The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-06
$4,000 PUPILS
WILL MARCH IN
That's th'e e Attendance
Indicated BY Enrolment That
Has Already Been Made.

St PauTs. public schools will open
Tuesday morning with an attendance
that is expected to reaGt1a the 10000
maEk..-s
Everything is in readinessafor4 the
opening and the works will begin this
year with everything IN more CONF
plete readiness than ever before
- The, hundreds of teachers for the
rty-eight public schools. in. the city
have all returned from, their summer
vacations and will be on hand prompt
ly' 'atoc8. o'clock Tuesday SlTorning7 at
which. hour the doors OF the different
schools Will be thrown open. For some
time thee school board has been busy
reassigning teachers for one reason or
another,nbut the work is at last fin
ished and all that remains to be- dcne
is to enroll the pupils and commence
the winters work. Many out Of town
students who expect to attend the high
schools are already rim the city. and
have completed all arrangements for
their enrolment. 1.-THE out-of3 town at
tendance, according tofthe areeords In
the secretary's Office, VIII be the larg-
est this year Of any in the history of
the ucitysS ~ " 4 s..
For some time principals have been
busy enrolling pupils, many of whom
have become residents of the city since
the last school year, and others who
have removed from one: district to an,
other. The registration, however, will
not take place until the opening OF the
schools. Tuesday morning. ,.
',etrn Indicates 5000 Increase.
=, It. is estimated from the showing
made by the advance enrolment and
from other sources that the increase
in the attendance this year will be al
most 5000. Hundreds of pupils who
have never before attended school in
st. Paul have already applied for ad-
| mission tortha different schools. and it
is expected that the new pupils who
enroll later will bring the total at
tendance up5te 10000.
At the Central high school alone
more than 200 pupils are expected
this year, dagHinst 9S2 for last year,
while the attendance at the Mechanic
Arts this year is expected to reach the
600 mark, against 479 for last year.
AT the Lincoln, Cleveland grade, Van
Buren,, Franklin, Jefferson, Webster
and Madison. schools, each of which
cared for more than LOO pupils last
year, the increase is expected to be
very 1argeyS especially In the buildings
where the facilities for caring for the
pupils have been enlarged, as has been
the case in many of the schools.
An. Increased attendance, in fact, is
looked for at every school in the city,
and for this reason more teachers have
been employed than ever before.
Halliday: Session May Be Cut Out.
Owing to the increased facilities at
many of the schools there will be very
few half day. sessions this year. Last
year the school facilities were not such
that all of the pupils could be, cared
for at one time, and as a result it was
found necessary to permit one set of
pupils to attend forenoon sessions and
another set the afternoon. This was
| the case at. a number of the schools,
but on account of the additional school
room which has been provided, this
disadvantage will be done away with
to a very large extent.
There have been very few changes
in the teaching force at the various
schools throughout the city, and most
Of the pupils who were not promoted
at the close of the last year will be
| greeted by the same teachers who in
structed them last year.
The total attendance at the public
shoots of the city last year was 25,
but this year itsis believed the number
| will be at least 10000.