New-York tribune., 1901-09-17
WOMEN'S HIGH SCHOOLS
THEY ARE NOW OPEN FOR REGISTRA-
TION-TOPICS OF STUDY FOR
EVENING COURSE.

The Evening High Schools for Women of this
city were opened last evening for registration
The opening of the school term will take place
next Saturday, when each student will enter upon
the study Of any two branches she may select
The various courses open for selection are arith-
metic algebra, bookkeeping, English literature.
Latin German. French. Spanish. drawing and
photography.
The senior department of the West Side Evening
High School for Women. in the public school
building No. 80. Ninety-fifth-st and Amsterdam
ave. includes reading spelling. definitions. hstor-
cal reading, arithmetic, penmanship. bookkeeping
composition, drawing, photography sewing and
cooking. This department is open to any woman
sixteen whose work makes it impossible for
her to attend a day school Candidates for en-
trance to the junior department of the night
school must be between fourteen and sixteen years
of age. The studies and regulations are pracu-
cally the at all the branches of evening high
schools for women. Miss f. ]. Lchtenstein is
principal of the West Side High School
The evening school for foreign women, while
also under the direction of the Board OF Educa-
ton. differs from the high schools in the course
of study and methods pursued. 1t is carried on
in the Public School Building No. 90, No. l54
Broome-st. in one of the densely populated
sections Of the East Side The majority Of women
attending the school Russians. Austrians and
Egyptians. who on entering are unable TO speak
any English and have little no education. There
are no conditions for entrance, and every appli-
and forty years of age. Miss Emma A. Mcclure,
the principal. in speaking of the work carried on
there. said:
'The branches taught comprise English CONVEX
sstion, reading, grammar, geography, history and
the principles of Americanism. There are forty
pupils in each class. and when they come TO US
have q woman interpreter TO explain the rules
them. then teach them by means of objects,
and avoid speaking their language at any time.
We take book, for instance, and, holding it up,
say "a book" The pupil repeats the word and
gets il associated with that object; then we add
one word a time until a sentence of three
or four words has been formed. Those who come
learn, and patient, diligent pupils.
II be remembered that the majority of our
pupils averaging twenty-five years of
and they school after working hard
all day in sweatshop Some of them get away
rom their work late that they come directly
from the workshop to the school without stopping
70 get their evening meal. and they among
the most enthusiastic Of our pupils AS soon as
they have mastered sufficient number of words,
The alphabet is taught them and then they go
up through the studies to high grade as
whose education had been obtained ar this school
called She could not speak the language
when she came TO US, and after passing through
the school she studied law admitted the
bar, and is a practising lawyer.
, There is one thing about this school that l
nave never been able TO understand, and that
is why so many Of these women come and register
and are never seen again Thy don't even return
not return might think the fault lay with US.
and il could be remedied. but they simply come
and learn rules and register then disappear" :"
At the close of each school year exercises are
attained the required standard in the studies and
department.