The sun., 1919-09-09
SCHOOLS REOPEN;
100000 REGISTER
Increase of $4,000 Over Last
Year, With More to Come
for Week.
PLENTY OF TEACHERS
Forty Thousand Pupils Must
Continue on Part Time
Till Next Spring.

The reopening yesterday OF the pub
Nc and high schools in the Ave boroughs
Of the city showed a registration Of
about 10000 pupils, or about $4,000
more boys and girls than attended the
schools last year.
The figures cannot be made exact
until several days have passed and the
fun number Of scholars who will attend
the schools this year have put In their
appearance. There In always certain
ntlnnber of pupils still In the country
when the city schools open, but Il Is
expected that by next Monday all the
dilntory pupils will be on hand.
Meantime the building OF new
schools. delayed through the scarcity
Of labor during the war, has not kept
pace with the steadily growing demand
for moro space. and practically all the
10000 scholars who were attending
on "a part time basis when the schools
closed last June will be obliged to con-
sintie under the old order during most
OF the present term. But II is expected
that by next autumn new schools and
additions to old ones, now either pro-
sected or under construction, will pro-
vide ample room for all. The city
school building programme now con-
femplated calls for the expenditure Of
t25, 1000 900, and II conditions warrant
II. will be Increased during next winter
aud spring.
No shortage In teachers is expected
during this term. There were many
who, when the pay of teachers was
inadequate and the field Of other work
extensive, expressed themselves last
June as unwilling to return to their
posts this autumn. but the return of
many from war work. together with the
quota Of new teachers appointed every
year. has more than offset the number
of designations UP to last June.
The failure OF large number OF
parents to heed the suggestion OF the
Board Of Education that they register
their children during days set aside
( last week for that purpose resulted in
considerable Inconvenience and con-
fusion in some Of the schools yesterday.
This was especially true in most of the
primary schools on tho East Side and
ID certain schools in Harlem.
The parochial as we'll as the public
schools showed considerable increase
IN registration yesterday. notably In
Hrooklyn, where the total registration
showed an approximate gain of 10 per
cent. over last year. Several new schools
ana additions were ready for occupancy
ana the seating capacity for the borough
just about took up the Increase.
Two new intermediate or Junior high
schools opened their doors in Brooklyn,
making a total of six. These schools
ofer the ninth grade courses and first
year OF high schools and also have spe-
cial courses for especially apt scholars
The high school enrolment for the Dor.
ouEh IL close to 10000
There was opened last night also the
first Of the evening high schools OF
BROOKLYN. where the curriculum will be
the equivalent of the day high schools
( IT will have a staff Of sixty teachers ant
I until new building ia provided for 4
VIII be conducted in Boys High School
1 1t - expected to offer a strong appeal L
veterans Of the war, who during theil
time OF service learned the value Of 9
sound education. A large enrolment Of
4 mature pupils. many of them former sol
s diers. was the order last night also a.
the trade and technical schools.
The Roman Catholic parochial school.
opened yesterday with the largest en-
roiiment of their history There ar,
4 seventy-two of them in Manhattan ant
+ thirty-one In The Bronx. and in Brook
/ lyn the parochial schools alone have al
I attendance of about $4,000. Three new
+ parochial schools, one in Manhattan ant
4 two in, Richmond borough, opened YES
-eeaday.
4 Pupils returning to school yesterda,
4 were called upon to turn In their vaca
lion savings banks. which were dis
4 tributed last June. Their summer saw
1 inGs will be invested In thrift and wa
4 sayings stamps. Some prognostician
have figured that the vacation saving
4 OF the children should amount to 800.
4 900. '''