New-York tribune., 1900-09-09
VACATION DAYS ARE OVER
SCHOOLS TO OPEN TOMORROW WITH
INCREASED ATTENDANCE AND
FACILITIES
FACILITIES

The schools Of this city will be opened tomorrow
to nearly half million children. At this time last
year 425,Ss2 sought admittance and IL is expected
that this number viii be increased tomorrow to
about 45.OOo
In order to meet this increase in attendance new
schoolhouses have been built and old schoolhouses
renovated and enlarged. Because OF a delay oc-
casoned by the inability OF certain contractors to
procure building materials. nine new structures
VIII not be ready for use until October or Novenl-
Der. Were these buildings finished Superintendent
Jasper said yesterday every child that would
find desk
Many OF the new schooIhouses are unique in de-
sign. One cannot help but mark the difference in
their architecture from that Of the schoolhouses
formerly erected in this city. The old-fashioned
type appeared TO be much after the fashion OF a
soap box, with the windows and doors sawed out.
Inc enid found in neither the exterior the in
terror OF the building anything that attractive
IN many cases he found it natural enough to think
OF the school about the same sort Of public in
suution as the jail the only difference being that
connnement in the former interrupted at inter
vals oy recesses and vacations. Accordingly. the
oulidlng OF schoolhouses Of attractive and home
IKE design has had more far reaching results than
merely pleasing the eye OF occasional sghtseer
II VIII be seen by study Of the locations Of the
ne" schools, OF which finished and unfinished
there are twelve in all that majority Of them are
situated in the Borough OF The Bronx President
. Brien Of the Board OF Education explained this
fact by saying yesterday:
BEEN ahe gr fb3 in R9puat0P, in The Bronx
SLIS. ana We nave every reason to expect that its
growth IN the next five years will be still more
rapid It's present development is due chiefly to
lae extension and Improvement OF traction faci-
ties, and the building of the rapid transit tunnel
W WIN oe sun more powerful factor in the evolution
Indeed, there are such tides Of population making
toward outlying parts Of the city that many schools
IN more central districts have smaller attendance
each year.
The largest number Of pupils IN half time classes
IN Manhattan and The Bronx last year was $50
It IS estimated that because OF enlarged facilities
only one-half Of this number need content them
selves this year with the short school year. The
number Of such pupils in Brooklyn last year was
about 1900. According 70 President Robinson Of
the Borough School Board there will be only one
thousand less OF these pupils this year
The Introduction OF portable schooIhouses, how
ever. may result IN reducing this number The port
able school system has been tried with success IN
St Louis and Boston. and in the former city the
structures cost about $3.50 apiece- Those which are
70 be used in Brooklyn Will be heated by pipes
from the main buildings. and will accommodate
from fifty 70 two hundred pupils
The pOrta ble school has been considered for use
in the boroughs of Queens and Richmond but will
eight thousand pupils will be put into halliday
classes In spite Of additional room IN the schools.
Edward L Stevens, Superintendent OF Schools for
that borough, says that the improvement OF edu-
cational facilities has not been adequate the
increase in population. Similar conditions are
found in Richmond
The teachers this year number nearly six thou
sand. About forty vacancies occurred IN the sum
rner vacation by marriages. The new teachers ap-
pointed 70 Ill vacancies and positions IN new
schools aggregate about two hundred and fifty.