Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-22
WHEN SCHOOL BEGINS
Boys and Girls Will Drop Va
cation Games.
DATE OF THE REOPENlNG
Washington Pupils Will See Their
Teachers September 20.
FEW CHANGES OF OFFICIALS
Over One Hundred Buildings to
House $4,000 or More
Young Americans.
DATE OF THE RE0PENING
FEW CHANGES OF OFFICIALS

swimming hole or of the playground, with
its swings, volley ball. or jumping ropes,
which have been occupying their thoughts
full many day.
They will awake with visions of books
containing an intricate mass of figures,
maps of strange lands. or stories with
long words in them.
Monday. September 20, the local pub
lie schools will reopen, after the long
summer vacation. And on that day be-
tween $4,000 and ,OOO youngsters, who
have been romping city pavements, coun-
try fields or ocean beaches for three
months, will take seats in the more than
100 school buildings connected with the
public educational system of the National
Capital, and will begin winter of hard
work.
School officials are doing all in their
power to have everything in readiness
for the beginning of class work, Septem-
her 20 and hope to have the schools
in better condition than ever before IN
their history. 1t is their earnest desire
that the general conditions all along the
line-in equipment. teaching staff and d.
recting staff-shall be the best ever, ana
those who have been Secondlng their ef-
forts say it will not be the fault of the
school officials if the school buildings are
not in better shape next winter than since
the first recitation was heard in the ter
TitOry now 1ncluu6O III tue Itueid i Ju'
diction known as the ten miles square
Few Changes Made.
There will be few changes among the
head officials when the pupils reassemble
in their classrooms in September Alex
ander L. Stuart, who has directed the
local schools at intervals for over DEC
ade will continue as superintendent, ana
his assistants will be Percy M. Hughes,
k
ling Bruce for the colored schools. >.
r.. Kramer will be in his second year as
director of intermediate instruction. ana
j. 4. Chamberlain will be supervisor Oh
manual training
There will be one change among the
supervising principals, J. f. Walker sue
ceeding III. l.. Bailey. in charge OF one
of the divisions of colored SCHOOLS. ne y.
vision. B. w. Murch. second division; r..
l.. Thurston. third division w. r. Pat
terson. fourth division: > NJ. Ely. III ~. !!
division: Miss i. L. Hendley. sixth al
vision: Z. CT. kimball, seventh DIVISION
Isaac Fairbrother. eighth division; II. M.
Johnson ninth division: j. c. Male. tenth
division: Miss Nj. p. Shadd, eleventh dl-
vision; Dr.. W: S. Montgomery, !Meil,n
djvision j. Z. Walker, thirteenth division.
Among the principals of the advanced
schools. also. one new face will appear
L. G. Williams comes from a Cleveland
college. where he has been successful
teacher. to become the principal of the
NJ Street High School. The principals
will be: Central High School, Emory NJ.
Wilson: Eastern High. DIR. w. s. Small;
Western High. Miss Edith z. Mescott,
Manual Training. George f. Myers M
street High, Il. c. Wiliams Armstrong
Manual Training, DR.. w. Bruce Evans;
Normal school, No. /, Miss A. NJ. Cooling;
New Buildings in Use.
When the schools open this fall three
new buildings will be used in their en-
tirety for the first time. Two OF these
structures, the Henry ID. Cooke building,
on 18th street near Columbia road. ana
the Bryan building, in the southeast sec
ton near Lincoln Park, were used In
part Last spring, but ii Is planned to
utilize all their space soon as the
recitations begin in September. Inc
Cooke is d sixteen-room building, MOD
ern in every way, and Will relieve the
crowded buildings on Columbia Heights.
The third new building will be used for
the first time. 1t is the Garfield. in sub
stitution of the old Garfield building. The
structure is not all completed, but the
District officials and the contractor nav
ing its erection in charge promise that
the finishing touches will have been put
on by September /. The orders for the
furniture have been placed and there is
expected to be no delay In putting the new
structure in use September 20
Two large additions-those at the Bust
ness High School and at the Mckinney
Manual Training School-will also be
used for the first time when the o'clock
bell rings September 20 For the extern
sion of the Commercial High School, $50
900 has been spent, and this room Will, 1t
is believed. add greatly to the lnstitu-
tons efficiency. through relieving the
congested conditions that have existed in
some OF the rooms during the past year
For the added space for the Mckinley
Manual Training School total of about
$4,000 has been spent, and while the Ia
cilities are not yet regarded as sufficient,
this Increased room will be an aid to
better work on the part of the students
taking scientific and technical courses
The supplies for all the schools nave
been ordered and a large part of them
have been delivered at the central store
room OF the school system ready Tor DIS
tribution to the several buildings as need
ed by the teachers. All the supplies are
expected to be on hand by september !.
Away on Vacation.
Practically all the school officials and
teachers are enjoying their summer vaca-
lions in mountain resorts or on ocean
fronting porches. But shortly after the
first of next month they will be returning
10 the National Capital by the score on
every train, and by September 10 all will
he in their offices ready for another pc
Iiod of teaching the young idea how to
shoot. At present, however, school head
quarters look deserted.
The curtains are drawn down to the
bottom sill at all the windows of Supt
Stuarts Office and on the desks
Of the two assistant superinten-
dents there is an accumulation OF dust
that enabled a chance visitor to let il
he known that he called by writing his
name in II. But from the time that the
schools closed. the middle of June, until
August /. school headquarters in the
Franklin School building was a hive of
industry. All the plans for the coming
year were outlined, the arrangements
were completed for all the repairs and
improvements to be made in the school
buildings during the summer vacation
and the requisitions were put in for
supplies to be needed during the next
June.
Pupils in the eighth grades OF the public
schools OF the District are admitted to
the high and manual training schools on
the certificate of their eighth-grade teach
ers. without examinations. Entrance ex-
:lninations are given only to pupils from
other than the public schools OF Wash
ington and include questions on English
grammar and composition United States
history and Constitution, geagrophy.
arithmetic and algebra through factoring
The examinations will be held at the be-
ginning of the school year in September
High School Courses.
In a preliminary announcement regard
ing the high school courses for the COM
ing year, school officials invite the atten-
tio, or the plpils to the following mat