Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1902-09-02
SCHOOLS OPENED TO-DAY.
Many New Pupils Some of the Schools
Are Full to Overlooking.

Roadway. superintendent Tinker stat
ed this morning that the only schools
where there was any overcrowding at
all were the briggs and Washington
schools. The third grade in briggs
school and one grade in Washington
school are overcrowded. In the lat
ter additional seats will be placed and
the overcrowding will thus be relieved.
Owing to the opening of st Thomas
parochial school only seven rooms, five
less than last year, were opened
in Bishop street school, and
there is one vacant room at the Web
ster school for the same reason. The
Walsh school, where the Training
school is located. is comfortably filed.
The kindergarten class is very large
one. One new room was opened in
each of the following schools: briggs,
Barnard and Russell. The new schools
Were opened and everything is running
smoothly. The Walsh school has IA
rooms, all of which are filed, while
the Russell has five rooms which are
comfortably filed The Locust school
building is closed owing to the open
ing of the new Walsh school and the
old West Side Hill school is replaced
by the Russell school. At the High
school there was an entering class of
about 200 pupils. No new room was
opened, but there is one new teacher,
Miss Curret. who will be assistant
teacher in drawing and English. Miss
Croft's room has been refitted with
new desks while Principal Wilby's re-
citation rooms present a much changed
appearance. There are new desks in
the room now instead of benches. Prin-
cipal Wilby and Assistant PRINCIPAL
Miss Croft were very busy to-day and
viii be for two or three DAYS in ar
ranging the classes and seating the
pupils. To arrange the classes of
study for 500 or 600 pupils is no easy
task, but requires much hard work.
superintendent Tinker stated this
morning that the little children did
not attend school this morning in the
numbers that should be expected The
little ones are generally slow in attend
ing school and it takes a few DAYS be-
Tore all of them have entered school.
He said that he thought the enforce
ment of the vaccination rule had some
effect upon the entering classes of chill
uren. 1t no doubt kept some of them
home
st Thomas parochiaI school which
was blessed and dedicated Yesterday
by Bishop Tferney opened for BUSH
ness this morning at 8 o'clock. Pre-
ylous to opening all the children who
became pupils of the school this morn
ing gathered in the basement of the
church and We're there formally intro
duced to their teachers. the Sisters of
Charity. Then they marched upstairs
to the church and mass was celebrated
In accordance with an old time custom
of the church. The school oDened
with about 300 pupils. Six rooms of
the school will be occupied for tbe
present, but it is expected that very.
soon the attendance will so increas Sc
that 1t viii be necessary to use other
rooms. The principal Of the school is
Sister Rachei, superior of st Thomas
convent All of the customs and
usages of the other schools will be en-
ployed and in no particular win it diff
Ter from them only in that better att
fentionh and more lit viii be given
the pupils. Religious will be added to
secular instruction and the manners OF
the pupils will be smoothed and cult
waited. In general way the influence
or a convent will be Impaired to the
pupil. At present all studies up to
the eighth grade will be taught, but it
Is expected that within a year or SO
more VIII be added. Books are free
the school has started IN grand way
10 success.
Over 250 children were present at ST
Fatrlck,s parochial school this morn
Ing. There were over so new pupils.
one new room was opened and another
teacher was added to the staff There
are four rooms in this school which are
IN charge of five Sisters. The kinder
garten room has been changed to the
first floor of the building. 1t is the
Rev Father Gleeson's intention to add
higher grade in the school each wear
and to keep the children who are pu-
pills of the school now until they grad
nate from the eighth grade.
st Margaret's school will reopen on
september "a. There have been SO
many applications from young ladies
all over the country that number of
the applications had to be refused.
Applications are still pouring in daily
but all have to be denied. There will
be so boarding scholars at the school
this year and that is all that the school
can accommodate.
Over 80 new pupils were enrolled al
new room was opened Three rooms
were opened in the MuIcahy Memorial
building, two rooms being transferred
from st Mary's convent building. The
new rooms are not entirely completed
as yet, but when they are they will
make fine school rooms. The tota
lumber of pupils at st Mary's schoo
is about S25. On the lower floor OF
the Mulcahy Memorial building there
will be library for the alumni while
on the top floor there will be an as
sembly hall.
The Convent de Notre Dame and s.
AIMS parochial school were also re
opened to-day. As usual, affairs ar,
running most smoothly at tl1es
schools, although the attendance ii
much greater than last year.
Miss Anna Kiely, a member of th
class of 1902 of the Waterbury trainin,
school. has been appointed teacher ii
the Town Plot school. Miss Carri
Walden, also a member of the gradu
atfng class of the training school, ha
been appointed teacher at the Bunke
Hill school.