Waterbury Democrat., 1901-09-03
BACK TO SCHOOL.
Merry Groups of Smiling Chil
 dren Thronged the Streets.
A VERY LARGE ATTENDANCE


 ranging The Various Classes-At the
 High School All The Instructors
 Were Present Except Miss Mccarthy.
 Who Is On Leave of Absence.
 After vacation of ten weeks the school children returned to resume their various studies. At all the schools there was the usual largely in- creased attendance. As yet Superin- tendent Tinker is unable to state what is the attendance in the various schools, as only a few reports were received from the principals of the grammar schools to-day. Anyway, first day figures cannot be relied upon inasmuch as there is always certain number of children in all parts of the city who do not go to school the open ing day. Most of the schools are com fortably filled. The Training school is the only one which is as yet reported as being overcrowded At this school there are by far too many pupils for the fourth and fifth grades. From the present outlook some of the pupils will have to be transefred to neighbor- ing schools. new room has been opened in each of the following schools, High school. Driggs, Barnard and Washington.
 At the High school Principal Wilby was busily engaged in placing the various pupils in their proper rooms. Although the figures are not authentic it is said that there are between 15O and POO new pupils ill the school The library has been changed into q study room and Miss Croft will have charge of it. Miss Elizabeth Kane will have charge of Miss Croft's old room and James E. Grafton will also have q room on the first floor He will preside over. Miss Northrop's room. Miss Northrop will have q room on the second floor. Miss Mccarthy is the only teacher absent. Her successor has not as yet been appointed.
 At St Mary's parochial school the same busy order of things prevailed. As in the public schools it is impossi- ble as yet to state accurately the at- tendance or the number of new pupils At a rough estimate there will be be- tween 100 and 15O new pupils. It is probable that there will be a little
 
 "Old glory" proundly floating from the flag pole on the beautiful lawn of the Convent de Notre Dame denoted that many young ladies from this city and other cities in the state have once more returned to this famous in- stitution of learning to resume their studies. Many a handshake there were and many fond greeting did old friends exchange with each other. All appeared delighted to return to their studies: The course of study at this institution embraces all the advantages of superior education, the kindergar- ten, academic, junior and college de- partments. Drawing, painting and music are taught by the most advanced methods. All the old pupils have re- turned and were pleased to greet their teachers. There is a large number of new pupils.
 The schools i'll the Brooklyn district opened for the fall term under favor able circumstances. The Bank street, Porter street and Barnard schools are all comfortably filled and there is but little oyercrowding in any of the rooms. A new room has been open in the Barnard school. The kindergarten school of St Patrick's parish also open ed to-day and there was a large attend ance. Two more sisters have been add ed to the teaching corps and now there are five teachers. Two rooms are Oc- cupied i'll the Lyceum and there is scarcely sufficient room for all the chil- dren of the parish who wish to att tend. This morning there was an att tendance of about 15O divided as fol- lows One hundred in the primary department and fifty in the kinder garten About forty more children were added to the list this afternoon and it is expected that more will be added in the next few days. In the Brooklyn free Kindergarten school, of which Miss Frances E. Dutton is teacher. there was an attendance of thirty children. 1t is expected that there will be about forty pupils at the end of the week. This will be slight increase over last years attendance
 At St Joseph's Lithuanian parochial school there was a large attendance. Last year there were about seventy pupils, who attended this school and there are a number of more children this year.
 The St Ann parochial school opened with a very large number of pupils, q big increase over last year Every room was filled.