Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-29
NIGHT SCHOOLS OPEN
THE INITIAL EXERCISES TO BE
HELD OCTOBER 10.
Students Requested to Enroll at Once
Assignments Of Teachers and
Course Of instruction.

The public night schools of Washington
will open October 10, continuing in session
each Monday Wednesday and Friday night
for forty nights. Three white and three
colored schools will be in operation. The
white schools will be held at Greenleaf, ~
between NJ and N streets southwest the
Gales, New Jersey avenue and G. street
northwest; the Franklin, 18th and streets
northwest The eolored schools will hold
forth at Stevens, Cook and Randall build
ings. These will of necessity have to suf-
flee for all wishing night instruction, and
as this means very meager and limited &C
commodation, 1t Is advised that all desiring
to attend shall register at once.
On account of the action OF Congress.
pupils over twenty-one years of age are mot
allowed the privileges afforded by the night
schools this year. Each pupil in regular
attendance last year has been sent regis
tration blank with a return envelope. New
pupils may secure these blanks from their
employers, who have been given the regis
tration cards for distribution among their
| employees. These cards of registration can
also be obtained at the Franklin School
from Mr.. s. E. Kramer. at the Business
High School from Mr. Charles Hart or at
Greenleaf School.
Besides the regular course in graded
work, there will be at Greenleaf special
| classes In manual training, where those de-
string can learn to cane chairs, weave bas-
ketS and mats, receive knowledge of how
to do chip carving, to burn artistic designs
in wood, learn to cook, to make their own
hats and to be generally useful with their
hands as well as their heads.
In all the white schools and the Stevens
Colored School typewriting and bookkeep-
ing will be taught.
A school similar in plan and purpose will
be held for colored pupils at Cook School.
In all three of the colored schools cooking
classes will be formed and sewing will be
fort tyot sla fnors drew, bn1 pf,y1lx
selected. and though curtailed by having
81. 800 less than they had last year, all will
make united efforts to raise the st andard of
last year.
Mr. Raymond Rfordon, who inaugurated
the systematizing of the night school work
last year, will continue as director. Mr.. F.
L. Cardoza, jr.. will be assistant director.
The Assignments.
The teachers and their assignments are
| as follows: Raymond Riordon. director: F.
L. CardoZa, jr., assistant director; s. E.
Kramer, principal Franklin School; Charles
| Hart, principal Gales School, Miss Eva
| Whftzell, principal Greenleaf School; D. B.
| Thompson. principal Stevens School; Isa-
belle Russell, principal Randall School; W.
| A. Joiner. principal Cook School. Franklin
| School-Misses Mcmahon, Rawlings. How
| els Mrs Farr, and Miss Lulu Drennon,
| typewritist. Gales School-Messrs. Web
| ster, Matteson, Misses Spies and O'Brien,
| and Miss Cosdon, typewritist. Greenleaf
| School-Misses Vogt, Foster Dillon. Ship
man, Luckett Messrs. Dakin, Metz and
| Miss Beatty, typewritist Stevens-Mr. j.
| G. Bruce, Mrs. Susan Fisher Misses Nan
ME Anderson, Lena Hewlett. Lizzie Scott.
| Emma Kinner and Mrs. McAdoo. Ran
| dall-Mrs. Mary Brown, Mrs. Josephine
| Ball, Mrs. Annie Holmes and Misses Mary
| Stuart, Hattie Hamer and Olive Contee.
| The sessions will begin at 1880 and close at
$50 the three nights in question, Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday, on and after
October 10, 1902.