The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-09
ALL The SCHOOLS
IN WORKING TRIM
ENROLMENT INCREASED
IN ALL WHITE SCHOOLS BY THIR-
TY CHILDREN.

Schools All Filled IN Most of the
Grndes-The Waiting List Now
Over oO-An Increase of 81 in En-
rOllmcnt in the COIOred Schools
Schools i'm the Country About ms
Usual-The New school at will
mingtOn Island Held Up Owing to
Inability to Secure a Teacher.
At the close of the first week In the
new school year Supt. Otis Ashmore
pronounced it the best in the history
of the Chatham county schools.
AS predicted on the opening day the
close of the week found little diff
ference in the total enrolment from last
year. Including all of the city white
schools there are thirty more children
enrolled and seated than there were
year ago. Besides this increase there
are f1fty-odd children still on the wait
ing list, owing to lack of accommoda-
tons. The waiting list is considerably
larger than that of last year.
The colored schools show a total IN
crease in enrolment of thirty-sevan
and the waiting list is very large, Seats
have been given just as many of the
applicants as conditions would permit,
but the number who wished to go to
school far exceeded the accommoda-
tions with the result that many had
to be denied admission.
The fact that there are but thirty
more pupils enrolled and given seats
This oh
schools were last year. With the ad-
ditional room secured in Chatham Aca-
DENY the accommodations at the COM
mand of the superintendent were still
not enough to afford seats to all who
desired them. Practically every seat
in the different schools is now taken
though room can still be made in
some of the more advanced grades.
The first grade is completely filed,
Country Schools About the Same.
All of the teachers in the country
schools have not yet sent in their re-
ports to Mr.. Ashmore. Several have
been received. however. and these in
dictate that the conditions in the coun-
try this year will be practically the
same as those that prevailed last year.
a normal increase.
One new school will be established
in the country district this year. This
will be the school at Wilmington Is
land. The establishment of this school
was authorized at the last meeting
of the Board of Education, and the en-
tire matter placed in the hands of
Supt. Ashmore. There are at present
about fifteen or twenty children living
fhA s~l-
school.
The principal difficulty in the way
of its immediate establishment, is the
inability to find a teacher. The in
gress and egress to the island is diff
3 f1cult for a lady teacher and it is
doubtful if a suitable place for board
ing can be found on the island. Mr..
Ashmore is hopeful that this difficulty
will soon be solved and the school es-
tablished.
Taking Up ROutine Work.
The routine work of the schools is
fast being resumed. AS far as the
schools themselves are concerned ev-
erything is already moving along
smoothly and the studies being taken
up just as though there had been no
interruption during the summer
months.
The work for the teachers will begin
again this week. The normal classes
will be resumed and carried on as us
ual by Mr.. Ashmore. There are sew
eral new teachers on the corps this
year and the need of constant inspira-
ton for the older and more experienced
teachers is felt. The official announce
ment as to the time of meeting for
these classes will be made within few
days by Mr.. Ashmore.
The teachers library is open and
ready for use. The pedagogical pc
riodicals are in place and will be kept
strictly up to date. The other mag
azines are on file and several new one
will be added this year. Several new
books of value will also probably be
placed on the shelves before the close
Of the year.