The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-03
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S.AT SCHOOL s REOPENING
Scholars Back at Their Tasks After
Summers Rest in Favorably Large
= Numbers-Improved Conditions at
I" the High school--Will Enforce the
Compulsory Act This Year.

Compulsory Act This year.
a. Everything connected, with the re-
~apening of, thes schools, today, moved
like the parts or a well-oiled machine"
was City Superintendent Garr's reply
yesterday to "a query as to the condi-
s tions of the day.
=. "The scholars" he continued, found
everything in readiness when they
Creached the schools. Lessons were
?; marked out for them, and recitations
e~were in order after the first period"
~ 1t was sort of u record day, and
Superintendent Carr expressed himself
as well satisfied and pleased with the
teachers attention and the exceptional
progress Of the re-opening.
g.. The attendance compares favorably
with the fall term of last year. In
{, the Central school building, there are
more scholars than last year; in the
,@outside schools, the enrolment Is about
the same as last year. There is a
shortage in the number OF students In
the High school, as compared with last
year. but it Is hoped that after couple
OF weeks the deficiency will have been
tGmade up. -
The Central school building has been
embellished and frightened by decora-
tors and presents refreshed appear
Eested to the students by Prof. w. ID.
Dryden, the principal, in his opening
talk to the students, they ought surely
to work with increased surroundings.
The appreciable Improvement COM
prehends the main halls, three class
rooms and the assembly room on the
top floor. The halls have been papered
"a delicate pink, with gold border. no.
ticeably brighter than heretofore. The
rooms have been tinted an acceptable
green, a color that is beneficially rest
full to the eye, particularly after the
fatigue that follows constant applica-
tion to the varied type of text books.
The ceilings are q cream color. In
three rooms in the older part Of the
building, steel panel ceilings add to
the ornamentation.
In the assembly room, however, the
greatest Improvement has been made.
The bare walls have been transformed
by the same tinting as in the class
rooms, and the ceiling similarly treat
ed, as in these rooms. The aisles, and
across the front Of the room, are COW
cred with a mating, neat in pattern,
and serviceable in makeup. The
thoughtfulness and application of the
teachers of the High school corps have
provided neat lace curtains which re-
move the windows of the baroness.
lnrhaps the most substantial evidence
cir thoughtfulness and their good
Rre in the splendid new pictures
hang from the pretty gilded
round the walls. One is a
1T, a picture illustrative of an
IN American history; another
enting art, and the third, the
triumvirate of generalship in the
Civil war on the Union side, Grant,
Sherman and Sheridan. "A new piano
cover has been provided, and a new
chair for Prof. Dryden. The attention
which has been given the details of
the decorating of the room has pro-
duced a most pleasing effect, one that
strikingly impresses. the visitor of 9TH
er years. No pleasanter surroundings
could be hoped by the students.
Two new teachers are on this years
corps. Miss Nellie Killeen takes the
place made vacant by the resignation
of Mrs. P. F. Hughes, nee Miss ELLA
Boland. Miss Killeen teaches in the
eighth grade. Miss Mabel Edwards
takes n room in No. 8 school. Miss
Alice Rashleigh, who was advanced
from No. 8, assumed her duties yester-
day as principal of No. school, as
successor of Miss Dryden.
AS indicated in Superintendent Garr's
. annual report, a vigorous enforcement
:, of the compulsory education act will
l. occur. Truants were sought after last
:, year, and there will be even a more
:. earnest campaign this year. 1t will be
:: we'll for parents and guardians to be-
come cognizant of this and that there
!. may be no excuse because Of ignorance
of the law, the board at its meeting
Saturday night directed that 5000
copies be advantageously distributed
throughout the city.
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