The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11
MANY PUPILS FACE
HALLIDAY SESSIONS
Principals in All Sections of
City Report Overcrowded
Schools


Reports gathered from principals of
different public schools indicate that
practically all the buildings are filed
to their capacity, and in number of
instances it has already become neces-
sary to open annexes and resort to
halliday sessions.
About the only section of the city
reporting sufficient room to accommo-
date the pupils is the Sixth ward and
there is one serious drawback to the
favorable conditions reported there.
The Lafayette school, located on the
upper flats, is crowded beyond reason.
There are in the kindergarten of this
school 100 pupils, with but two teach
ers, making it evident that it will be
impossible to give adequate instruc-
ton to this great number. In the first
primary grade there are ninety pupils.
The principal has found it difficult to
provide seats for all.
Cannot Relieve Situation
The difficulty as to this school is that
the board Of school inspectors do not
feel justified in erecting an addition or
constructing another building on the
flats. The reason given by Inspector
Boeringer is that it is felt this section
will eventually be devoted to manu-
featuring and railroad purposes, and
that it would be waste of money to
attempt to relieve the situation Mr..
Boeringer says, however, that it will
be necessary to provide some means of
caring for the numerous pupils.
In the Central high school there is
an enrolment of 1,213, which is SO
more than at the last session, when it
was thought the school was accom-
modating the greatest possible number
of pupils. There is proportionate in
crease at the Mechanic Arts high
school, there being total enrolment
of 425.
The 173 pupils enrolled in the Cleve-
land high school can be accommodated
without crowding. but it requires
great amount of scheming on the part
of Prof. Farnsworth, the principal, to
care for the $50 grade pupils. The lat
ter will constantly increase in number.
1t has already been necessary to open
an annex and to put four grammar
grade and four primary grade classes
on halliday sessions, The primary
grades use the high school rooms in
L
instruction a large number of the pu-
pills are required to report at o'clock
1t was thought that the opening of
four of the eight rooms in the addition
to the Phalen school would relieve the
situation on Arlington hills to some
extent, but the additional sittings have
been taken, and it is claimed that there
are plenty of pupils to fill the other
four rooms as soon as they are COM
pleted by the contractor.
The John Ericsson school, in the
same neighborhood, is also crowded.
with the likelihood that it will soon be
necessary to open an annex.
Douglas Avoids Annex
In the Douglas school district the
situation is better than was expected,
it having been feared that the failure
to complete the eight-room addition
would make it necessary to open sew
eral anneXes. A large number of pu-
pills have not yet reported for school
work, it is claimed, and it is expected
that the eight rooms will be filled
when thrown open.
In the Hendricks school, also on the
West side, it has been found necessary
to put. three classes on halliday ses-
sions. the increase in the number of
pupils having been surprisingly large.
The, Garfield, in the same district, re-
ports conditions satisfactory, with
slightly increased attendance The
Humboldt high school shows an en-
rollment somewhat larger than during
the last term, and while the grades in
the same building also increased there
is sufficient room to accommodate the
pupils.
. Reports from other schools show:
Rice, SIS enrolled, this being an in
crease and crowding the building; Sib-
ley, 672. an increase; Longfellow, SAB,
an increase; Mckinley, $50, an in
crease; Franklin, about the same as
last term; German, an increase; Har-
rison, $50, an increase; Jackson, 425, an
increase; Webster, 500, no increase.
These indicate that there will be AN
enrolment of about $4,000 during the
first semester, which will be 1000
above the estimate of the school au-
thorities