Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-18
Evening SCHOOLS
ENROLMENT HIGH
Opening Next Monday viii Show
Record Since War Began,
Says Nusbaum
SALARY INCREASE HELPS

Evening public schools will open in
Philadelphia next Monday night with
the largest enrolment since the begin
ming Of the war. This is the estimate
of Louis Nusbaum, superintendent in
- ~"nnino schools.
"Conditions seem favorable for an in =
crease this year." he said. "But we
do not expect any unusual growth in
the evening schools to vie with pre- war
days till immigration begins again in
eaIei roIue. Ine great per cent OF
our students are foreign born men and
women or girls and boys, who want to
learn the language, history and customs
Of America. During the war, Of course,
immigration ceased, and the foreign
born already in the country seem to feel
they are already Americanized.
"The Board of Education has in
creased the salaries of evening school
teachers and that is helping us wonder
fully. We have had more than 100 add
crease and believe we shall have
enough teachers to supply the demand
The evening school system is In a way
fixed institution and there are certain
courses offered each year. But the Boart
Of Education aims to offer instruction
along any line demanded. The only thinf
required is that the group making the
demand guarante good attendance. Their
the board will give any instruction a
any time at any place, free Of charge
War Caused Falling or
Enrolment in evening schools. fel
considerably during the war. There
were only II ,5SS registered at the clos,
of last year, as compared with "a, ,65i
enrolled at the close of the term ir
1916.
Evening high school will be conducted
in ten buildings. Evening trade schoo
for girls will be held at the Ramsey
School, Ounce and Pine streets, ant
there will be elementary school classes
in eight buildings.
Languages, mathematics, chemistry
mechanical drawing, bookkeeping, ste
biography, plumbing, carpentry, elec
trical wiring and construction, shee'
metal work, sewing, dressmaking. cook
ing, millinery and many other subject:
are included in the courses. There ar'
also two special classes in lip reading
for the deaf at the William Penn Higf
School and one class for both deaf ant
dumb at the Kearny School. The Kin
zie method of lip reading is taught ant
the teachers are selected by directors o
the Kinzie School of Speech Reading.
Special Course for Gardening
An evening teacher training cours'
for Fairgrounds and gardens is to b.
offered at the West Philadelphia Higl
School for Girls, Forty seventh an'
Walnut streets. William Stecher il
pripcipal in charge. The sessions vii
begin October Is and will be held from
II 80 to 9:3O o'clock Wednesday eve
nings.
Evening high school will be conducted
at the following schools:
Central (men and women, Broad an
Green streets; Annex No. l, southeas
corner Broad and Green streets; Anne
No. Q, Seventeenth and Wood streets
Annex No. 8, Seventeenth and Pin
streets; Annex No. 4, Howard beloN
Girard avenue; William F. Gray
principal. Frankford (men and WON
en), Oakland and Harrison streets, job
G. Kirk, principal. Northeast (me
and women. Eighth and Lehigh ave
nue., Irwin Robb, principal. SOut
Philadelphia (men and women), Broa
and Jackson streets, Frank &. Niewel
principal. West Philadelphia (me
and women), Forty seventh and Wal
nut streets, John Loman. principa
William Penn (women), Fifteenth an
Wallace streets, Jonathan T. Rore
principal.
Free instruction In power machir
sewing, dressmaking and millinery wi
be offered at the Ramsey Building
Quince and Pine streets.
Free instruction in common scho
branches, citizenship and in English f.
foreigners will be given in the followir
schools: Miller, Forty third and o.
den streets, Frank b. Kline, principa
Durham, Sixteenth and Lombal
streets, Clarence r. Whyte, principa
Southwark, Ninth and Miffiin street
J. Thornton Emrey, principal; Wasl
ington, Fifth street below Washingtt
avenue, Carl w. Aretz, principa
Martin, Richmond and Ontario street
Charles E. Simpson, principals Mead
Eighteenth and Oxford streets, Ann
E. Ring, principal; Columbus, Min
and Carpenter streets, Walter G. NJ
Mullin, principal; Kearny, Sixth al
Fairmount avenue, Henry G. Deininge
principal.
Sessions in high, trades and elemeI
tary schools will be held Monday, Tue!
day and Wednesday from z 30 tn q :.