools have known in years. and there is
/ every indication that the session will be-
/ a successful and pleasant one.