The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-09-08
SCHOOLS open WITH
LARGE ATTENDANCE.
Every Class Room Of Bemidji's Edu-
cational institutions Filled by mi
tial Enrolment This Morning.
MANY ENTER HIGH SCHOOL

I0tal NumDer OF fuplS hedc1es
1,O43 With Many Yet to Enter
$50 at Central Building.
With the records showing an en-
rollment of 1,043 pupils, every as
sembly room of Bemidji's public
school system was we'll filled when
the tardy gong sounded for the first
time. at the opening Of the 1914-15
school year this morning.
The first day enrolment was sur
prising and encouraging to the teach
ers, and to w. p. Dyer, superintend-
ent..z The superintendent had urged
the early entering of school and it
was with genuine pleasure that he
observed only fourteen vacant seats
in the large high school study hall
this morning. In the senior high
school, which comprises the fresh
man, sophomore, junior and senior
classes, the total enrolment was 148,
which number will be increased at
least twenty-five during the next
week. This will necessitate that
special arrangements be made.
rs Eleven Take Normal Course.
Although only eight students are
necessary for the carrying on Of a
normal department, in connection
with the Bemidji high school, eleven
students signified their intention of
entering the course. Several Of these
will be members of the class which
will graduate next spring. This
gives 159 pupils to the senior high
school,
The Junior High School.
One hundred and eighty-fve stu
dents are enrolled in the Junior high
school course, which comprises the
seventh and eighth grades. This is
much larger number than a year
ago and the total will easily reach
the 200 mark within the next few
weeks. Special room has been pro-
vided for this department.
Central School Crowded.
AS had been expected, conditions
at the Central school building are
already crowded, 536 pupils having
resumed their grade work. In sew
eral of the rooms the seating capacity
is filled to overlooking, while others,
where more students are certain to
enter, have the required number
26 in kindergarten.
While but twenty-six pupils enter
ed the kindergarten this morning, it
is expected that at least that many
more will soon enroll.
In the first grade there are 40 pu-
pills in one room, and 46 in another;
in the second grade, so in one room
and Al in the other; in the third
grade, 40 and 48; in the fourth
grade, 43 and A; in the fifth grade,
SO and As, and in the sixth grade A
and Al. These grades are all in the
Central building.
Many at North School.
A large enrolment was also had
at the North Side school, where 113
students began classes. The first
grade here has q, the second and
third grades, "a; the third and
fourth, "a, and the fifth and sixth
"a.
Figures at the East Side school
were. not obtainable this afternoon
but the number will be about fifty
At this school Miss Della Skagerbere
of Cloquet, will teach the fourth
fifth and sixth grades. This was the
only position not filed when the list
of faculty members was published in
the pioneer several weeks ago. Miss
Ella, Parker of Bemidji, is substitu.
ting for Miss Sadie Hill, who is de.
tanned at her home by the illness Of
her mother.
Dyer Much Pleased.
while the large attendance Of the
first day is very gratifying to me-
said Superintendent Dyer this after.
noon, "the high school enrolment il
especially pleasing. It shows the
growing sentiment in favor of the
thigh school, and that the value Of
Ia high school education is becoming
more pronounced. It also shows
the city to be growing and
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