Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-08
SCHOOL SESSIONS
/. BEGIN ON MONDAY
New Buildings and Arrangements
Expected to Prevent For
mer Congestion
PUPILS WILL LEARN TRADES
New Rules to Be in Force Regard
ing the Transfer of
Scholars
PUPILS WILL LEARN TRADES

The long summer vacation will draw
to a close when the 80 schools of the
Los Angeles school district open their
doors next Monday to $4,000 boys and
girls, and to the 1400 teachers who
will be in charge of the youthful
army.
The school opening this year will
not be marked with long lines of boys
and girls waiting their turn in front
of the city's high schools for the OPP
portunity to enroll and be assigned
their seat. This year, Notwithstanding
the steady growth Of the city. there
will be plenty of room in the high
schools to accommodate all pupils
seeking admission. Although heretofore
seats had always been provided, the
congested condition made the seating
slow work.
With the present commodlous school
buildings at their disposal the princi-
pals are anticipating getting the en-
rollment and class assignments COM
pleted in record time, which means
that the schools will be operating
smoothly far in advance of previous
years.
Whether the enrolment this term
will be up to the percentage of in
crease for the past six years Is a
question, but Superintendent ]. H.
Francis looks forward to the year
D6luS up 10 IHe extraordinary increase
of the past few years, basing his be-
lief on the fact that Los Angeles high
schools are broadening out their
courses, giving students the opportun-
ity to choose between classical, poly
technic and agricultural courses, which
will bring many into the high school
enrolment who otherwise would have
closed their school career with the
completion Of the grammar grades.
AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL
The new agricultural school at Gar
dena is causing unusual interest and
the superintendent office daily re-
ceives numerous inquiries about the
school, From the present outlook this
institution will be one Of the most
popular of the new schools operating
with the view of making Its students
of some practical use to themselves.
The school is one Of the finest of it's
kind in the west, having ten acres Of
land for experimental purposes, which
will be planted in barley, wheat, corn
and other products by the students,
who will watch their crops develop un-
der different conditions.
Plans are being made for the erec-
ton of wood and iron working shops
in connection with the school, r. ]
Teele, who is the instructor in these
branches, is favoring this scheme.
Last years success Of the Macy street
trades school makes 1t certainty that
the school will have an enrolment up
to its capacity this year. Additional
mechanical equipment is being in
stalled, which will allow carpentering,
plumbing and the other trades to be
taught. AS operated, the students
day is equally divided between learn
ing trade and book studies The girls
spend half their time learning to sew,
do millinery work and other useful
arts, while the boys devote half of their
day to practical study Of mechanical
trades.
The schools capacity is sixty boys
and sixty girls during the day school.
In the evening elementary courses are
taught and these courses are largely
attended by foreigners. This branch
of the school will be enlarged this
year by the addition of studies for
commercial purposes, such as book
keeping, stenography, penmanship and
later, when a supply of typewriters
has been acquired, typeWriting.
Pupils who wish to transfer from
| one school to another this year must
have the Endorsement of the principal
| of the school from which they wish to
| transfer The transfer will be given II
the student has been regular in de-
pertinent and scholarship; otherwise IL
| will be refused.
Another new ruling is that high
| school pupils will not be transferred
through the superintendent office
this year. The handling of the enroll
ment also has been changed. Instead
of having old and new pupils report
on separate days, as has been the Gus
tom, they will now report on the same
| day. The increased seating capacity
has made this change possible.