The sun., 1916-09-01
SCHOOLS TO OPEN
ON SEPTEMBER 26
Recommendation Made by
Health Board as Paralysis
Epidemic Wanes.
ONLY SIXTY NEW CASES
Movies Will Be Open to Chill
drcn Over IL Years Be.
ginning Monday.
ONLY SIXTY NEW CASES

September 20 was decided on yester.
day as the date for the opening OF the
public schools OF the city, unless the in
fan,ilc paralysis epidemic should not sub
side as rapidly as is expected. The an
nouncement was made by Commissioned
Emerson in a letter TO William G.. WILL
con. president OF the Board Of Educa-
ton, after a meeting Of tho advisory
committee OF the Board Of Health. DR..
Emcrson's letter was as follows:
This department is definitely Of the
opinion that the public schools should not
open for pupils under 10 years Of age
before September rs.
while II Is now our opinion that Il
will he safe to open the public schools on
that date. 1t Is possible that a further
postponement may be deemed advisable
II the epidemic should subside less rap
idly than we now expect. A definite deci-
sion regarding this may be expected not
later than September H."
President Wilcox said he had been in
formed by the Board OF Health that In
It's opinion 1t would he safe to have the
pupils register during the week preced.
ing the Monday on which the schools
open.
RegtstratioA Days.
The registration days for the elemen-
tary and high schools are September 20.
~ and 90. Examinations for high
school students wishing to make up work
in which they have failed will also he
held during the week before the opening
OF school. There Is no change i'm tho
date OF opening the evening elementary
schools. October .. or the Training School
for Teachers. September II. The date Of
registration for the evening high and
trade schools will be September Is, tho
schools opening on September rs. The
Day Trade and Vocational schools will
be open for registration on September 20.
81 and %. and classes will begin on Sep.
tember Is.
Principals and clerks must report FOR
duty on September D. All other teachers.
regardless OF assignment. will be ex-
pected TO report to their schools on the
Friday preceding the opening OF the
schools.
The belief Of the Health Department
that the epidemic is waning rapidly was
supported yesterday by "a decrease in
eases In every borough. There were
sixty cases Of i~nfantilc paralysis re-
ported Ia the entire city and twenty-oSe
deaths. The cases were distributed As
follows: Manhattan, &c The Bronx. 3:
Brooklyn. Is Queens. q. and Richmond.
none. In the entire city there were 20
cases less than on the previous day.
May Go TO Movies.
A decrease OF one death was also re.
corded. Slight increases In he number
OF deaths in Manhattan. The Bronx and
Brooklyn were offset by u drop Of from
seven cases in Queens on Wednesday,. to
one yesterday. Richmond has had no
deaths and only one case reported in the
last two days.
beginning Monday, children over I?
years old will he permitted to attend
moving picture shows n theatres. All
restrictions against children attending
moving picture performances will be re-
moved on the day the schools open.
The fund to buy braces for children
crippled by paralysis has now reached
320.3.l.
The number of cases dismissed from
hospitals as cured grows larger each
day. Fifty were discharged yesterday
from Institutions in the Ave boroughs'
and II greater number will probably
leave daily hereafter.
Cornell Delays Opeaiag.
The number of asses in New York
State outside of the atty passed the 1000
mark yesterday. FIf,y-three new cases
and II deaths Were reported. As "A re-
suit Of the number OF cases Cornell Uni
rersIty has "e!ay.d opening the fall term
for 40 weeks. M.'il October 2. and Wells
fo0I.. At Auburn. has put over the
r..eniug until October ~.
Deaths were reported yesterday rs
follows Wappingers Falls. 2 Theresa.
. Troy. Buffalo. Jacksonville. Stats
burg. Beacon, Yonkers and Liberty, l
each. The cases were as follows: Wap-
pinyers Falls and Aqusbogue, 8 each
K!verhead. Freeport and Yonkers. .
each Rochester, Wright. Liberty. Gar
den City. cedarhurst and Oyster Bay. Q
each stockholm. Southold. Bay Shore,
Great Neck, Fabius, Staatsburg. Oswe-
eatchle. Beacon. Buffalo. Poughkeepsie,
Fallsburg. Salisbury Mills. Q%ueensbury,
Grtenburg. Arlington and Theresa, !
each.
only IS new cases were reported yes
terday in New JERSEY. bringing the total
In that STATE to 2.673. The cases wer,
distributed as follows: Newark. s
West Orange and Jersey City. 3 each
Edeewater. South Orange. town D!
Union Oiunterdon county,. Salem. Fan.
wood township tCnlon county,. Spring
field ,tnion county,. . each. and Allan.
u lily, Ii~ackensack, Evesham township
Wildwood, Wildwood Crest. Gutenberg
Harrison, Tewkesbury township. Dunel
len, Ashury Park, Lakewood. Ions
Branch, Paterson and Nentnor, / each.