Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-20
BUSINESS HIGH SCHOOL
tt VIII Be Opened Next Monday in the
+, New Building.
Better Quarters Than Evcr-Chanres
In the Teaching Force-Sanitary
f; Conditions All Right.

Tor the reception of pupils next Monday.
Some question has been raised whether the
new home Of this institution. the old Dis
trict building on LIST street, would be ready
for occupancy on the date of the opening
OF the public schools. but Principal Davis
told Star reporter this morning that
there was no longer any doubt, II. indeed,
there had ever been any. that the school
would be in perfect readiness on the sp-
pointed day. He further stated that all
questions as to the sanitary condition of
the school building have been set at rest,
and that the place is in perfect condition.
The new home of the school," he added,
us far superior to the old building. There
Is 40 per cent more room. and there will
be 100 per cent more comfort. The build
Ing has been entirely remodeled on the
interior, and has been plastared, painted
and vanished throughout. The sanitary
condition Is excellent"
The building now contains eighteen
rooms. fourteen Of which are class rooms.
The others are a drill hall, a typewriting
room. drawing room and calisthenic
room. The building Is heated .hro Ugh out
by steam and Is well lighted. Each win
dow has an awning. There is double
rear. and ample cloak room space has been
provided.
The Reception of Pupils.
The building will be ready for the re-
ception Of pupils Monday morning. Pupils
entering the second year will report at 8
o'clock, and those entering the first year
at 10. Pupils from other than public
schools desiring to enter the Business High
School will be examined at o o'clock Mon
day morning at the Central High School,
while conditioned pupils will be examined
hour. There will be a teachers meeting at
o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the build
ing, and Principal Davis will be at his Of
flee from o'clock until 10 tomorrow morn,
ing, and from to tomorrow afternoon.
to give information to all corners.
The Teaching Force.
There are some charges in the teaching
force this year. Two of the teachers Mr..
John Stearns and Miss Maud Watson, have
resigned, and Mr.. Ralph r. Upton, teacher
of bookkeeping. has been transferred to
the Central High School as an assistant
to the teacher Of Latin.
To replace these teachers and to keep
pace with the growth OF the school. five
rev names have been added to the list Of
instructors, as follows: Mr.. Colyer Meri-
wether, English; Miss Anne L. Hartman,
shorthand; Miss Hester E. McNelly, Eng
lish; Miss Mary j. Gibson. bookkeeping.
and Miss A. S. Hazelton, bookkeeping. The
other teachers Of the schools are: Allan
Davis, principal; Louise Connolly, English;
Florence Baldwin, shorthand; A. NJ. Ora
ham. commercial law and commercial geog-
raphy; P. W. Robertson. bookkeeping; +. A.
Clark English; j. c. Butler. English; En-
ma K. Culver, shorthand; F. E. Throck-
morton, arithmetic; Ada E. Snyder, type
writing, and Ernest L. Thurston, arithme-
tic.
There has been no change in the studies
Of the schools except possibly in the second
year course, in which pupils may be given
an option between shorthand and book
keeping.
Smaller Classes and Better Work.
There will be fourteen sections. an in
crease of two from last year, ten being for
the frst-year classes, and four for the
second year. They will be somewhat
smaller than last year, and this will enable
the tee cheers to do better individual work.
There were AGO pupils last year by the
end of September and Principal Davis con-
fldently expects the number to reach 800
by the same time this year. He says that
the building and the teaching force are
sufficiently large to care for this number
easily. 1t will be he high-water mark in
the history of the school, which was organ
lied as a separate high school five years
ago. The first classes in distinctively bust
nESS training were organized in the High
School thirteen or fourteen years ago, and
the present Business High School is the
result Of those early efforts. 1t has shifted
as a separate institution, having first oc-
cupied the old Thompson building on 18th
street, where, curiously enough, the late
Principal Paul started the High School
system with few classes Of boys The
Business School then went to the Franklin
subject of controversy between the Com
missioners and a citizens association. and
1t Is now located in the best and largest
of all its homes, the old municipal office.