Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-09-05
ATTENDANCE IN
HIGH school

For the first time in three months
Tuesday were heard the sound OF
school bells and the laugh and chatter
of children as they thronged along the
streets in merry groups. The usual
degree of interest attached to the first
day of school. This was not confined
to the pupils, who look forward each
year to the meeting of new faces in
the school room, but extended to
patrons and others who feel an in
terest in the educational affairs of the
community.
The pupils in a number of the grades
found new teachers in charge. Two of
the latter were new accessions to the
corps of borough instructors-Mr. E.
S. Bream, of Gettysburg, principal of
the high school, and Mr.. John Kase,
teacher of mathematics and science.
The classes were formed and lessons
were assigned yesterday but beyond
these details little actual work was
done. Today the real routine of teach
ing will begin.
1t is unfortunate that the present
term opens with handicap. AS pre-
dicted in recent issue there are more
pupils in the high school than can be
comfortably seated in that apartment
One hundred and eighty pupils were
enrolled yesterday with three more yet
to appear One hundred and fifty eight
is the largest number.that can be COM
fortably seated in the high school.
The entire number was taken care of
yesterday by placing three in a seat,
which, it was understood, was only
a temporary arrangement, until the
school board could find some other
means of relieving the over crowding.
In the first ward grammar school 81
pupils were enrolled in the second
ward, 80; in the third ward, AZ. In
all, there are yet ten grammar school
pupils to come in, but in none of the
wards will the grammar school pupils
overtax the seatingfcapacity.
The entire number of pupils enroh-
ed on the opening day this year was
1913 Last year the enrolment on the
first day was 1882.
Last year 165 pupils were enrolled
in the high school, which was the high
water mark of attendance in the
schools history Yet it was ) below
this years enrolment Last year IS
pupils were promoted TO the high
school This year seventy pupils have
been promoted from the grammar
schools.
BOARDS SPECIAL MEETING.
The school board held special meet
ing last night for the purpose of de-
vising some means of providing seats
for the nonresident pupils, thereby
retaining them in the high school in
stead of declining to admit them as it
was feared would have TO be done at the
last meeting of the board.
Professor Bream explained the diff
Guilty that he experienced in seating
the pupils yesterday. There are Al
nonresident pupils enrolled. 19 of
whom are freshmen.
In order to thoroughly understand
the situation the school board in a
body visited the high school and rec
itation rooms They found what they
considered available space in both re-
citation rooms and in the commercial
department.
Returning to the directors room
and having resumed session, on motion
of Mr.. 1Sechler it was ordered that the
matter of seating the non resident
pupils be left in the hands of the bor-
ough superintendent, with the under
standing that he is to utilize the avail
able space-which will seat 16 pupils
in Mrs. Coulter's room and provide
seats for those remaining in the COM
mercial department.
On motion it was also ordered that a
dozen chairs be purchased for use in
the room of science and mathematics.