The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-17
REQUIREMENTS FOR PUPILS.
HOW ADMISSION TO THE SCHOOLS
MUST BE SECURED.

supt. Otis AshmOre Has Been Receiv-
ing Callers Every Day-Many Wan
to See About Getting Their Chill.
dren in the schoOIs-Mr. AshmOrt
Tells the Requirements Necessary
to BE Observed-Why Transferring
From One school District to An
other Is NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Are
in Fine Physical Condition, and
the Prospects for a Good Year Are
Excellent.
MIR. Otis Ashmore, superintendent oil
public schools, Is receiving many callers
every day, who are anxious to ascertain
facts in connection with the reopening OF
the schools and to secure places for their
children. From the number of these APP
plcants, Il is judged that the coming
term will bring no scarcity of pupils. Were
It to do so it would be very unusual, in
fact, an unprecedented occurrence, for ii
has been the history of the public schools
in the city to have a demand for places
at the opening and for some weeks there
after that could not be supplied
The schools viii reopen on Monday. Oct.
2. Cards of admission VIII be issued on
Sept q, 2S and % and not before. Pupils,
who were in school at the close in June,
whether promoted or not win need no
admission cards, as seats are reserved for
them.
Mr.. Ashmore, asked about the require
ments said: Children must be successful
To- ta1
into the schools. Applicants must show
a physicians certificate to this effect, or
they must show the scar. Physicians
should not give certificates until the vac
cination is successful and the certificate
should state that il has been successful.
Children will be required to attend
school in their own school districts, if
there be room in that school. If there be
no room in their own school, then they
may attend any school they may choose
when there may be room. Children, who,
by removal or otherwise, do not live in the
same district in which they attended
school last year, should call at the super
iutendents Office for transfer cards before
Sept q.
Seats cannot be reserved beyond the
opening. Pupils must take their seats
promptly, or they are liable to be forfeit
ed to others who apply. The schools open
late enough to permit all to be ready, and
other children who have equal rights can
not be kept waiting.
Every possible provision has been made
for the accommodation of as large a num-
Der of children this year as is consistent
with efficient work. The upper grades
have been condensed, and more room
than usual has been made for the pri-
mary grades, where the pressure is al
ways greatest To this end every ele-
mept of the problem has been carefully
studied. In two or three instances a de-
cded gain will be made by temporary
transfer of a few pupils from one school
district to another. For instance, in the
Henry Street School the fifth grade will
be overcrowded. while at the Anderson
school there will be room for this excess.
A temporary transfer, therefore, must be
made to equalize the grades.
I'm the fourth grade at the Barnard and
in the Fifth grade at the Masse there will
be a similar excess which must be relieved
by a transfer between these two schools.
In al systems of schools these transfers
are Of en- necessary, as it enables the au-
! thorities to accommodate more pupils,
whereas otherwise many children would
be kept out of school altogether.
Where transfers are necessary they are
made to operate upon the upper rather
than upon the lower grades, for the OBJ
vious reason that very young children
should be sent to school as near their
homes as possible. This point has been
Wen considered. Another point in connec-
ton with these transfers has received
much care and that is that the pupils
who are to be transferred are those living
nearest the school to which they will be
transferred.
Some parents sometimes dislike these
transfers, but when we consider that all
| the schools of Savannah are about equally
desirable as to the quality of the teachers
and the character of the children, that
the distance to school in our city is no.
| where great and that the public good abb
| soutely demands it, there is but little
| ground for the objection.
During the summer considerable repairs
! have been done to the school buildings, and
| the physical conditions of the schools were
never better than now. Every school
! room in the city, except those in the An
! derson and Henry Street schools have been
| either whitewashed or kalsomined. and
the wood work has all been cleaned with
soap and water. and much of it has re-
! ceived fresh coat of paint. The ven
| cradle old Chatham Academy, with its
new coat of light brown, with darker
| trimmings. looks like new building, and
! presents a very handsome appearance.
The interior walls have been neatly kalso-
mined and tinted a delicate buff color to
soften the light upon the eyes. The JAM
tors are all a work upon their respective
buildings. and within ten days everything
| will be ready"
on Saturday. Sept 30. Supt Ashmore
| requests The city white teachers to meet
him at Chatham Academy at $50 o'clock.
| for some necessary instructions and an
| nouncements. AT II o'clock he will meet
the country school teachers for the same
| purpose.
| Supt Ashmore has devoted his entire
time during the summer to the welfare
! of the schools, his plans even to the min
nutest detail have been carefully made.
and the outlook for successful school
year is very gratifying.
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