The Washington times., 1903-09-20

is given to writing, spelling. composition
of business letters. and some grammar.
Prof. Kramer believes 1t to be mistake
to limit the age OF attendance at these
classes at twenty-one years Observa-
tion has shown that some or the bright
est pupils and those who especially need
the advantage offered by the night
schools are beyond that age. He thinks
there should be no limit to the admission
of pupils. It would take little more
room and cost little more. but there is
no consistency, he thinks. In denying
free education to any earnest man or
woman who may desire to take advantage
OF 1t even late in life. Prof. Kramer
hopes to have the age limit removed.
New Medical Inspectors.
Another addition to the facilities Of
public education is the assignment OF a
medical Inspector to each OF the public
schools. These men. who are 10 be ply
sIeians, will examine pupils who are
found aiIing. ard will pass upon the need
of their being sent home and upon the
requirement OF medical attention No
sick pupil Will be allowed to remain In
school, and In the earliest stages OF con-
tagious disease there will be an expe-
rienced doctor TO examine the child. even
before the disease has advanced far
enough to alarm the parent. The re-
sultant of this medical inspection is ex-
pected TO be q. material lessening OF the
,ldmber OF cases OF measles. scarlet
fever, humps, and diphtheria in the
schools. The medical inspection was au-
thorized by Congress as a measure of
precaution to rid the classes as much as
possible from the danger from this
source. The Health Department will CO.
operate. and when necessary will disin-
the circumstances may require.
An examination was recently held for
eIigibIes for these appointments Five
were secured In the first examination. as
follows: Drs Francis P. Morgan. Will
fred Barton, John B. Nichols, John B..
Thomas and Wallace Johnson. The Law
stipulates that four of the Appendices
shall be eolored physicians. and these
were not found in the first examination.
Some interesting facts were obtained
relative 20 the race and distribution of
the school children or the As, 432 at
tending school in the fiscal year ended
! in 1902, the males were %. 694 and the
females 25,7Ss. White pupils to the
number Of 32.51S were enrolled. and col
| ored pupils TO the number OF Is ,e14. or
/ the whites there were 1894 boys and
| 6.714 girls. OF the colored there were
$3.50 boys and 1924 girls. These figures
show that the number OF white girls in
school outnuinbcr the total coio-ed pu-
pills by 500 The white boys are ITO
less than the whole number Of colored
pupils. There is proportionately
larger number Of eolored girls than boys
in the schools
In the city schools were 2s.ss4 whites
and 1883 colored, and in the county
1854 whites and 2.5s1 colored The
white male teachers are 6sS per cent
of the whole. and the white women 6o.O1
per cent, the male colored teachers Cos
per cent and the colored women 27.0t
per cent or all the men teachers are
1888 per cent. and women S7.07 per cent
! Many OF the teachers nave spent lOEl
years in the service, their locks are
grizzled and their faces lined with the
burdens of the most vitality exhaustins
work of modern life. THEIR rewards
have been comparatively meager excep;
in the consciousness OF well-doing. and
in the respect of the communities in
which they have labored
= School Shopping.
ing OF the schools may brin,
a- wailing to some OF the boy
500 the city. but it has brough
yro o .o the merchants and store PEG
4a ues In school supplies will als'
re3a rest in the money paid fo
books ellis. ink. pens. and othe
imed in such large quaint
Oh Ola altar of public education
he teachers viii begin, al,
tradesmen are openly re
another school year is a
seks there has been a mil