The evening times., 1896-09-18

| School days are coming again, and from
| the easerness OF pupils TO Ietuln 10 their
studies il may be Judged that they are
happy That the long vacation is now prac-
| tically over,
Inc p....e schools will open next Mon
! day, which will he orSaDlZat lon Gay, when
| all those who did good work last year
and passed in their examinations will re-
| ceiye promotions to higher grades. Or
| course, the vast majority are successful.
only very small percentage iaii ofpIumG
! ton.
Tickets of admission were issued at every
! school building today between the hours OF
| 3 and 10 this morning, and from to q
| this evening, to all those new students
! who have come in from ether places, to
| those who nave transferred their residnece,
| and the. wee tots who will ma ke their iirst
appearance in the kindergarten classes.
ioniorrow also at the same hours ad-
| mission tickets will be given out IL is
| not probable that this year there will be
any perceptible increase in the attendance.
| For the past seven or eight echool Sea
| sous the amount CT annual increase has
| been TO 10 per cent o II the total number
THE OFF YEAR.
In what is known as the '.off years"
which singdIarly are these of even Gates,
the Increase usually falls to 2, or 4
percent while in the odd years the increase
has been 4, and 8 and even as high as 10
per cent Last season the average attend
ance was nearly i5,UC0 ana this year II is
expected To run a little above that number.
There is no danger but that every child OF
school age will fird ample accommo' o'iations
when the big doors of the school buildings
are thrown open on Monday.
No such deplorable spectacle as was
witnessed in New York city IA Few days ago.
when thousands of pupils were turned away
for want of room to teach them, viii be
seen in Washington.
IL is true that in some localities the
buildings will be crowded To their utmost
capacity. aud halliday attendance will be
necessary for soIne of the lower grades
in certain sections. Rcom will be in the
greatest demand in the northeast. There
for Il number of years the increase in num-
ber of school children has not only kept
pace with the additional structures erected.
but has continued steadily To outgrow theIn..
CAUSES OF INCREASE.
This. in spite OF the TACT that since 1889
/. three new structures have been built. and
this season. to Accommodate some of the
pupils. TWO church chapels and lodge room
at H and Sixth streets will be pressed into
service. Other CeiItcrs Of congestion. but
IN which there will b. room provided. will
be Grant School. at Twent y-second and Il
streets northwest. Henry School at Z and
seventh.
sup. Powell attributes the increase in
these schools to the large number OF boa rd-
ing houses which have teen started an.
the new flats built in the vicinity. To the
fact that land is cheaper in the northeast
than in the northwest he attributes the
greater increase In population and conse-
quen: larger number OF children of school
age there.
The schools in the county beyond the city
M ppN heir
tiitn at the opening OF this session. In
Tenlcytown, Rnning, Anacostia, Congress
Heights and other districts there are am
pie Accommodation, and the schools are in
every way the equal of the city institu-
tiOn.
Pror. Powell returned Saturday last
from his vacation in the Catskill Mount
aims and Is much improved in health and
ready for the years task Most OF the
teachers, OF whom there are over l 900.
are also in readiness and equipped for their
duties.