The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-06
MADE A GOOD BEGINNING.
FIRST WEEK o. rUBLIC SCHOOLS
4 sATIsFACTORY ONE.

Vow About a.G54 white children In
the City schooIs-Piaces Have
BeeB Pound for Nearly 20o Daring
the Week. nut There Are SIN 300
on the waiting hst-NRny 81
These VIII Br Given Places Next
Wcek-Tbe Teachers Normal Class
ReorEanised and Divided Info See
tons. Each section Undertaking.
the study OF some Question Peril
nent 10 Its work.
Yesterday closed tho first week Of thv
schools for tho new school year che clos
ing event 81 tho week being the meeting
~ the tear hers normal class IN the after
mon There was a fun attendance of
teachers ami q pleasant reunion wnr
held after the separation Of the summer
Tho meesiug ~ the class proved 20 he
an important one M several iun0va'iotls
were introduced hy supt Ashmore. Tho
chief feature ~ the meeting was the d.
vision % the teachers into sections. Tnc
Hlrh School teacher were placed IN
section by tnemselves. and will study
questions pertaining 10 their own work
Among the grammar school teachers.
each grade was constituted section. with
the exception ~ the first and second
grades. which were combined N ono sec
ton Each section will he presided over
ny q principal For the convenience Of
the teachers OF the Afternoon schools.
their normal Gloss will be held Tuesday
mornings a. 20 o'clock while the other
teachers will meet Friday afternoon as
ustnl
At the meeting yesterday afternoon the
High school section discussed tho cues
lion Of Discipline a. tho Result % self
Government The First and second grade
teachers Of the grammar schools were
instructed in methods ~ teaching prim-
ar reading The other grammar schools
discussed methods Of teaching arithme-
tic. Various other lines Of study pertain
ing 90 the work OF the teachers. will he
taken up during the year Superintendent
Ashmore believes that this plan will re-
suit in great benefit 90 the teachers and
tuat % viii arouse IN them a renewed in
teresf TN their work
We have been over this ground be-
fore said Superintendent Aehmore. but
q number OF new teachers have come into
the schools who are not acquainted with
the work and the older teachers need
arousing and frcshening up on some
lines"
superintendent Ashmore has not recoiv-
"a comple'e reports OF the number Of chill
drsn iu the schools az the end u the
first week A. there We're $3.50 children
in The white schools on the hrst day. ana
as la cards 81 admi-s on were issued dur
ing the week. 10 D. fair 60 presume that
there are 5G5i white children in the city
schools less one or two who may have
possibly dropped out.
The waiting list o. SIN large one. OF
the 40 names enrolled upon the waiting
list i6i we're prov idcd with places Ia their
school districts and about thirty others
were placed in schools outside the district.
leaving about 20 on the waiting list
The number 81 children outside Of the
schools Is probably larger than this. said
Superintendent Ashmorc. as many parents
have doubtless failed 20 enroll the names
Of their children deferred hy the announce
ment that there is no room This Is q
mistake a great many Of these
al Of them Probably afty cards
az admission will he issued 10
morrow. There arc already grades in
which there are vacancies hut 40 appli-
cants II might he that the children
whose names have not been entered would
be the very ones 10 nu these grades"
In the enort 20 provide places TO- a.
many applicants as possible number
have been placed tn schools outside o.
their districts The superintendent will
begin this week r. work or read1ustment.
transferring the children as far rs posi-
DE 20 tho schools IN the districts IN which
they reside The question 81 not s"parat-
ing small children 81 the same family viii
have 30 bee considered Ia making this re-
adjustment however.
AS soon as an che reports are In
said Superintendent Ashmore. ~ shall
tabulate them. thus ascertaiuing the eN-
act condition OF eacn grade IN every
school Then I shall proceed to nh up
every grade 10 the last seat Some leeway
was lefs when she cards were first issued
In order 20 allow for resdiustment, and
Il is likely that places wiz be found 10
slip ln good many pupils
I'VE have made very satisfactory be-
ginning" SAID Superintendent Ashmore,
and the work OF the FIRST week was all
thar could be- expected. The teachers
found the work 81 organization very easy.
much more so than usual. w fact. There
was utte diniculty experienced on this
score Tho afternoon schools are work
iug nicely and there g. less complaint on
this score than might have hene expected.
number OF parents. in fact. have re-
I auested that their children be placed tn
] the afternoon schools. their ohiecf being
10 have the children remain az home 20
Z help chem 90 the morning
Superintendent Ashmore considers tho
beginning an auspic.ous one aud predicts