The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-12
SCHOOLS INCREASE.
MANY MORE PUPILS THAN AT THIS
TIME A YEAR AGO.
INCREASE is IN THE CITY.
COUNTRY SCHOOLS SHOW A DE-
CREASE OF TWENTY PUPILS.

SAYS Pupils in the Schools of the
City and County, an Increase of
1OS over the Enrolment for the
Corresponding Period of 1900.
Report of superintendent to Board
of Education Shows Schools to Be
in Fine Condition, and That the
Work Is Progressing in Satisfac-
tory Manner-WaitinE List Has
Been CIeared-schoOl Exhibit at
the State Fair.
There are in the public schools of
Savannah and Chatham county S42S
pupils, an increase of 40S over the en-
rollment at this time last year. The
city schools show an increase of 42S
and the schools in the country districts
a decrease of 20.
This report was made by Superin-
tendent Ashmore at the November
meeting of the Board of Education
last night. President Mercer presided
and there were present Commissioners
Estill. duBignon, Adams, Stovall, Lee
Roy Myers, Blum, Dunn and Charlton.
Superintendent Ashmore read his re-
port of the operations for the schools
during the past month. 1t began with
the statement that the work of the
schools had progressed in a manner
entirely satisfactory and that the
schools themselves are now in excellent
condition. The two new classes author
lied by the board at the last meeting
had been organized and for the past
month have been in successful opera
tion
In the city schools there are 4,233
white pupils and 2,206 colored pupils, a
total of 6,439. In the country schools
there are SAC white pupils and 1,44S
colored, total of 1889. In the city
schools last year there were 1872 white
pupils and 2,199 colored, a total of SOIL
In the country schools there were 544
white pupils and 1465 colored, a total
of 2.009 The superintendent report
continued:
by establishing one new class at
Henry Street School and one at Chat
ham Academy, the waiting list has
been cleared, so that all white children
who have applied for admission have
now been accommodated. This condi-
ton is very gratifying to us all, for
it fully meets the urgent demands
made by parents for the first time in
two or three years.
Some months ago the board author
lied the superintendent and principals
to make an educational exhibit at the
State Fair, now in progress here, and
although the money limit allowed by
the board was very small, the teachers,
with a spirit and pride much to their
credit, have placed on exhibition speci-
mems of the work of the several grades,
and with their own hands, and in
many instances with their own money,
have decorated the booths with much
taste and skill.
1.-The teachers would be glad to have
the public, and the members of the
board particularly, inspect their work,
for they feel that the exhibit is a real
credit to the schools under your man
agement The display will serve at
least, we trust, to show to our own
people, who rarely find time to visit
the schools themselves, something of
the work of the children and of the
methods pursued in their education"
letter from. the state School Com
missioner, with reference to a commu-
nication received by him from certain
citizens of Savannah, was read, and
the SUPERINTENDENT was instructed by
the board to acknowledge its receipt.
petition from certain of the color
ed citizens of the White Bluff district
asked that an appropriation be made
by the board for the purpose of re-
pairing the school structure at that
point. 1t appeared that neither the
building nor the lot upon which it
stands is the property of the board,
but the entire matter was referred to
the Committee on School Houses, by
which the question will be investi-
gated.
A letter from Mr.. Owl Etto asked
the board to grant him the use of
room in Chatham Academy, for use by
him in giving instruction in French
and the superintendent was instructed
to advise Mr.. Etto that there was no
room in the building which could be
spared or was not in use.
Miss A. J. Alexander, teacher of the
Fourth Grade of the Barnard Street
School, rendered her resignation, which
was accepted BY the board. The super
intendent was instructed to fill, by reg
ular promitions, such vacancies as are
created by this and other designations.
The board fixed the salaries of assist
ant teachers in the colored schools at
$3.50 per anhum.