Evening star., 1896-09-19
SCHOOLS TO OPEN
Everything Ready for the Scholars
Next Monday.
FHE HIGH SCHOOL ARRANGEMENTS
Where Some Of the Teachers Have
Spent the Summer.
MORE ROOM NEEDE D

This has been by far the busiest day since
last June for the officials of public schools
OF the District OF Columbia. At ali the
school buildings for two hours this morn
ing and again this afternoon tickets OF ad-
mission for new scholars were Issued TO
long lines of applicants, while the office Of
Secretary Falck was besieged with seekers
after information.
Everything is in readiness for the opening
of the schools Monday morning at o'clock,
for the final details were determined on
this afternoon. All the teachers have re-
turned to the city from summer vacation
jaunts, and they attended the annual teach
ers' meetings, which began at o'clock
this morning. and will continue until
the respective school divisions assembled
al the office Of their supervising principals
and were addressed by Superintendent Pow
ell, in some instances by members of the
board of school trustees and by the su-
pervising principals The general trend of
the speakers was to urge the teachers to
be patient and faithful. 1t was made plain
that the schools are provided for the pub
lie, and not for the teachers. Instructions
were given in regard to the opening Mon
day, and the supervising principals an
nounced the assignment of teachers to
buildings.
A meeting Of the teachers of the Central
High School was held at o'clock this
afternoon. DR.. F. r. Lane, the director of
the High School, announces that the en-
trance examination and the examinations
of conditioned pupils will be held Monday
at o am. Promoted pupils will report at
8 am. while new scholars are not expected
to put In an appearance until II am.
At the Business High School the admis-
sion OF pupils entering the second year
and the examination of conditioned pupils
will occur at am. The admission of
pupils transferred from the eighth grade
is booked for IL am. All applicants for
admission to the Business High School
from other than the city public schools will
be examined at the Central High School
at 8 am.
AS heretofore the manual training and
cooking departments of the local public
schools will be a feature of the system.
Mr.. Chamberlain, the director of manual
training. has prepared an illustrated cir
cular, which will be distributed early next
week. In the circular it is set forth that
High School boys desiring instruction in
manual training must attend the Central
High School. The circular explains the
manner In which the shop work may be
followed Pupils may either elect the
technical course. which provides six hours
each week for work in the shops, or they
may choose the academic or scientific
courses. and have two hours shop work
each week.
The two-hour course is an extension of
the plan followed in the seventh AMI eighth
eTdueS he SlX-nOCF course makes Spe
cIalty of manual training wood turning,
forging and machine work, with drawing
Those pupils who elect the technical course
are prepared for the entrance examinations
of the technical colleges or for a more gen.
eral training If they do not expect to enter
college after the completion of the four
years course here. The illustrations of the
circular are from photographs Of work Of
pupils In manCal training IN the past.
AS soon as the classes in manual train
ing are arranged the course of instruction
will begin. and this will probably be about
the latter part of next week. Below the
high schools manual training is open to
boys of the seventh and eighth grades.
New shops will be opened next week at
Brightwood and Brookland. In the cook
ing department instruction this year will
be also given at Brightwood and Wood
burn
The manual training shops on o street
between 9th and 7th streets have been
greatly improved since the close of the last
school year.
High school Students.
High School students, who have passed
the first year, are to report at their respec-
tive buildings and in the same class rooms
to which they were assigned last year,
promptly at o'clock Monday morning At
the same time all conditioned pupils from
last year and all applicants for admission,
" hose names are not on the certified lists
for promotions, will be required to apply
including those who are promoted from the
eighth grade and the High School students
who are to remain in the first year. are to
assemble at II o'clock-girls on the first
floor and boys on the second. The pupils
will probably not be detained longer than
an hour Monday, during which time they
will receive a few preliminary instructions
and be given a study course blank, con-
tanning the list of books required.
1t is expected that the capacity of both
the Eastern and Colored High Schools will
be taxed to their utmost, If not overcrowd-
ed, during the coming year. At the last
session of the sch ools every seat in all the
class rooms at the Eastern was occupied
and it was necessary to utilize a room In
the basement for Rotations. AS an in
crease of from 5 to 10 per cent in attend
building will not afford adequate accommo-
dations.
COlOred High SCHOOL,
At the best last year the Colored High
School was crowded, the enrolment being
| 675 pupils. Prof. w. 8. Montgomery, the
| principal, states that he looks for at leas,
| $50 pupils Monday. BY pressing into service
| the lecture hall as class room sufficient
space, 1t is thought. will be secured Prof
w. 8. Montgomery was transferred last
| July from the supervising principalship OF
| the eighth division to the principalship OF
| the Colored High School and he has entered
upon his new duty very hopeful and de.
| the standing of his schook
In speaking Of the colored High Schoo
| Cadets Capt. Brooks, the Instructor, said
| that he expected to organize a battalion OF
! three companies with the increased at
| tendance of boys at the school, He will
| endeavor to have them accomplish much
more in the way of military attainments
this year than heretofore.
| Among the Teachers.
| The High School teachers have been re.
| turning from their travels all through this
week. and report most enjoyable vaca-
| ton. and seemed refreshed and prepared
| for a years work.
| DR.. Francis R. Lane, director of the high
schools. sojourned with his wife, at Eas.
| Gloucester, Mass. Prof. C. Fontaine of the
French department of the high schools
passed his summer, as usual, at his home
| Charnain, Franklin county, Pa. Mr. VIM
E. Priest, instructor of history at the Cen.
trail, also summered at his home in the
ISchuylkill valley, Pennsylvania.
Several te achers passed the summer holi
days in New England. Miss Helen NJ. Rey
nolds, assistant principal at the Central
spent the first half of the summer on the
Massachusetts, coast, and then visited the
mountains of West Virginia, while Mis-,
Hattie Morrill, Gushing, teacher Of ancient
history, and Miss G. Y. Brosius. teacher OF