Evening star., 1896-09-17
Monday Next the Children Will Re-
turn to Their Books.
BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR
Chanl es In Teachers, in Buildings
and Other Details.
TALK WITH MR.. POWELL


schools may now be officially announced.
There is quite change in the appearance
of Mr.. Powell, and even intimate friends
will not recognize him at first glance. The
alteration is due to growth. of whiskers.
AS is by this time pretty generally
known, the public schools, both white and
colored, will resume their sessions Monday
next, September 81. at o'clock.
According to Superintendent Powell, every
thing is In readiness to receive the pupils.
SO little Mary and little Johnnie. though
tearfully, perhaps, must begin to get their
books together and make up their minds
that vacation will reach an end with the
setting of the sun September 20, for there
is to be no postponement.
For the information of those not familiar
with the plan habitually followed here, 1t
is announced that cards of admission to
the grades below the high school will be
issued at all the school buildings tomor-
row and Saturday, from s to 10 am. and
from to pm. each day. Parents or
guardians should apply at the building
nearest their respective residences In ad-
dition to the cards of admission, any fur
ther information that may be desired con-
cerning the schools will be furnished at
the school buildings at the time specified.
As to New Pupils.
New pupils, or those admitted by ticket,
will report to the teachers named on the
tickets Tuesday morning next at o'clock,
as only the pupils on the transfer rolls are
expected to put in an appearance Monday.
The principals of the Central, Eastern,
Western, Business and Colored High
schools will be at their offices in the re-
spective high school buildings tomorrow
and Saturday from to 10 am. and from
/ to Is pm. each day.
The annual teachers meetings will be
held Saturday. as follows: Fifth division. at
the CorcoraE school, 0 am; first division.
at the Dennison school, 10 am; seventh
division, at the Franklin school. 1890 am. /:
second division, at the Seaton school, IL
am: sixth division, a the Gales school,
IL 30 am; third division, at the Wallach
school, 1 30 pm; eighth division, at the
Tyler school, pm: fourth division. at the
Jefferson school, pm: ninth division, at
the Sumner school, pm: tenth and elev-
enth divisions, at the High school, 4:3O
pm.
signed to divisions will receive notice di-
recting them where to report, by mail,
probably Friday.
The superintendent. supervising princi-
pals, the school officers, the custodian of
text books and the janitors have been
very busy for some days past. An air OF
activity has replaced the deserted look that
was noticeable about all the buildings
during the summer months. Scrubbing and
sweeping have been completed, and the
buildings are being thoroughly aired. Sec
retary J. X. Falck is violating the eight
hour law by working night and day; books
and supplies are being constantly issued
to the supervising principals, and thou
sands of other matters. incidental to the
opening of the schools, are being attended
to.
The New Buildings.
The doors of several new buildings will
be opened to receive pupils for the first
time Monday morning. The new structures
include the Greenleaf building. on IL
street southwest between NJ and N
streets; a four-room building at Wood
burn to take the place of the old Soldiers
Home school: a new four-room building at
Giesboro' and four-room additions to the
Tenleytown. Brightwood and Brooklanl
schools.
For colored pupils. the list includes the
Payne school, new eight-room building
at the southeast corner of 18th and c
streets southeast; the Douglass school, a
new eight-room building at 1st and Pierce
streets northwest and two-room addi-
ton to the Garfield school on the Hamil-
ton road. The new buildings and improve
ments will accommodate about 800 white
pupils and 500 cOlored pupils.
There arr to be several changes in the
text books and the modern language course
of the High School has been eliminated, as
its features were found to be practically
included in the other courses.
Talk With Superintendent Powell.
ANOlWltISldHulHS tHe IldId lihicS, Sdit
| Supt Powell to a Star reporter. Il expec
noticeable increase in the number Of
pupils over the attendance of last year
An increase of from to 10 per cent ha!
| been the rule for number of years past
| Congress has made provision for fort,
| now teachers, who will report for duty
| Monday. OF that number, twenty-nine viii
| be assigned to the schools of the first eigh
| divisions and the remaining eleven to thu
| of he eleventh
divisions, colored. In addition to th'
| teachers there has been a corresponding in
| crease in the school accommodate tions
| though the improvements have not beer
| might have been. In the northeast sec
| ton it will be necessary 20 conduct Ger
| tain of the third and fourth grade schools
| On the halliday system during the create
part of the coming year at least.
| Most of the new buildings have beei
| erected in the county, continued Supt
Powell, lat Tenleytown, Brightwood
Brookland Ivy City. Woodburn or Sol
diers' Home and Congress Heights, whic
! localities are now exceedingly well sup
piled with school facilities. This satisfac
tory condition of affairs enables the schoo
| authorities to give to the localities men
| and manual training as are enjoyed b.
| the schools within the city limits. The nev
| eight-room buildings in the suburbs ar
fully the equal in all respects OF thos
1
| provement to the sections Of the Distric
| in which they are located.
| considerable additional room to tn
| Business High School building on 1st stree
northwest has been supplied, and it vii
unquestionably be very acceptable to tn
faculty and pupils of that school. Th
| improvements consist Of two extra c'as
rooms and a commodious assembly hal
and the structure is now admirably adar
ted for it's purposes.
"The improvements to the Wallac
School will not be completed, probably, ur
til after the Christmas holidays" conclude
Superintendent Powell "A new eight-rool
building at 5th and K streets northeas
will be ready. 1t is expected, In the earl
! spring. A four-room frame building is
be built at Langdon. The original inter
ton was that the latter should be of bricl
but the congressional appropriation mad
only a frame building possible"
Naming School Divisions.
The designation of several of the scho
divisions has been materially changed. tt
first remains the first, what was formerl
second division A Is now the plain secor
division, second division B is now the sixt
division, the third, fourth and fift
divisions have undergone no change. sixt
| division Is now the seventh divisio
| sixth division 3 is now the eighth divisio
| the old seventh division is now the eight
| division eighth division A is now the tent