Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-20
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PUP|LSENRO[LED
District Public Schools Re-
open With Large First
Day Attendance.

Little Mary Louise went back to
school this morning!
And so did Billy and Jack. and Edith
and Margaret, and Sylvia and Gladys.
and all the other girls and boys of this
city, on one Of the prettiest days boys
and girls ever went back to school.
Whatever home this morning was
lucky enough to have a Mary Louise in
It need not be told that the public
schools were to reopen.
Indeed, even bachelors needed no one
this morning to tell them that some
thing unusual was happening among the
true younger set" Of Washington. From
all the houses, and from all the street
cars, down every street and up every
avenue, came the children. They were
dressed in clean, bright dresses. for 1t
was the first day of school!
And when Mary Louise. with her
bright hair over her shoulders. passed
by on her way to school, many man
and many a woman, too-must have
thought, IL they didn't say:
"Well. II teacher doesn't give you
to take up the matter with the board
Of education"
Large Enrolment Predicted.
Just how many boys and girls were
enrolled when Washington's public
schools opened today for another year
Of work will not be known definitely
until tomorrow. but 1t is believed the
number will go well above $4,000. Not
a few overcrowded schools are pre-
senting big problems to the scnooi
officials.
A resume Of the first day Of school
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dire wailing and weeping, and the
snashing OF teeth; it should tell Of irate
parents pulling bad little boys TO
school by the left ears; and OF uttie
girls making ugly faces ACE .tarn nenlnG noe sne
going to be according TO tradition.
The majority of Washington,s noys
and girls were fairly well sattsned 70
20 back to school today-twouid seem
that even vacations can become tire
some. OF course, this does not mean
that washington's youth crowded
about the doors of the buildings IN the
wee sma' hours, waiting Tor the doorss 3
to open, or that In a Few weeks OF
time studies will not be gettlhe just
little monotonous.
1t does mean, however, that school fs
not held in the dread 1t used 70 De
(tradition 10 consulted here). and the
acauaintances and cultivation of new
ones pleasant. Likewise. when school
is in session there are plenty of pupils
to be found with whom to play at va
cation time and activities of all sorts
are provided for those Of all ages
overcrowding in Sections.
Everything went well today. accord
ing to Supt. Ernest L. Thurston. al
though there were many instances OF
overcrowding. More will be known
about the overcrowding tomorrow. The
high schools and the grade buildings
in the suburban districts probably will
have the greater overflow, although a
number Of other instances developed In
various parts Of the city proper.
One young man was entered at the
Wilson Normal School. He is the sec
ond one to enter within three years.
his predecessor. C. C. Gutlford. having
graduated last year and having just
been appointed to a school. The new
normal school student is franklin
jackson. a graduate OF Central High
School
New Principal on Duty.
Western High School was opened to-
day under its new principal. DR.. e. s.
Newton. A corps of janitors worked
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