Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-28

'lTyHE year 1914 will see another
marked increase in the public
= school enrolment of Harrisburg.
Another attempt will be made to get
the new high school building project
launched and new grade school en-
bracing all the latest features in school
construction-not to mention a social
center assembly room-will be erected
on Allison Hill. This is designed to
meet the rapid growth Of the eastern
section Of the city. ---g -----.----
The total school enrolment during
| the year just passed was 1888; aver
\ age number belonging, s,S71; average
| daily attendance, S,842; percentage at
tendance, 91. The total high school
I,enrollment was 1,211, of which num-
Der COS were boys and 606 were girls,
I The Central high school enrolment
was GIG and the Technical high school
295. The teachers training school
enrolled 81. oia WI
| During the year the Central high
school losses were LAG: the Technical
high school losses. 81. The extent Of
losses in the former institution is un-
usual, being no doubt due to the 'un-
satisfactory physical conditions exist
| ing there during the past year.
| This shows the vast educational
problem with which the School Board
has to deal and the large number of
pupils seeking instruction. In this
connection figures for the past decade,
illustrating the increase of attendance.
has required the constant building of
new schools, may be interesting. The
1 following statistics show this growth:
In 10000. i9,540; 1904-95. 9.529;
1906-O6, 9,701; 1906-07, s,s45; 19o7-os.
/ n "a - 4 n a. q n
i1O,6l1; 1911-12, 1851; 1912-13,
10,S1S. The loss in enrolment during
| 1911-12 was due to the change in the
| time of closing the school year, as
provided by the new school code. The
above statistics indicate a continuous
and healthy growth, though not an
unusual one.
High School Needs
The high school conditions are such
as to make the early construction of
a new building almost imperative. So
much has been said of this that 1t
| need but be mentioned. The Tech
nical high school, however, is a model
of its kind and it's size and importance
will be given a proper setting when
the new Capitol Park extension Is
completed.
Open-Air Schools
Another feature of Harrisburg pub
lie educational facilities Is that of
open-air study, there being two such
schools now in operation. A special
committee was appointed in the Fall
of 1911 to visit certain eastern cities
for the purpose of studying open-air
schools and gathering data bearing
upon the general problem OF caring
for tubercular children in the schools.
The first outcome of this committees
investigation and report was the es-
tablishment in September, 1912, of
an open-air school in the old Lochiel
building. In planning this school an
effort was made to incorporate the
best features of the various insti-
buttons visited by the committee, as a
result of which we are able to boast of
thoroughly equipped and up-to-date
school.
Accommodations We're at first pro-
vided for an enrolment of twenty-five,
but before the year closed it became
necessary to provide for larger num-
Der and to supply an assistant teacher
A total of thirty-niie pupils were en-
rolled during the year, thirty-four of
whom were enrolled when the school
closed in June. Even these enlarged
facilities. however, were insufficient to
meet the needs of the district, and an
other school has been opened.
Upon entering the schools pupils