Evening star., 1918-01-20
In the Schools

For q time during the past week the
public schools Of the District of Co
lumbia were confronted with the pos
sibility of being forced to close In ac-
cordance with the fuel saving order is
sued by DR.. Harry A. Garfield, federai
fuel administrator, Wednesday evening.
Ernest L. Thurston, superintendent OF
schools, after comforting with fuel ad-
n,.nistration officials received word
Thursday at noon that the order to
close all municipal and government IN
stitutions mot necessary to the conduct
of the war did not apply to the pupilc
schools of the District and that tne
schools would remain open NOT oiiy
during the five-day period, out uul ~, .
the MONDAYS asked as heauess Gays ps
the fuel administrator Schooi pIhel
pals and teachers had already mace al
rangement for carrying on the WORK os
the schools, anticipating exciuslom
the schools from the list OF estaoisn.
ments ordered closed. The class hl6nt
exercises of the graduating class at
Business High School fall ON Monaa3 ,
January rs, and any order closihs .,e
schools on Mondays would 1orce ehe
changing of the date. Other exercises
at other high schools in the District
would have been interfered with at the
same time il the order had affected the
schools.
Evidence of decided fall or IN s.he
enrolment Of pupils at Western Hlsn II
School for the current term is disclosed
in a statement of probable enrollnen1
of new pupils for the new terh' whIS ~ =
begins in February, issued 10 an tns
high schools last week. Ihese As ul
the list with a probable new enroiimeht !
of only IS, as against 81 for Eastern .
for Central, 221 for BUSINESS anu
for Mckinley. These figures "nlcn az
made up from the list Oh pfihcipais Eli M
the grade schools of pupils VINO WI
graduate, naming the high schooi 10
which they will go, are issued at .,ie
close of each term ana anticipa'e -.
probable new enrollments at the hisn
schools of Washington. The largest
number of students living in the terri
tory embraced by the limits OF west
ern's boundaries have swung TO zen,
trail. which accounts Tor tnae sehoo'
leading in enrollments. The high num-
ber Of applications at Business Is iop+ piop
ably due to the fact that a stralght
two-year business course Is onered
there, permitting the student to leaVe
school and go to work In two years IN
stead Of four. According to Allan DAVIS,
principal of Business, this is proved ny
the fact that only a small percentage of
pupils at Business in the two-year
course come back to school for the
four-year course. the average being
probably about one-fourth OF the tolai
enrolment in the two classes
A Red Cross play picturing scenes
from French. Belgian and Engi1sh NE
will be produced soon at Business Hlgh
School under the direction OF MISS iaa
C.. Campbell The receipts of the play
will be given to the Red Cross.
Leopold W. Freudberg addressed pu-
pills of the class in insurance at Busl-
ness High School last Wednesday.
The demand for clerks and stenog-
raphers in the government service has
proved entirely too much for the faciil-
ties at Business. Principal Davis re-
ports that the school is entirely unable
to handle the requests for clerks and
stenographers from the government de-
partments and business houses.
r. C. Daniels, principal of Mckinley
Manual Training School. has been i'll at
his home since last Tuesday. The ILL
ness is not serious, and Mr.. Daniels will
probably be back at the school tomor-
row.
Girls of the weaving class at McKin-
lev have begun to weave rugs for the
soldier cantonments and will send
away a shipment of rugs within the
next month.
Former students at Mckinley now in
the coast artillery branch of the United
States Army have requested the Red
Cross class at the school to knit for
them wooden helmets for use on wintry
days. One hundred helmets have been
started and will be sent away within
the next two weeks, as the members of
the artillery company expect to sail for
Europe soon.
A general assembly for the purpose of
giving out rs won in athletics by stu
dents at Mckinley during the current
wear was held at the school Friday
morning.