New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-23
RUSH FOR NIGHT SCHOOLS.
Hea0y Registration Indicates OUer-
crozcding at Open;ng.

With a registration of $500 students for the
hTsI week OF ADMISSION the thirteen evening high
scnools Of the city are in fair way to be over
crowded on the opening night next Monday This
registration is the heaviest ever known so far in
advance Of the term. and is taken to Indicate an
increase in the interest in supplementary education
the part of those who have entered business.
Six Of the schools already have registered more
than five hundred pupils each and one on the
East Side of Manhattan reports 71s
Among the new features of this branch of educa-
ton this year are the night high school opened in
the Morris High School building The Bronx and
the two evening trade schools, in Brooklyn
and the other in Long Island City-the first of the
kind operated by the Board OF Education. The
new Bronx Evening High School, like the other
regular evening high schools, offers 120 nights
instruction in languages, mathematics, science
English, business subjects, including stenography
history, civics and political science debating and
drawing
The two trade schools offer the same instrlc-
ton in secondary branches as the other regular
schools. but in addition afford special training in
carpentry and joinery, cabinet making, pattern
making. blacksmithing and tinsmithing, machine
shop practice, mechanical drawing electrical and
steam engineering, Industrial chemistry, applied
physics, advanced dressmakfng millinery and
domestic science Other courses Will be offered If
there is a sufficient demand for them. The course
will be seventy-two nights long, with three ses-
sions a week This arrangement is intended to
feet their knowledge, and yet not be compelled to
forego all recreation. Work begins Monday at
1870 p.
That there is great demand for trade instruction
is shown by the large number of applications for
these classes The registration in the Brooklyn
Trade School reached 30 the first week, and that
in the Long Island City Trade School 31S for
the first five days.
Registration will continue in Il schools for the
remainder of this week The conditions OF adrnls-
sion to trade schools are as follows:
Those only will be admitted who not in at
tendance at { day school, who are employed during
the day in some regular occupation and who are
least eighteen years OLD
Students NAV in general. elect their own courses,
but they will not be allowed TO elect courses for
eIert courses requiring a knowledge Of drawing,
me thenatics physics chemistry Will be required
r79or7ts of the necessary subjects Only one course
may he elected and course Will occupy TIE e"-
' Fer rii Emission 10 regular evening high schools
the appIicant must have education eQulNaIehI "a
least to thai IeqQTeG r IoT evening high schools
are situated as follows;
roP ArF,J. AND BoYs-BoRoUGH OF MANHATTAN
LeRox ana 2l school No 90 Rvington and Forsyth
st5 West sioePubtfc School No 81 30 West 48hst
BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN.
Boys HiF Bs sf9ool sohooI No i22
and Heyward-st. - ,,.>-
FOR WOMEN AND GIRLs-BoRoUGH OF MAN
HAITIAN.
East side-Publio School No. 141. East broadway N
fIariswadeigh High School 114h-st between 18th
sn Pu 85i School No 7s No. zoe East 4eth-st
BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN
-,., c-t-Is TJ,qn school! Nostrand-ave. and Halsey
st sburg-Pubo school H. South % snd KeaD