The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-18
DOUBLE DAILY SESSIONS.
hoard OF EDUCATION WILL PROB
ABLY ADOPT THAT PLAN.

Rooms Hair Day-noSsIe school
and the Cathedral School Mention
cd for Combination with the
chatham SchooIs-PIaR Is Believed
10 Have Advantages Over That of
Temporary Quarters-WOrl1 of the
schools VIII Proceed without
Hitch.
Double sessions daily in two of the
school buildings of the city will probably
result from the burning of the building
occupied by Chatham School No and
the damages sustained by Chatham School
No. ?. Double sessions are regarded as
Offering a better solution OF the difficulties
with which che Board of Education is con-
fronted than anything that has yet been
suggested.
President George A. Mercer of the
Board of Education is in favor of the dou-
BILE sessions. He says the board is not
able to defray the expense of securing
other school quarters until such time ms
permanent rooms may again be estab-
lished for the burned-out schools. Be
sides. there is the difficulty of securing
suitable rooms for temporary use, and
it is doubtful If they could be obtained
In Col. Mercers opinion, the Guards
Armory offers the best accommodations
and is best suited for teaching, but he
is doubtful if the building could be Sc
cured An interview he had with Mr.
John D. Carswell, temporary receiver,
failed to develop that the board could
get the building If it should be desired.
TIE board viii have no money to pay
out this year for anything above it's fixed
charges, Col. Mercer says.
Supt Otis Ashmore says that the dou-
be sessions will probably be adopted He
admits that they offer inconvenience and
that some trouble will result, but the cir
cumstances are such as to make this I'M
avodable. and parents and children must
expect to be Inconvenience until new
school building can be erected.
AT an early meeting of the Board of Ed
ucatiOn the committee appointed Satur-
day to look into the matter of suitable
quarters for temporary use for the Chat
nam schools will report. It will then be
decided whether the schools shall be con-
tinued in whatever quarters may be set
tied upon or in two of the school build
ings of the city.
The expense of fitting up temporary
quarters for the various grades of the
two Chatham schools would be consider
able. There would be the difficulty of OBJ
tanning rooms well suited for school pur-
poses, the conditions of size, light and ven
tilaiion all being important ones It is
also essential that the grades be all I'M
der one roof, in order that the work of
the principals may be facilitated. 1t will
ne dlfhcult to find location where all
these conditions prevail
In view of these fapfc Hsrnt Aebp,o.o
rather leans to the plan of double sessions.
1t Is not known what school buildings
would be so used, but 1t is probable that
they would be the Cathedral and the Mas
sic schools
As yet there has been but a rough nIan
formulated by Supt. Ashmore under which
the children who were thrown out by the
cohlasraiion at the academy might con-
uhue 10 receive instruction That Is to
nave the session begin at 9 o'clock. as at
present, and continue until about 4:30.
When falling light would make it impos-
slole, until the days become longer to
pursue the duties of the schools Half
the session would be devoted to the teach
ers Of one school and half to those of
the other
But short intermission would be nee
essary for the dismissal of the children
OIL one school and the assembly of those
Oh the other that would share the build
oPHulon would suffice With the expira-
uoh OF half the days session the pupils
vi me school taught during the forenoon
ana their teachers would leave for home
ana be succeeded by the pupils and teach
@ u the other school, who would take
up tnelr duties and remain in the building
untll time for the afternoon dismissal
OHe OF tne advantages over the temper
aIy quarters plan is that the double ses-
SONS would bring about the instruction of
we children of the Chatham schools in
puIIdlhgs adapted to the purpose. The
ouiIouhdlngs would be conducive to study
duu the best results. On the whole il Is
Deheved that the double sessions. while
tney would probably interfere to some ex-
tent with domestic arrangements at the
homes of the teachers and pupils. offer the
ted - "10P-
The pupils of the Chatham schools. Nos
and 2 will not have to assemble to-day.
me teachers of those schools, however,
WIN meet the superintendent at his office
ms morning at O'Clock. The duties of
the pupils of the High School will not be
lnterfered with at all, and their examina-
IONS will be taken to-day, the pupils as
sembling at 1920 o'clock.
On the other days of the week the High
school pupils will assemble at 9 o'clock to
= take their examinations, which will con-
uhue until 1880, when the pupils will be
dismissed to make room in their building
Tor the pupils of Chatham School No. 2,
VINO will take their examinations in the
high School building from las until 2:15
The pupils of both the Chatham schools
VIA assemble promptly at 11:20 mot be-
Iore), entering at the Hull street gates.
The pupils of No. 1 will be formed in line
IN the High School yards and the classes,
IN charge of their respective teachers, will
be marched TO the Cathedral School at
IBIS, where they will be examined from
i AS until 2:15
None of the children of the Chatham
schools or the High School will be allowed
TO enter the burned portions of Inc acade-
my. Parents would be alarmed IL they
thought there were any danger of this
as the lives of the pupils might be i'm
periled by their ventures around the
walls. Care viii be taken to see that
they do not approach the burned parts at
an The yards are so divided as to read
lly admit OF this plan being carried out.
The teachers of the two schools will
assert the books of the pupils of their