The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-22
SCHOOLS SOON OPEN
FALL TERM OF SESSION OF 1901
1902 BEGINS TUESDAY WEEK.
TEACHERS ARE RETURNING.
TO TAKE UP THEIR WORK WITH
RENEWED VIGOR AND ZEAL.

ton Than Ever Before, Is Exceed
ingIy BriEht-The Rules Govern.
ing the Admission of New Pupils
Those i'm school at Close of Last
Term Will Not Require Cards
Every Pupil Must Have Been Sue
cessfuIly Vaccinated.
The public schools of Savannah and
Chatham county will begin their fall
term for the session of 1901-19O2 on
Tuesday, Oct. 1. Everything is being
hurried to complete readiness for the
reception of pupils and the Inaugural
ton of the work of the schools. and
all will be ready by Tuesday.
Supt. Ashmore, with the assistant
superintendent. Mr.. Frank Ferguson,
has been looking after final details of
preparation: the principals and teach
ers of the several schools are hurrying
back to the city from mountains and
seashore, where they have spent their
vacations, or from the summer ses-
sions of the great universities, where
they have been better fitting them
selves for their professions; the school
buildings have all been placed in read
mess, and nothing is now lacking but
the final steps in the enrolment of the
pupils and their assemblage in the
class rooms.
The rules governing the admission of
pupils to the schools, while simple
enough in themselves, cannot be franz
ed into statement without some APP
pearance of complexity. 1t would be
well, therefore-and this is the advice
of superintendent Ashmore-for the
parents of pupils to study them at
tentively. These rules are as follows:
Those pupils in the schools who held
their places at the close of the last
term, in June, whether promoted or
not, will need no cards of admission.
Seats in the schools have been held
for them. All new pupils, as we'll as
those who dropped out before the close
of the last term, will require cards of
admission.
eighth Street School and the compile
ton and enlargement above the capac-
ity of the old building of the new
Chatham Academy, the district lines
have been somewhat changed, and Su-
perintendent Ashmore desires to call
special attention to this fact. The new
districts have been established as fol-
lows:
Chatham Academy: All that part of
the city north of Charleton street lane.
Massie: That part of the city east
of Whitaker, between Charlton street
lane and Gwinnett street lane.
Barnard: That part of the city west
of Whitaker, between Charlton street
lane and Gwinnett street lane.
Henry: That part of the city west of
Whitaker, between Gwinnett street
10 M nd irt fr5 CIV To-
Anderson: That part of the city be-
tween and including Whitaker and
Abercorn and between Gwinnett street
lane and Thirty-third street lane, and
that part of the city south of Thirty
third street lane to Thirty-seventh
lane, between Abercorn and the east
ern limits of the city.
Thirty-eight street: All the rest of
the southern section of the city.
All pupils must attend the school in
the district in which they live, provid-
ed there is room for them in these
schools, and this rule will be enforced
this year. Owing TO the change in the
district lines, some pupils will have
to change to schools other than those
they attended last year. If these pupils
We're in school at the close of the last
term and have not changed their resi-
dence since that time. they need not
fer. Lists of names have been furnish
ed the principals of the schools of the
districts in which they now live, and
all they will be required to do will be
to present themselves at the schools
of their new district, where places for
them in the class rooms have been re-
served.
On the other hand, If since the close
of the last term, pupils have removed
roy nVan fNf -
other, they must provide themselves
with transfer cards from the office of
the superintendent where they will be
distributed at the same time as are
cards of admission. This is an impor-
tant matter. and Supt. Ashmore adj
vises pupils and parents that 1t should
be attended to this week, as otherwise
it may not be possible to find room for
these pupils in the schools.
Cards of admission to new pupils and
of transfer to old pupils, who have re-
moved to new districts since the close
of the last term. will be issued at the
office of the superintendent, in Chat
ham Academy, on Thursday, Friday
and Saturday of this week, between
the hours of 9 o'clock in the morning.
and l in the afternoon.
Cards of admission to the West
Broad and East Broad Street Colored
Schools will be issued to new pupils
OF these schools on Thursday only, and
to the Anderson and Duffy Street
Schools on Friday only, in each case
between the hours of and 1. by the
principals of these institutions. These
cards will be issued at the school the
pupil may desire, and is entitled to
enter.
Supt. Ashmore desires to call special
attention to the rule of the school that
every pupil should have been success
FULLY vaccinated, and announces that
this rule Will be strictly enforced, Pu-
PITS must appear prepared to show
that they have been vaccinated. Health
Ofhcer Drummer or one of the city phy-
sicians will be on hand during the time
cards are being issued, and the health
officer or his subordinate must be sat
isfied that the vaccination of the pupil
has been successful.
on Monday, Sept. 30, no cards of adj
mission will be issued as the superin-
tendent, the principals and teachers
will have their hands full of other
work. meeting of the white teach
ers of the city will be held at Chatham
Academy at 10 o'clock in the morning.
when nnal instructions will be given.
and important announcements will be
made. At ii O'Clock on the same day,
the county teachers will assemble at
Chatham Academy, to receive instruc-
tons and supplies.
The appointment of new teachers for
some of the country schools was an
nounced by the superintendent yester-
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