Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-25
CITY SCHOOLS TO OPEN
WITH THE PROMISE OF
INCREASED EFFICIENCY
100000 Boys and Girls Will
Take Their Places in 5000
Classrooms on the Morn
ing of September 8
PLAN HEALTH CAMPAIGN

Atp o'clock on the morning OF septem-
Der electric gongs will ring In go school,
houses and n minute later an army OF
/ 200 900 boys and girls will be seated IN
Philadelphia's 5000 olassrooms
Five thousand men and women instruc-
| tors will be prepared 20 begin year
that promises TO be the most auspicious
! In the city's educational history. Revised
courses In English and physiology VIII
take their place In the curriculum
A Campaign OF health" intended to
raise the physical standard of the school
children will be begun. Twenty-Five penny
lunchrooms will be conducted by the
Board OF Education so that thousands OF
children, hitherto underfed, will obtain
a wholesome meal at noon at negligible
price.
New vocational classes will be organ
ized. Preparations will be made for the
establishment OF continuation schools, In
accordance with the requirements OF the
child labor law passed at the last session
of the Legislature The act becomes
effective in January, at which time pro-
vision must be made for at least 1900
wording children. The o n I 1 ua { n
schools will make 1t possible for boys
and girls to attend school for a certain
number of hours and labor in the stores
and factories for the remainder OF the
day
With all of these new features in OPP
Grafton. the school system will be without
a regularly appointed superintendent The
death of Dr. William G.. Jacobs left the
office vacant and the Board of Education
has not yet taken any step toward
choosing his successor. Nor is II likely
that n new superintendent will be ap-
pointed within the month of September.
Various names have been suggested in
connection with the vacancy. They in
rIN do th.., e TnW T.t,. u tv,sr
superintendent of schools; Drs. George
Wheeler and oliver p. Cornman, associate
superintendents; Mrs. Lucy Langdon
Williams Wilson, head of the department
of biology of the Philadelphia Normal
School; Miss Katherine f. Punchepn,
principal of the Girls High School; DR..
Franklin Dyer. superintendent of schools
of Boston, and DR.. William D. Lewis,
principal of the William Penn High
School for Girls
Two new associate superintendents will
begin their duties when the new term
opens. They are John c. Frazee, for
merly chief of the Bureau of Vocational
Guidance, and DR.. Louis Nusbaum, who
was promoted from the rank of assistant
district superintendent.
Each vacation season yields a group of
victims to Cupid and graduates of the
Normal School. who have been unable
thus far to procure positions as teachers,
will take the places of girls married dur
ing the summer.
number of teachers will also be placed
on the pension list during the new school
year. Drownings at seashore resorts and
other accidents are also expected to de-
crease the student lists of many of the
schools. Children who are to begin their
school life or have been attending classes
in other cities must be enrolled on Sep
tember Z. Small children must appear
before the principals with their parents