The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-08
INCREASED ENROLMENT
Total Number of School Children
Greater Than. Last Year.


The total enrolment of the paroch-
ial schools on the opening day showed
a substantial increase over the at
tendance on the first day last year.
In the public schools the number of
pupils present on the opening day was
l6 less than on the corresponding day
last year.
The number of pupils who attended
/ the public schools yesterday was S26.
The enrolment of the departments
was as follows: High school, $50;
seventh ward 1856; main school
| (grades), $40. The high school is the
| largest in the history of the institu-
ton. The new commercial depart
ment will be popular. About So have
already entered the different classes.
On the opening day last year the
enrolment of all departments was
S42, including 705 pupils in the grades
and 1877 in the high scaool. The at
tendance in the public schools this
year will probably be larger than
last year as many pupils will register
during the remainder of this week
Some rooms are crowded and changes
to relieve the congested condition of
the grades are already under way.
About 275 pupils were present. on
the opening day of St Francis de
Sales Academy Monday. This num-
ber-is nearly 25 in excess of the aver
age number present last year Ad-
ditional pupils will enter during the
remainder of the week, which may
place the final enrolment at nearly
300. At the Sacred Heart school l55
children answered the roll call yestcr-
day. an increase of % over last year.
The above figures show that over
one half of the children of the village
attend the parochial schools. TIE
total number of school children regis
tered yesterday was 1856 an increase
of 80 over the first day in 1908.
Health officer II. l.. Stillson has is
sued letter and an extract from the
Regulations promulgated by the
State Board of Health" addressed to
superintendent, teachers and trus-
tees and directors of schools. TIE
extract deals particularly with the
rules regarding the sanitary admin
stration of school houses. A probable
violation of some of the rules, says
he health officer, may have been the
cause of seven cases of scarlet fever
during the summer.
The eight rules on which most
stress are laid are as follows:
|. States, slate pencils and
sponges should not be used in the
school room In place of these each
pupil, according to requirements,
should be supplied with paper, pencil,
or pen and pen-holder. These should
be kept in a box with the pupils
name, and never transferred from one
pupil to another
2. Eaca pupil should be provided
with a drinking cup. and this kept on
A hook or nail over the pail or faucet,
marked with pupils name.
3. School rooms should be swept
and busted after school hours. No
dust should be stirred up before
school in the morning. Teachers
should know that dust and germ life
are identical.
a. School sessions should never
be more than one hour and a half,
without an intermission. In lower
grades the session should be only one
hour. Intermissions of 10 minutes
for exercise should follow each SEES
sion.
5. Exercises should be in the
open air wnen possible. In stormy |
weather, in rooms provided for the |
with open windows.
6. If the school house has adjust |
able seats and desks, adjust them to |
the pupils. Allow the near sighted |
and deaf to occupy front seats.
Z. The teacher should ask the pu- |
pills each morning if any are feeling |
III. If one has a sore throat, flush
ed, feverish face, a cough, send such |
pupil home, with note to the par
ents, asking them to consult the fami-
y doctor.
s. Never allow a pupil with a
chronic cough to attend school.
School boards should never allow a
eacher with a cough to teach school
Never allow splitting in the school
'oom.