New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-15
100000 HEED
SCHOOL BELL HERE
War Embargo on Teach.
ers Fails to Prolong
Children's Vacation.
10000 PUPILS
ENROLL FOR STUDY
art.Time List Due for 100000
Cut - Increases Include
Parochial Glasses.

Counting principals, teachers, pupils,
janitors and others connected with the
education industry, about 100000 of
New York's population answered the
school bell yesterday. Though the
Board of Education was struggling
with estimates until midnight, they were
only able to guess that the number of
children enrolled yesterday was some
where in the neighborhood of 100000.
Youngsters who looked TO the Eu-
ropean war to save them from their
books were disappointed. Less than
two hundred teachers were reported
still stranded abroad, and these will
be back within week or so. Also.
twelve new buildings and additions
have made room for an extra lO,358,
and about 10000 sittings have been
made vacant by graduations and pro-
motions. President Churchill of the
board thinks there will be 10000 less
pupils on part time this year than
there were last year.
To increase the small boys gloom
the Board Of Education announces
that it has S5,000.000 with which it
proposes TO erect new school buildings.
Also, as the result of Mayor MitchePs
trip to Gary, Ind, New York will give
that towns famous system Of indus
trial education tryout. This will
mean an eight-hour day-four hours
with books and four in the workshops
in schools 81 and 95 in Manhattan.
5 and 1853 in Brooklyn and IS in
Queens.
One new school and large addition
to another failed even TO cut down the
number of part time pupils in the
Washington Heights section. The new
school, at Audubon av. and 177th ST..
was not ready yesterday, so enrol
ments were taken at the other schools
and transfers will be made to the new
one Monday. This is numbered lis.
and will accommodate LOO pupils.
Charles S. Pelusson will be the prin-
cipal. An addition to No. l69, at Au
dubon Gv. and l69th ST., has made
room for 800 extra children.
The most direct effect Of the war
was felt at the De Witt Clinton High
School for boys at Tenth av. and 59th
st. 1t was the absence Of Jean Baptiste
Hacharie, teacher of French, and u
great favorite. He is ar officer in the
reserve army. The registration yester-
day at the De Witt Clinton was $500.
Three thousand pupils enrolled at
the Stuyvesant High School, III 18th ST.,
near First av. Al the High School Of
Commerce, in 6Sth ST., near Broadway,
800 pupils registered.
Dr.. Francis Fl. J. Paul, formerly
principal of Public School III, was in
stalled as principal of the De Witt
Clinton school, succeeding DR.. John l..
Tildsley, who assumes his duties as
head Of the High School of Commerce.
DR.. Hugo Newman took up his duties as
head of the New York Training School
for Teachers.
Enrolments were greatly on the in
crease in the parochial schools yester-
day. Seven new buildings, which cost
about 100000, were opened, bringing
the total of parochigl schools in Man
haitian and The Bronx up to ninety-slX::
There was an estimated increase OF
5000 pupils in Manhattan and 3,O0O IN
The Bronx. The new free Regis High
school, erected by the Jesuit Fathers at
q cost Of 100000, has first class
of 250.
The report of the Committee on
Finance made public yesterday SHOWS
that the total accumulated cost OF
school buildings and equipment at the
end Of last year was s11l,sl9,946' an
increase of nearly 4 per cent IN eX
nenditure over the preceding year
maintenance in 1913 cost Sl,l9l,26I an
increase of Los per cent;
Last years average daily attendance
the report says, was 6O6,92O, an IN
crease of 2.31 per cent over the pre-
yious wear. The least increase IN any
borough was that of Manhattan; wnlca
stood at 4.37 per cent. Inc hlgheSt
was in The Bronx, where II was 'l'1'
rer cent for the last seven years.