The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-28
CARDS TO SCHOOLS
CHILDREN OF THE CITY GRANTED
LEAVE TO ENTER.
ACADEMY WAS THRONGED
WHILE ADMISSION CARDS WE'RE
BEING ISSUED APPLICANTS.

Arrangements Were Perfect, and
Friction or a Hitch in the Pro-
eeedings-City Physicians, Under
Direction of Health officer Brun-
ner, Vaccinated Those who
Couldn't Produce Acceptable Scars.
How the New Pupils Are Divided
Among the schools and the Grades.
Waiting List Already Established,
But Superintendent Hopes to Clear
1t.
Between the hours of and / o'clock
yesterday 692 children received cards of
admission to the white grammar
schools of the city. No one of this
number was attending any public
school of the city at the close of the
last school term, and the majority of
them have never been in the public
schools before.
The applicants for places in the
schools, with their attendant and
guardian band of parents, elder broth
ers and sisters and friends. We're re-
ham Academy. In the corridors each
principal had a desk, and, with an as
sistant, received the applications of the
children living in his school district and
issued them cards of admission.
There was an entire absence of fric-
ton or trouble. The arrangements
were perfect and the work went on
without interruption. The child was
admitted through the door; examined
by a physician; vaccinated, if neces-
sary, and his sobs quieted; quizzed as
to his attainments; given card of
admission, and shunted out through
another door with something of that
precision Of operation that, as exhibit
ed in Chicago packing houses, is the
admiration of the world.
Health officer on Hand.
Supt. Ashmore presided over the
busy scene, assisted by the principals
of the schools. Health Officer w. F.
Drummer was on hand to see that the
vaccination of the prospective pupil
was attended to properly, while the
actual operations were performed by
City Physicians Johnson, Osborne and
Saliba. About 200 children were vac
cinated, very many of them to the ac-
compartment of verbal expressions of
acute agony.
Admission to the several grades of
the city schools was as follows: First,
AT; second. rs; third, So; fourth, 81;
fifth, A; sixth, q; seventh, I. Total,
SOP.
Admission to the several grammar
schools was as follows: Anderson,
12S; Barnard, Al; Cathedral, So; Chat
ham, No. 1, SO; Chatham, No. 2, S0
Henry, 80; Massie, 56; st. Patrick's,
ThirtW-oiphtb
1t has been found necessary to es-
tablish small waiting list, on which
there are now the names of about so
applicants for admission to the schools.
The congestion exists principally in the
third and fourth grades, which are
considerably overcrowded.
To Relieve the Congestion.
Supt. Ashmore believes it will be
possible to relieve much of this con-
gestion after Wednesday morning,
when the schools will open. A place
for every pupil who was in the schools
at the close of the last term has been
reserved, and it is probable that many
of these, because their rightful tenants
have moved from the city or have de-
termined not longer to attend school,
will not be claimed. The places thus
unclaimed will be given to the pres
ent occupants of the waiting list. Room
will be created, also, by the transfer
of pupils from one school to another.
Cards of admission will be issued
again tomorrow morning, between the
hours of o'clock in the morning and
l in the afternoon. superintendent
Ashmore desires again to inform the
public that pupils in school at the close
of the last term do not require cards
of admission. Those who last year at
tended schools out of their districts
must report on Wednesday to the
school of the district in which they
now live. Places have been reserved
for them in their proper schools.
Cards of admission to the East
Broad and West Broad street colored
schools were issued yesterday by their
principals and tomorrow cards will be
issued for the Duffy and Anderson
street schools.
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