The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-06-12
Spirit of Harmony, Cooper
atom and Industry Has
Been Marked.
1850 is ENROLMENT
Requires a Force of 113 In
structors-Man at Night
f5chool.

feel the schools were never In
better condition; that they were never
in better working order than during
the last month"; said superintendent
T. A Mott, of the Richmond public
schools, in reviewing the work of the
last year
The spirit of harmony, cooperation
and industry has been more marked
during the last year than usual. The
courses in the grades and in the high
school have been carried out more
successfully than during any of the
seventeen years | have been at the
head of the schools"
Improvements Made.
When school books are carried home
Friday afternoon the most successful
year of the city schools will be his
tory. 1t has been marked by a large
increase in enrolment, improvements
in the Sevastopol building, the pur
chase of land for a new building in
West Richmond and a free night
school
The total enrolment reached 1850,
which is the first time that it has
ever passed the 1000 mark. This is
an increase of more than 200 over the
figures Of last year of 1889.
Six hundred and seventy-two stu
dents attended the high school, com
pared with $50 last year. Ninety-one
complete the high school course Fri
day. About seventy-one will graduate
from the eighth grade.
Although the number of pupils in
creased more than 200, only two teach
ers were added to the teaching corps,
making 113 instructors.
At SevastopoI School.
A two-room addition was added to
the Sevastopol school last fall. and
new heating plant for the entire build
ing installed.
This plant follows the most i'm
proved plans known to heating engin-
GERS. A fan driven by an electric
motor insures good ventilation at all
times. The heat is controlled by John
ston automatic thermostats Altogether
$500 was spent on improvements.
New $4,000 Building.
The school board purchased the
block bounded by South West First,
South West Second, d and E streets.
This property is intended for build
ing site and a public playground. The
new $4,000 building is already in the
process of construction.
For the first time a free night school
was conducted under the state law,
which authorizes the school board to
pay the expenses of such schools. Dur
ing the winter of 1911 and 1912 night
instruction was given, small tuition
being charged to cover the running
expenses.
500 at Night School.
Five hundred persons over 20 years
of age enrolled during the first week
of the night school. The average at
tendance during the forty nights of
instruction was 2S9 More than $50
students completed the course. Glasses
We're offered in wood turning, mechan-
ical drawing. freehand drawing. book
keeping. stenography. dressmaking,
cooking, millinery, arithmetic, algebra,
geometry, grammar, rhetoric. litera
ture. chemistry, music, writing and
spelling.
Foreigners Taught.
A class in beginning English for
foreigners was organized in which sew
enteen persons receivId their first
knowledge of the language.
Looking back over the work of the
high school since he became principal,
at the beginning of the present term,
Mr.. Thompson, said that the program
outlined in the fall had been carried
through without a hitch, so far as the
class room work was concerned.
Upon assuming control, Mr.. Thomp-
son found the school treasury without