Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-09-11

Ushered in by a rain that gave many
a, reluctant child an excuse to stay
home the school year of 1911-12 COM
menced today. An army of a5'ooo
Young folks enrolled in the local pub
lie schools and several thousands more
in the parochial and private schools
academies and colleges returned to the
books and desks that have been closed
for the ten weeks since school closed
in June. The public schools are still
overcrowded in spite of additions and
new buildings, but rot so badly as last
year.
Isaac Lowenstein. clerk TO city
superintendent Addison B. Poland,
from his desk at the City Hall, direct
ed the new teachers to their new
charges. rave them their Instructions
and Strengthened out the hundred and
one ,~perplexities that no one but q
teacher can understand. A force of
clerks and stenographers worked over
time to get things running.
10000 In Parochlai schools.
Reduced to figures, there are $1,000
or whereabouts registered in the public
schools and 60, 900 in the schools ana
colleges of the Roman Catholic DO
c Sc of Newark, which embraces sew
eral of the surrounding suburbs.
The 5000 registered in the public
school system is an increase OF about
1000, or almost 4 per cent. over last
years registration. The average at
tendance. however, will be a tri1e I'M
der $4,000. owing to daily absence.
With the addition o. three new build
ings the system now comprises sixty
five school buildings, with two and
sometimes three schools chat is to say
evening or summer schools) in each
building. Even with the addition of
the new schools there will ave to be
half sessions in thirty-eight classes,
distributed among eight different
schools.
The number of teachers is being IN
creased all the time to taxi care of
the rapid growth of the system. Four
teen hundred began their work today.
This numbe. includes principals and
supervisors as well as teachers.
Glasses for Detectives.
Glasses have been formed for the
deaf. blind and defective children. This
was tried out for the first time last
yea, with two classes for the deaf
and five for detectives. There are
three classes this year for the deal at
,e Lafayette Street School, and there
win probabl. be five before the end of
the year. Three more classes have
been added for detectives. The blind
are taught at Washington Street.
There is "a class for tubereular chill
dren at Elizabeth and Chancellor ave
nues and one for anemiac children will
be opened in the Montgomery Street
School. Both of these are %open-air
classes.
The course of work in the Warren
Street Industrial School has been eX-
tended to embrace elementary cleo
trieity and printing. For the ineor-
rigibles two ungraded schools nave
been opened, one for the east side and
one for the west.
Last year there were lfty-six half
day classes, and this year will be COM
menced with thirty-four. The reduction
is possible through the addition of
twenty-five new classrooms at tho
Montgomery Street School, fifteen at
Ridge Street and fifteen more at the
Webster Street edition. Al the Fiji
teenth Avenue School, also, two new
classrooms have been provided in a
portable building. Al Sussex Avenue
two have been added in the courts.
How Halliday Glasses Are Divided.
The halliday classes will be divided
as follows: Abingdon Avenue, two:
Alexander Avenue, two; Camden
Street. eight; Fifteenth Avenue,
twelve; Miller Street, two; North
Seventh Street, two: Newton Street.
two, and Seventh Avenue, two. A new
building to be called the West Side
School will be ready for occupancy in
February and will relieve the conges-
tion at Camden Street and Fifteenth
Avenue.
The 10000 enrolled in the Catholic
schools of the diocese Is an increase Of
5000 over last year. Where conditions
made 1t advisable to open the parochial
schools last week this was done, but
the majority opened today, The Rev.
John A. Dillon is superintendent OF
parochial schools.