Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-14
SCHOOLS UNABLE
TO PROVIDE FOR
RUSH OF PUPILS
CRoWDING THIS YEAR WILL BE
WORSE THAN EVER
HALLIDAY SESSIONS WILL BE
NECESSARY
Nearly Ninety Thousand Children
Leave Play and Return to Class
Rooms-ReglstratIo Greatly
Increased

Young America in Southern Califor-
MIA abandoned yesterday his kites, his
balls. his piratical retreats on the
cliffs at the beach, his squirrel hunts
his wireless telegraph experiments over
at Jones barn, his adventures with
the neighbors' cats and the purusit of
buried treasure out in the vacant lot
back of the park and turned MS uh-
willing steps schoolward again. with
him went his sister, her long idle, nap
py summer days dismissed and her
face bright with anticipations OF pe-
coming monitor of the erasers or lead
er of the line.
The rapid calculator would watch
those children with much interest. He
would tell you that if they stood in one
line instead of many that the bad boy
at the end of the line would be pinch
ing his nearest neighbor just forty
eight miles from where the good boy
at the head stood patiently awaiting
the tap OF the teachers bell.
He would tell you, If you were going
to buy a 15-cent lunch for each one OF
those children on one single day, that
1t would cost you s12,750. He would
add that, figuring each child Will re-
ouire 81 worth of books for the new
term (which, if weary mothers and
thin-purse fathers are telling the
truth, is very conservative) the aggre-
gate the youngsters will spend in the
next few days for supplies would total
$50, 900.
In short, the school census of Los
Angeles county totals more than $4,000,
and the truant officer sees that very
few of these are not regular, or nearly
regular, attendants.
Crovded Conditions Prevail
In city and county the old story of
oyercrowded conditions is being told.
Neither Superintendent of City Schools
Moore nor County Superintendent
Mark Keppel was able to say yester-
day Just what the registration this
year will be, but both said immediate
ly and positively that 1t will be much
Increased over last year. That there
are comparatively few schools in the
more thickly settled districts large
enough to accommodate the pupils
seems apparent from the reports al
ready in. That Los Angeles schools
are badly congested and that halliday
sessions, the bane of the school sys-
tenn everywhere, will be necessitated is
a foregone conclusion.
"a marked increase that it will
crowd US to care for" said Superin-
tendent Moore.
IAN increase of at least 10 per cent"
said Superintendent Keppel
At both the city high schools it was
found IMPOSSIBLE to register all the
students applying in one day or to
make a dependable estimate of the
probable enrolment. In the Polytech-
mic high school the demand for en-
trance credentials is heavier than last
year by more than Is per cent. Los
Angeles high school will probably find
the entering class the largest in its
history, according to Professor Housh.
In the county high schools there are
unusually large registrations. Three
bodies OF students and teachers en-
tered new school buildings yesterday
Burbank, a $4,000 one; Glendale, $751;,
900. and Covina, 100000. In several
other union high school districts the
enrolment is so heavy this year that
the several boards of trustees will en-
deavor this year to hold bond elections
for the purpose of raising money for
the erection of new buildings.
County School Openings
Some OF the county schools opened
last week, few will not open until
Septemb n 20 and many have not made
the report to Superintendent Keppel
that is required by law. Those open
ing yesterday among the county gram
mar schools were:
Alhambra city, American, Anna
dale, Arcadia, Artesia, Azusa, Bell
Belvedere, Burbank, Calabasas, Car
menita, Charter Oak, Cienega, Clear
water, Covina, Del Sur, Downey, Eagle
Rock, Elizabeth Lake, Ell Monte, En-
terprise. Fairmont, Garapatos. Garvey
Glendale, Graham. Hollywood, Hyde
Park, Ivanhoe, La Verne, Belmont
Heights, Lancaster, Laurel, Little
Lake, Long Beach, Los Feliz, Lugo,
Machado, Monrovia, Newhall, Norwalk
Palo Solo, Perry, Redondo Beach, San
Antonio, San Dimas, San Gabriel, San
Martinez. San Pedro, Saugus, Sawtelle
Sierra Madre, Somerset, South Pasa-
dena, sulphur Springs. Tropico, Yer
non, Vinedale, Vineland Watts, West
Elizabeth Lake, Whittier city and
Willowbrook.
The county high schools opened yes
terday were: Alhambra, Burbank
Compton, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles Jewel Union, Los Nietos Val
ley, Monrovia, San Pedro and Whittier.
Few Changes In Text Books
There are not so many radical
changes in the text book system of the
schools this year as usual, although
there ere enough so that the book sup
ply houses are not complaining. The
old. old tendency among teachers to
urge the children to obtain new books
and supplies rather than to use the old
continues to make Itself felt among the
poorer classes. Second hand books are
in the discard ABOUT as usual
All day yesterday, in city streets and
country lanes; on long, dusty roads
and on narrow mountain trails where
cool vines grow and trees cast their
shade; in the great crowded, dirty
town, and in the quiet. restful coun-
try; singly and in groups, by street
car afoot, astride sleek ponies, behind
patient family horses. in vanished au-
tomobiles. or rickety donkey carts, tho
little folks--the army of childhood
turned again to school And from the
good boy who likes To go, 10 the bad
boy who doesn't, they will be there,
81. 900 of them, for eight. nine, ten
months now, learning how to be Amer
leans.
Given Leave of Absence
Auditor Joseph Mcbride of the city
school department was given thirty
days leave of absence last night by the
board of education. He will go east
and promises to visit several OF the
large eastern cities with a view 70
IF he