Evening star., 1917-09-14
CITY SCHOOL ARMY
BEING MUSTERED|N
Grade Principals Busy Enroll
ing New Entrants at Sew
eraI Buildings.
BIG INCREASE EXPECTED

,,
army of school children began today
when the principals of the various grade
schools reported at their several build
ings to meet and classify the pupils who
apply for enrolment and who were not
in the local schools last year.
Children who were in the Washington
schools last year will not be required
to report until Monday morning at 9
o'clock, when what is expected to be the
heaviest years work in the history OF
the local educational system will begin.
Big Increase Expected.
1--WE are expecting a large increase
in the number of pupils this year. be-
cause of the many people brought to
Washington in connection with the war
activities of the nation said Supt.
Ernest L. Thurston. I'VE do not know
just where the pressure Will be great
est, however. and we are prepared to
make any quick shift needed to meet the
changed conditions The registration
of new pupils today and tomorrow VIII
give us some idea of what we may eX-
pect Monday
All of the teachers in the white grade
and high schools VIII meet in the audi
torium of the new Central High School
Monday afternoon at 2:l5 O'Clock
where Mr.. Thurston viii address them
on Public Schools and the War In
this he will discuss at length the effect
the entrance of the war may have on
the schools of the National Capital
and will touch on the use of some OF
President Wilson's state papers as text
books in the local schools.
George r. Hamilton, vice president
of the board of education and acting
head of that body in the absence of
Rev. John Van Schaick. is expected to
be present at the Monday meeting. and
will address the teachers. after being
introduced by Mr.. Thurston. similar
meeting for thes colored teachers will
be held later this month, but the date
has not been fixed.
High School Board at Work.
The board of admissions, which is
passing on applications from new pu-
pills for admission to the local high
schools. is continuing its sessions at
the Franklin School building today,
having been at work all day yester-
day 1t will conclude its work late
trants into the high schools must be
passed by a faculty member in charge
of admissions at the school.
All week there has been stream oi
callers at the Franklin School, making
inquiry how to enter their children ir
kindergarten. grade school of higf
school. Miss Angela NJ. Simonton and
Miss Esther Parker. chief aids to Mr.
Thurston. refuse to estimate how many
inquiries they have answered during the
last five days, but the stream of callers
has been constant and the two tele-
phones in Mr.. Thurston's office have
been ringing almost continuously.
One of the chief causes of misunder-
standing in the work of enrolling pn,,ils
new to Washington is the rule reQuir-
ing a vaccination certificate. Children
who have been vaccinated recently in
other cities. but have no certificate
may get one from a local physician
after being examined by him. If not
vaccinated, they may be vaccinated by
private physician or by public
school physician. who will charge them
only 10 cents. the price of vaccine point
The grade school pals will he
on duty from $50 to 10 o'clock in the
morning and to O'Clock in the after
noon today and tomorrow to enroll new
pupils. Grade pupils who We're in
school here last year will report Mon
day at their old class rooms instead of
at the one to WHICH they have been
promoted.