The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-09-16
SCHOOL BELLS WILL Ring
The Children Will Resume
Their Studies Monday.
PUPILS ARE REGISTERING
There Is Great Activity at the
SchooIhouses Todny-ThousandsO OF
Little students Are Making APP
pIication-work of supt. Powell
and the Several Principals.


This has been a busy day for the prtn-
cipals of the public schools.
Hundreds of persons. men, women and
children. black and white. poor and rich,
have besieged the buildings seeking tick
cts of admission for prospective scholars.
The schools will open for the season on
Monday morning. and again throughout
the District will be heard the ringing of
joyous school bells and the gladstone
shouts and laughter of throngs of children
during the recess hours
This has also been a busy day for Supt.
Powell. He has been on the go since
early morning, in his carriage. driving
from school to school, making sugges-
tons giving instructions, when neces-
sary. to the principals and teachers.
At all the schools except those In South
Washington and west of Rock Greek, Cn
the old Georgetown district. the tickets
were issued by the principals OF the
buildings. In South Washington, Super
vising Principal Fairbrother, issued the
tickets, while a like service was perform
ed in Georgetown by Mr., Janney, su-
pervising principal of that district.
On the face of the ticket is given the
name of the scholar and teacher, the
grade, location, age and address of ap-
plicant and the signature of the princi-
pal.
The reverse side of the ticket is as fol-
lows:
EXAMINATION NECESSARY FOR ADMISSION
|. Is the applicant six years OF age7
ii. Is the applicant pupil of any public
school, and, if so, why is application made for
a change?
ILL., Has the applicant been heretofore pupil
of any of the public schools, and, If so, what
was the cause for leaving?
" Has any other application been made for
admission a transfer ticket, and, If SO.
why it not granted?
v Is the parent guardian a bona tde citi-
zen of Washington2
No pupil can be admitted TO a public school
who has not furnished 4 certificate from a ply
siciap that he or she has been vaccinated,
otherwise protected from smallpox.
The certificate below must be signed by reg
ular physician.
| hereby certify that the applicant named in
this ticket has been yaccinated or otherwise pro-
tected from smallpox.
W Washington. -.-- ISJ-
On Monday morning the former pupils
will return to their original schools for
examination and transfer, if qualified, to
higher grades. No new scholars will be
admitted on Monday. They will, howev-
er, present their tickets. and will be re-
ceived into the schools on Tuesday morn
ing.
At the Franklin building DR.. Kimball.
the principal, was at his post before $50
O'Clock a. m, and remained until noon, is
suing tickets to applicants. Some of
these were mothers and fathers. others
were sisters. brothers. aunts. and uncles,
and in some instances the children them
selves.
DR.. KimbaH stated to Times reporter
that he issued more tickets today than
he did on the first day of last session.
If the children desiring admittance to
the schools are able to give the informa-
ton called for and to state their former
school experience, they can apply them
selves and receive tickets. Otherwise
they will only be issued to adult friends
or relatives who can furnish this infor-
nation. Some of those who called upon
DR.. Kmball today were only eight or
nine years old, and nearly all of these
tots were intelligent enough to answer
all questions and supply the needed in
formation.
Mr. A. L. Falk, secretary 10 the board
of school trustees, when seen by a Times
reporter at his office, stated that the
kindergartens would be an important
feature OF the District public school sys-
tenn this season. There are eleven school
divisions, eight white and three coloTed.
1t was originally proposed to have one
kindergarten in each district.
This proposition viii De carried out so
far as the white schools are concerned,
but by some arrangement of the colored
trustees the number of kindergartens in
their schools will be increased from three
to six Only $4,000 is available for the
support of these object lesson and train
ing schools for young children. and their
operations during the ensuing school year
will be somewhat experimental.
The trustees and principals have been
working for years to secure a kinder
garten system. and now that they have
one no effort will be spared to make it
a success.
During the recess the several school
buildings have been thoroughly renovated
and the scholars and teachers will find
them fresh and clean on Monday morn
ing.
An important meeting of the board OF
supervising principals is being held this
afternoon in the Franklin building, and
arrangements completed for the opening
of the schools Monday morning
1t was announced today that the kim
dergartens will not be ready for the re-
ception of their little pupils for week
or perhaps ten days 1t is probable that
no children below five years of age will
be received into scholarship at the be-
ginning.