New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-12
PUBLIC SCHOOLS REOPEN,
TEN THOUSAND MORE ATTEND THAN
LAST YEAR. AND ROOM FOR ALL
rH1RTY-FIvE THOUsAND OF THE PUPILS
IT rs SAID. NEVER WENT TO SCHOOL
BEFORE-EIGHT NEW BUILDINGS
CRowD1NG IN THE BRONX.

CRovDING IN THE BRONX.
n. public schools reopened yesterday.
There was accommodation for all OF the children,
practically. while last year II was several weeks
before many Of them found seatnss
Egh. new schooihouses were opened Six OF them
trs all ready for the children and two will be
completed within couple Of weeks. Most Of the
eight schools are IN congested districts. and par
ticulary IN the upper West Side. where 20 many
children last year went for weeks with but half a
days tuition. The contractors were instructed 10
hurry the work and they made all dispatch pos
.blc consistent with thorough work The new
buildings built with view to thorough ven
,nation and uniform heating and the arrangement
O. desks combines compactness with comfort
The schools are:
Public School No l6s Fsehty-ninth-st between
Columbus and Amsterdam aves.; thirty-six class
rooms including one kindergarten, gymnasium and
Public School No. 1872 One-hundred and nine
teenth and One-hundred -and-twentieth SITS between
Second and Third ayes; forty-eight classrooms
TWO kindergarten rooms, gymnasium and manua
Public school No. ls4. south side Of one-hundred-
sndforty -hrst-st.. between Brook and ST AIMS
Public School No % south side Of Twentieth-s st
between First and Second ayes; twenty class
manual training room. and root playground
Public School No 49, Mott and Walton ayes
and-forty-sixth SITS; thirty classrooms. physical
and manual training rooms.
y
end-eghty-third-st.. between Camhreing and Beau
mont ayes thirty classrooms. physical and man
VA training rooms.
The TWO buildings which being pushed for
ward 70 completion and will be ready in week or
80 are:
Pubic School No. 49, west side OF st Nicholas;
Onehlndred-and- twenty seventh SITS; forty-fve
cassooms. gymnasium and manual training rooms
Publ, school No l65. south side Of One-hundred-
snd-n.ath-st. running through 10 One-hundred-and-
eighth.st. between Amsterdam-ave. and Broad
gartens. gymnasums and manual training rooms.
The school-chidren in these two schools went 70
The unfinished buildings and registered yes
t'rday. They will thus be provided with sitting
accommodations and be in readiness when the
schools opened. Altogether there are rs
schools and 172 separate buildings
The registration last year 20 431. II is ex-
rected that the registration this year Will be TO-
more or about 10000 The attendance the first
CAV last fal ~ .s6. and Superintendent John
Jasper thought that the attendance in the schools
yesterday was about 22J 90 and that the number
would exceed 1900 more before the end OF the
week The rain. he thought. might interfere with
these estimates ss first days are unimportant and
Nothing IS done aside from the mere registration.
Small school-children. particularly In the primary
and kindergarten departments. were lax in at
tendance yesterday II is estimated that 5000
school-chdren were e. the schools who never at
tended school before. The 1000 children who last
year had the dole Of half-day's tuition Will be
reduced 20 less than . 900 and not much more than
100 VIII lack accommodations when all the new
schools are thrown open. moderate estimate
places the seatings at go 100 as the capacity yes-
tertav
Never Mr. Jasper said were the Accommodations
60 complete. In the congested districts there
are two sets OF classes. those attending IN the
morning remaining away In the afternoon 70 make
room for those not accommodated IN The morning
ut Jasper expects 10 have reports from az the
superintenGents as 70 the opening OF the schools
IN the boroughs Of Manhattan and The Bronx with
H. q cay
~ was stated that accommodation VIII be given
even 20 those scholars who are unable 70 obtain
seating ~ The new buildings The private arrange.
utA's Or last year VIII De open. and anneNes ana
vther e1pecents viii be Tesorted TO. so that none
o. the chidren Will be without chance OF educa-
uon This is true also respecting The Bronx BCr-
~ High school which has large oisu'cii
whete many expedients have been tried 70 seat ell
the pupils
AS early as O'Clock mothers and fathers in The
DIoh1. with their little ones, set out 10 mo tnelr
proper assignments. and II was almost 70 O'CLOCK
yeiofe all were able get under cover. Even thcn
tNey were received only temporarily, as many Will
nave % be transferred 70 their correct districts
PISS Mary j. Archer formerly IN the East one
hundred and-hrty-e school, is principal or