The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-12
SUPERVISOR OF PENMANsHnP is
MADE ASSISTANT sUPERIN-
TENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
CLASSES BEGIN TOMORROW,
AND THE OPENING OF THE YEAR
FINDS THE SYSTEM WELL
OFF.
WHITTIER
BUILDING
NEW
Is the Only Addition Made During
the Summer Vacation Which
Has just Closed.

The public schools will open tomor-
row morning, and they will open under
as favorable and suspicious conditions
as they ever have, Notwithstanding the
predictions of those who prophesied
that the system was to be crippled
during the coming year. There will be
full compliment of teachers and the
expected enrolment of pupils. Last
year the number was between $4,000
and 10000. This year it is about 1000
in excess of that number.
Superintendent of Schools. Curtis,
who was seen last evening, said with
reference to the opening of the schools:
1.-The schools will open Monday as
they did last year, except that the
number of pupils has been increased to
over 10000. The. number of sittings will
be somewhat increased by the new
eight-room school building just erected
in the Eighth ward-the Whittier
school-as it is called. The teachers
who We're conducting halliday sessions
at the German school have been trans
ferred to the Whittier school, which
will accommodate pupils of the First,
second and third grades only. The
higher grades will be accommodated by
tofore"
"How about the teachers? Are there
many designations in consequence Of
the reduction of their salaries?'
There have been very few resigna-
tons, replied superintendent Curtis
land consequently few changes in the
corps of teachers. OF course there are
some new teachers, but nearly all of
them are graduates of our trainine
school, who have been appointed to
take the places of those who have re-
! signed. The designations, as l have in
I timated. have been few in number This
+ is accounted for by the fact that the
reduction in salaries was decided upon
SO late in the summer that the teachers
who wanted to resign could not secure
I engagements in other cities, the various
/ school boards having made their ap-
pOintmentS."
i Asked concerning the conduct of the
kindergarten system, during the COM
! ing year, Superintendent Curtis said
that it would be as. complete and salts
factory as ever. In common with other
/ progressive educators superintendent
/ Curtis is a staunch belieYer in the
necessity and efficacy of the kinder
/ garten.
Il believe" said superintendent Cur
! it's that the kindergarten is an es
sential foundation of the education of
the young. The kindergarten will be
retained this year. That hitherto con-
/ Quoted at the Smith school will be dis
/ continued but q new kindergarten will
be opened at the Whittier school,
superintendent Curtis says that the
attendance at the high school this year
will include an exceptionally large pr0-
portion of pupils from private schools.
Examinations for admission to the high
schools were held Thursday and Fri
day. Heretofore examinations and adj
missions to the high schools have taken
place every September and February,
but in the future there will be no eX
aminations or admissions to the high
schools in February The change is
made to do away with the confusion
arising from caring for two sets Of
pupils, and also to save expense.
! Among the we'll known instructors
/ who will greet the pupils tomorrow are
Prof. George w. Weitbrecht, principal
/ of the Mechanic Arts high school; Prof.
I Caldwell. teacher of mechanical draw
ing. and Miss Sarah Brooks, the eff
! ficient supervisor of primary and kin
/ dergarten work
Eli Pickwick Jr., supervisor of man
ual work in the graded schools, was
4 not reappointed.
/ ]. D. Bond, for many years the SUI
/ pervisor of penmanship, has been APP
/ pointed assistant superintendent OF
! schools and will give particular at
| tention to work in the higher grades