The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-12
SCHOOLS ARE OPEN AGAIN.
NO TRoUBLE ABOUT ICCoMMoDA-
TONS ON THE FIRST DAT.

TONS ON THE FIRST DAT.
Rain Kept Many Of the Children Away
SEQ. 900 Pupilss Expected In tho Entire
City-somo on the East Side May Have
to Bo Content with Halliday Sessions.
The public schools In all 1ve boroughs OF
this city were opened for tho coming school
year. yesterday. and It was estimated that
nearly half million children OF school age
were ready to apply for registration andtuition
In them. or this number one-hal'. approx
mately. belong in Manhattan and the Bronx
and 10000 In Brooklyn. superintendent
Jasper. who hos charge OF the schools In Man.
haitian and tho Bronx. said yesterday that
although he had received no reports OF the
applications made in the course OF tho day
that he had heard OF no trouble anywhere and
that he felt confident that few or mono OF those
who had applied In his territory had been
turned away. The rain. Mr.. Jasper thought.
would keep away about $4,000 children. but
even when these all got to the schools. nearly
oil OF them could DO provided for without
resortng to the expedient OF halliday classes
to anything like the extent that was necessary
last year.
Mr.. Jasper's estimate Of the number that
had applied for registration In his territory
yesterday was 100000. When the whole num-
Der came forth. he calculated that there would
be about 10000 more than last year AMI 35.000
new children who had never before been to
school. In Manhattan and the Bronx there
were registered In tho schools last year 22O.-
43l children and something like $4,000 In adj
diton were taken into the corporation schools.
which are under the supervision OF the public
schools department. The indications yester-
day were that the schools on the East Side.
from the Bowery and Third avenue. between
Catherine and Fourteenth streets. would be tho
worst crowded OF any. and 1t was expected that
halliday classes would have to he organized
there for perhaps 1000 or 5000 children. Last
year something like IL 900 children were con-
fined to halliday sessions.
Those who will be put into the halliday
classes" sail Mr. Jasper, will be children OF
Ave or ak years Of age. and this 10. perhaps as
long as they ought to GO to school anyway"
The half day classes will not be organized I'M
til next week. when the total number to be ac-
commodnted 10 expected to be known. tits in
tended to give the halliday pupils three-hour
sessions. At first It 10 expected that some OF
the teachers will have to double up In their
work and take both forenoon and afternoon
classes but as soon as the ranks Of the teach
ers are filed up. as they are to be at each SEES
sion for these classes. there will be a separate
teacher.
or the eight new schools which Il was ex-
pected would be opened yesterday. six were all
ready and were thrown open in their entirety
for scholars. The other two were ouly par
TALLY ready aud while scholars were registered
In each. It will be several days before they can
be fully used. The six opened were No. 1855. In
West Eighty ninth street with thirty-six class
rooms. q kindergarten, gymnasium and man
ual training rooms. No. $50. running from
10th to 120th streets between Second and
Third avenues. with forty-eight class
rooms. two kindergarten rooms. q gym
| nasium and manual training room
| No 1874. in l41st street. between Brook and st.
AIMS avenues. with twenty-one classrooms;
| No. 40. in East Twentieth street. with twenty
| nine classrooms, including a kindergarten.
gymnasium. manual training rooms and roof
| playground: No. 1877. In the block bounded by
Mott and Walton avenues and 144th and 146th
| streets, with thirty classrooms. physical and
| manual training rooms. and No. 173. on the
south side OF 1S3d street. between mbrelinR
and Beaumont avenues. with thirty class.
rooms and physical aud manual training
| rooms.
| The two schools which were not wholly ready
are No. 157. at st. Nicholas avenue and 126tt
| street. and No. 1875. at 10Sth street and Amster.
dam avenue. In the former five olassroomi
are ready. with a capacity for $50 pupils. and By
Wednesday 1t is believed that another floor o.
similar capacity will be In order. The situa
ton was about the same at the 108th stree
| school.
With the opening OF the new schools In the
upper west side 1t was the intention to clos,
the old school in West 125th street. bu
1t was said yesterday that it was pos
sible that it might still be necessar!
to keep It omen. as had been the cas
last year with the old east side schools, whicl
were retained as annexes to new ones. Befor
the week is out. Mr.. Jasper said that tho $500
teachers In his district would be increased t.
0.000.
Two OF the new schools opened yesterda
being in the Bronx. 1t was confidently expected
at school headquarters that there would b
ample room for all the scholars who might ap
ply for seats above the Harlem.