The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-03
A NIGHT SCHOOL.
One Will Be Established by the
Beard of Education.
Small Fee Will Be Charged to
Pupils.
PROVES A SUCCESS.
The Average Attendance Last
Year Was 1874.
Pupils Given Two Days Vacation
Next Menth.

The board Of education Monday night
decided to establish a night school Tor
foreigners similar to the school main
tanned last year which had total en-
rollment of 134, provided that there IS
at least an enrolment OF 40 persons
who are willing to pay one dollar
month as tuition.
: 1t was pointed out that the state OF
finances of the board is such that the
board must guard against expenditure
which is not absolutely imperative, AMI
as it was stated the majority OF those
who attended the night school last year
were above school age, 1t was conslo-
cred advisable under the circumstances
to make the charge This would put
the school on almost self supporting
basis. While the total enrolment last
year was 1874 the average attendance
was not more than third OF tnal
figure
ment of 40 and the school is established
the sessions will be held as last year IN
the Harrison building and that two
teachers will be employed
luton relative to notifying the con-
additions to the state street
and Monroe schoold buildings that
the must get busy and rush
their work to completion. The con
tracts called for the finishing of tho
additions by September r. but bot.
Moore and Vicklund and ]. B. Belts,
contractors for the State street ana
Monroe buildings respectively, nave
been simply jogging along at an easy
going pace not caring apparently
whether or not the contracts were CON-
pleted on schedule time
It went down to the State Street
school building today" said Judge
Carver. land I found things in horrible
n aDDaT
emily playing along-I don't believe the
pS7ilding will be finished for a month
N believe the contractors have been do
ting other work and thought we werc
easy"
Five typewriters have already been
purchased for the use of the - stud
ents who are studying typewriting ana
stenography at the high school and the
board of education has ordered an
additional three machines, two Of
which will be used by the students and
one will be utilized in the office. The
first Of the week the class in stenog-
raphy and typewriting moved into the
library room in the old high schooi
building, and the students will not find
It necessary to go far to get necessary
reference books.
The city schools will be closed No
venber 9 and 10 while the annual meet
ing Of the State Teachers association
local instructors an opportunity to at
tend the sessions. The pupils of the
schools will be delighted to have this
vacation and they should not knock
strenuously if they get but a vacation
~ ? single week at Christmas time.
Although the reports from the schools
of the city relative for the attendance
at the close of the first two weeks of
work were not at hand today those
hod he
part showed an increase over the
same time a year ago. The figures at
Grant school on the North side, SUI
members, show an increase of from 275
the figure year ago to 317. Some other
increases were: Lincoln from 243 to
4a5: Central Park from ASS to 472;
Potwin from 211 to 233; Quinton Heights
from II to So
Dean Charles H Johnston Of the