Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-16
TY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SKATERS ALL RECORDS
cond Days Enrolment Show:
22,241 Pupils of Both Races
Registered.
CREASE MORE THAN 5000
.ncxation Added About 2,7OO,
Making Net Increase Of More
Than $500, rs Compared With
Total Enrolment Last Year.

breaking all records for tho second
; OF enrolment. the final count yes
day showed shat 22,24l pupils had
oiled in the Richmond public
iools' or this number. 1877 are
ito and 6,S64 are colored. On the
ne day last year. the total enroll
mt had reached 1900. showing an
rease this season of more than 5000.
ne incrcas. in enrolment is partly
'ounted for by the fact that the chill
n OF much OF the newly annexed ter
Dry VII! attend the Richmond schools
the hrst time this session. but IL is
mated that. III the extension Of the
re received into the city. This means.
n. net gain of more than 1900
1i!s for the city proper.
iany Of the schools are overcrowd-
James y. iiarwood, principal of
John Marshall High School said
'crday that. despite the fact that the
Tor high schools had taken his first
= pupils away, his building was
ID 10 overlooking. and that he cx-
ted nnnny more TO apply for enroll
NJ to-day.
NFORD JUNIOR HIGH
Is MUCH OIERCHOWDED
ne Binford Junior High School.
ich takes care of The children OF the
ST End who have completed the ele-
ntar% grades UP TO the Sixth y
de, is. perhaps. more crowded than
, OF tho schools. Assistant Superin-
dent Hill said Yesterday that immc-
te steps would be taken to relieve
congestion. There are l.l45 pupils
eady enrolled IN this school
he schools OF South Richmond will
much overcrowded until the Balm
lge Junior High School Is complct-
II i expected that II Will be ready
use h. the middle OF next month.
IL then the children Of the Fifth Z
dc and under. viii be divided into
groups. eac, group attending
DOL four hours daily. In other sec
OF the city. the increased mum be =
pupils Is Doing easily handled.
carly ZOO Applications have already
10 in Tor enrolment in the John
shall High school cadet corps.
ior Conquest said yesterday that he
Id not say when the first drill
I'D be held. but that ne hopes TO
tho hoys out within few days.
lis vii! be held three times a week
nc G!ays .irmory The cadets will
in squads until sufficiently in
'ct"d for companies 10 he formed.
EMINENT WILL. SUPPLY
RIFLES FOR SCHOOL CORPS
ne uniform 10 b.. worn by the ca
w.ll he after the pattern OF the
~ use at the Virginia Military
state, and Will pc worn during
pol hours Rifles OF the 1895 model
be furnished by the United States
eminent The contract for the uni
ms has no; yet been awarded
ne white schools showed the fol-
Ing enrollments at the close OF the
yesterday;
>hn Marshall HIGH. 1852: Nicholson.
Louisiana, 1911 Chimborazo, 1855;
han!el Bacon, 276 Spring field L.
Paramount, ss9; Bellevue Junior
\. Sol Jefferson, $50: Runner. 5sl:
l!son, 65;. Arcn;s. 35s; Eliza, so;
1monG City Normal. 500; Randolph,
John g. Cary. 723: William Fox.
SCOTS Addition. -, Highland
K. 5!H G!ntcr Park. 2ia: Barton
shts, az. Powhatan junior High.
Pownatan Elementary. 1898.
|! nkl.n, j39. oak Grove, 30: Binford
Tor High, !,!i5. Bellevue Special.
and Prevocat.onni, 81.
ne co'orcd schools showed enroll
Is as follows:
rnstrons High. 3s2. Webster Davis.
Il George Mason. S7s; Buchanan.
Navy Eill. ISL: Baker. i.o5s; Mon
ia Moore. SIS: Newton. i2S; SID
-ci; Dunbar. 80; Barton Hc!ehts.
and Providence Park. l43.