The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-20
CARDS TO SCHOOLS
WILL BE ISSUED BY SUPERINTEND-
ENT SEPT. rs AND 20.
PUPILS MUST BE VACCINATEI
BEFORE THEY WILL BE ADMITTED
TO ANY OF THE SCHOOLS.


Parents Desire It-PupiIs Attend
ing school out of Their Districts
Last Year VIII Report to Their
own school and VIII Not Need
Transfer Enthusiastically of the
Teachers Have Returned From
Vacations.
The public schools of Savannah and
Chatham county will reopen Thursday,
Oct l. Everything is now in readi-
ness for beginning the school work.
There is every indication of a large en-
rollment of pupils and preparations
have been made to take care Of an I'M
usually large number. Many of the
buildings have been improved and
there will not be nearly so much
crowding as was experienced last
year.
The cards of admission to the white
schools will be issued at the Chatham
Academy Monday and Tuesday, Sept.
% and 90 between the hours of a. m.
and 100 p. m. The principals of all
the schools of the city will be in the
superintendent Office between those
hours and look after the needs of the
children. Each principal will have
an assistant so that the work can be
carried out with the greatest possible
dispatch. Pupils who were in attend
ance at schools at the close of the year
in June last will need no cards, but
new pupils must have the cards or
they will not be admitted.
All of the pupils must be in their
seats on the opening day of school as
the rush makes 1t impossible for Supt.
Ashmore to reserve anv seats after
the first day. Pupils who are not on
hand to take their places on the open
ing day will have to stand their
| chance of securing a seat in their own
district school. There will be consid-
cradle crowding in many of the grades
and no places will be reserved after the
opening except those for the Jewish
children of the city.
Oct. is a Jewish holiday, Yom Kip
pur, or the Day of Atonement, and
for this reason an exception in the re-
serving of seats for the Jewish chill
dren is made. Their seats, however,
will not be reserved after Friday
morning, and if those who hold cards
are not present then they will have to
take their chances with the other pu-
pills in securing seats.
Transfer Cards Issued.
Transfer cards will be issued at the
same time as the admission cards.
Those pupils who attended school out
of their district last year must re-
port to the schools in their own dis
trict this year, and such pupils will
need no transfer cards. Supt. Ash
more has been working for some time
rearranging the lists of pupils who
were forced to attend school outside
of their own districts last year and
transferring them back. The list is
now complete and all such pupils have
been assigned to the proper grades in
their own schools. The transferring
of the names of pupils to their own
schools takes away all necessity of
their securing transfer cards, and all
that they are required to do is to re-
port to the school in their own dis
trict, where seats have been reserved
for them.
Pupils who have moved into a new
school district since July 1 are the
ones who must secure the transfer
cards. 1t has been impossible for Supt.
Ashmore to keep track of all movings
from one district to another and as
a result pupils were assigned to their
former district schools. Unless they
notify the superintendent of their hav-
ing moved into a new school district
seats will be reserved for them in the
old district and it may be that they
will be unable to get seats in the
schools nearest their homes. In such
cases they will have to attend school
where the seats were reserved.
The colored pupils will receive their
cards of admission and any necessary
transfer cards at the colored school
buildings. The cards will be issued at
the West Broad and Maple street col
| col,
at the East Broad and Duffy street
colored schools on the following day.
List of School Books.
Supt.. Ashmore has had the list Of
the school books to be used this yeal
printed and left in the hands of al
! the book dealers of Savannah. These
lists contain the names of the books
, used in each grade and their price. The
object in preparing these printed list.
and leaving them with the book deal
ers was to avoid the rush for book:
: which always occurs as soon as thu
Z list to be used is announced on thu
5 opening day. AS the matter has nov
+ been arranged. pupils who desire to d.
so can get their books before the omen
I ing of school This is not a compul
sorry course but is purely voluntary
Any pupils desiring to wait until tn,
opening of the schools before purchas
ing their books can do so.
"a AL o CLOCK on MONDAY morning
t. Sept. 2S. an examination will be he'll
t at the High School for the benefit O
any High School pupils who are de
: ficient in their work and are unde
- conditions All are required to repor
> for examination at that hour, as thi
;. is the only time at which the condi
tions can be lifted.
Pupils Must He Vnccinated.
:, All pupils must be vaccinated, ant
a none will be admitted to school VIII,
have not. This will be absolutely in
a sisted upon and there will be no ex
ceptions made with any one. Through
the cooperation of the City Healtl
Department a physician will be a
Chatham Academy on the dates tina
y the admission cards are issued am
= all pupils desiring it will be vaocinatet
8 free of charge. No cards will be is
j. sued until the children have been vac
cinated by the city physician is no
compulsory and parents who prefer t
p have their children vaccinated by TIL
e family physician can do so. The ar
+ rangement with the City Health De
g partment was made simply for the con
:. venience of the children and thei
parents, and all that is insisted upoi
q is that the pupils be vaccinated.
% The annual report of Superintendent
Ashmore for the past year showe
-, that the health of the pupils was goo,
and the desire of the Board OF Educ ,
S ton is not only to maintain the pas
[ high standard but to raise II II pos