New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-13
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OPENED
Army of 100000 Children Enter
Learning's Portals.
PART TIME FOR $4,000
Brooklyn and The Bronx Show
Largest Increases IN Num-
Der of Pupils.

With z bout TWENTY-FIVE thousand new pu-
pills the public schools opened YESTERDAY.
and the school army with its officers
teachers and pupils. began the long winter
campaign. There are no exact figures Yet
on hand al the Office Of the Board OF Sd
perinrenden1s. nut last year se-2o3 children
were enrolled exclusive Of the tiny KIN
derCartreTs-" II is thought that ABOUT
seven hundred and ten thousand are now
n school I was feared before The open
Ing tins year that the problem OF part
time would he E serious one some OF
the more pessi7uistic estimated that fully
one hundred thousand children would have
10 90 on nart time. but II now seems thar
the number viii dwindle to somewhat less
1t,an sixty thousand. which Is large enough
i itself according 90 Superintendent Max
well
Crowds surrounded the school doors yes
te-dzy morning. for although three DAYS
had beer SCI apart last week for resistra-
don. many parents had failed 10 register
their children There was considerable
Confusion on The lower East Side. where
al u-e-@ cIsn1o-ins 10 get 10 the doors first
Conditions IN The Bronx. Harlem and
BROOKLYN showed that more room was need
&C ~ several districts
The larEesr public school in the Oily. II.
scene 2 rush. Most OF me
grades there are kindergarten. and as the
principal had announced that women with
babies in their arms would have the pref
e-ence i did not appear that any Of the
babies had been left az home IN addition
he mothers led by the hand the children
-rev wished 10 get into the kIndergartens-
Although the mothers. largely Hebrew and
Italian. feared that their children. # not
registered would he unable 10 enter. none
Of them was turned away
Principal " 2 O-Callashan Of Public
Schoo - a No. 81 West SD street. had
100 new pupils in addition 10 the 1.l45 en-
rolled last year. but said that he still had
one empty room No pupils have been on
ra~- time in this school since Isol- P-ln-
cfnaf John Walsh Of Public School Il. for
bows. a. No 81 East SD street. had 80
bows on hand when school opened.
Principal Edward a Bower OF Public
School s. al 18th street and Amsterdam
avenue said ne had SOS pupils. decrease
o. IS since last year. although the school
can accommodate o.I50 According 70 the
PRINCIPAL one block-7Sth street, from Co
lurrhus 70 Amsterdam avenue-which -or-
merry sent one hundred pupils. now sends
only three he attributed the difference 10
TIE change in conditions on the upper West
between Eighth and Ninth avenues. has
accommodation for 1sSs pupils bur only
ore-tFird Of this number are enrolled
A. Public School 81. al Essex and Grand
streets. there was great confusion Inc
mothers OF the children brought butchers
bills gas bills. marriage licenses and even
redIe-s- licenses. instead Of the required
birth certificates Some OF the women
sr,uEEled their little children into the room
and left them without putting down their
names. Others svvore that children three
years old were five Principal Ruflna
4 Clarke o. Public School - al Hester
and Ludlow streets. had TO send away
Turk who brought his small daughter
dressed in red and blue bathing suit
Harlem had its school difficulties on its
river East SIDE In Public School 81. in
East 18TH street about 400 bows entered,
and n the primary department OF the
rc-oo1 n East 125th street Miss Marietta
4 clark. the principal reported $50 pupils
ready for business Eight hundred girls
assembled in the E-ammar department ~
Public School IS. in West l25th street. and
dsaa children in the primary department
Public School =. a 18TH street and Am
s-e-dsm avenue. mad l153 boys and girls
n the grammar department and about l.3H
children IN the priuarv department. There
were no part time scholars IN any Of these
schools.
About c6o.e ro pupils entered The BROOKLYN
schools. and OF these Il i estimated that
perhaps $3.50 VIII be on part time. A.
Erasmus High School $50 students en-
tered and one hundred were turned away
The additions 10 the Erasmus High. Girls
High and Boys High schools viii accom-
r7odace many pupils when they are com
rIeted- The Bushwick High School di- not
have as many pupils as expected. but
School =. a. South an and Perry streets.
had 70 establish about sixteen halliday
classes Public School 90. al Robinson
stree and Rogers avenue, is very crowded.
and VIII have many pupils on part time
There was great congestion IN the school