The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-14
More Than 1000 Enroll in To-
peka This Morning.
Total Numbers for Year Will
Exceed 5000 Pupils.
HALF DAY At HIGH SCHOOL
Only Morning Sessions Until
After the State Fair.
$50 Teachers, ESQ, Count EN-,
on the 1915 Staff.

With prospects for larger enroll
grade schools of the city and those in
the seven upper classes of the high
school began enrolment this morning
at nine o'clock. Pupils entering the
high school from the grade schools
for the sub-freshman term enrolled at
the assembly hall of the south build
ing at IL o'clock this morning.
A number of changes in the course
Of study in both the high school and
grade schools have been made. jun
Tor ,-igh schools were started at Sum-
ner, in South Topeka and Quincy
schools in North Topeka. The junior
high school at Quincy consists of the
eighth grades from Quincy and
Grant. The seventh grade of Grant
school will be sent to Quincy. owing
to the cramped quarters of the Grant
school building. The junior high
school at Sumner will consist of the
ga grade from POtwin and the S-B
and ga grades from Harrison and
Sumner schools. A meeting of the
school principals of the city with the
superintende- was heid SATURDAY
afternoon when the principals re-
ceived their final instructions.
The cafeteria in the old high school
building will not be opened until next
week, but with this exception all the
rooms in the building, which was re-
modelled this summer, were ready for
use today.
Enrolment for the ungraded
schools opened today in the Harrison
and Grant school buildings. Should
the need of more of these schools be-
come evident others will be estab-
lished in other school buildings. Miss
Ellen Heartburg is in charge OF the
ut
and Miss Della Rankin in charge Of
the one at Grant.
$50 Teachers.
Two hundred and fifty teachers will
comprise the force in the city schools
The payroll for these teachers VIII
amount to, approximately. $21l.54f'
an increase of about $4,000 more than
ing classes for boys at the high school
this year under the supervision OF
w. p. Mclean.
Frank w. Harrison. formerly
member of the Davis and Elkins col
lege faculty will fill the vacancy on the
school staff left bv the resignation OF
Charles wilmington.
The plan of holding all day sessions
will not be effective at the high school
until next week. This week school Will
be dismissed at 1890 o'clock in the
afternoon.
Many to Washburn.
A number Of the boys who gradual
ed from high school last year will en-
roll in colleges this year. Washburn
and Kansas university seem to be the
favorite colleges for the Topeka stu
dents as fourteen last years grad
yates will enter Washburn and nine
will enter Kansas university. Those
who will enter Washburn tomorrow:
Geo. He'll. John Ripley, Adrian Parr,
Wesley Clark. Jack Waggoner, Duane
Van Horn, VeaZle Markham, Glen
Logan. Fred Beerbohm, Lloyd Rowell,
Thomas Crawford and Clifford GLAND
err. Ray Calihan and Forrest Rice ex-
pect to enroll in the Washburn law
school.
The enrolment last year in all the
city schools on the opening day was
approximately 1000. During the en-
tire year the enrolment was more
than 5000 students. An increase is
expected this year.