New Britain herald., 1919-09-08
SCHOOLS REOPEN; EVERY BUILDING
 TAXED 10 LIMIT
NeCoSSitateS Addition Of 63 New Instructors, 19 Of Whom Are
 at the High School OUT OF TOWN SCHOLARS ARE SEEKING TRANSFERS

Want to Attend Schools in Their Own
 Ncighborhood - Principals Meet
 With Superintendent Holmes This
 Afternoon to Discuss Plans For Sea-
 sons Nork-IIigh School Tcachrrs
 Meet Wednesday.
 New Britain's public schools opened today and the city's boys and girls with "new bib and tucker" appeared at their desks after the summer vaca- ton. sammy, who had gone barefoot all summer said his new shoes hurt his feet, but the girl across the aisle was quite satisfied with the now wrist watch that her daddy had given her for being good all summer,
 Every Room Crowded.
 While exact figures as to the num- Der. of. pupils enrolled at tho schools could not be gwen this morning, Su- perint endcnt Holmes said that the for mer were crowded. He said that l5O pupils. many from out of town, had come to his office this morning asking to be transferred to schools in he neighborh hood where they now were living. He said that 63 new teachers, 20 per cont. of entire staff, were en- gagged. This raises the question as 10 whether tn" living conditions here are too high or not.
 List Of New II. S. Teachers.
 There are 19 new teachers at the High SC hooi as follows; pcpar'rnrnt of commerce, Misses Ellen BergforS, Berfha Jones, Jessie (. Pratt, Vera Wilcox and Bertha Waddeu; acaiem- iC English department, Director .Ar- thur <. Hancock, Miss Florence Free land Geturned after d years abSuucC), Miss MargerN Segur; vocational Eng fish department, Misses EdithgAd dams, Helen BeVeridsc, Flo Clapp and Elm ma N Dawson; department of history, Miss Mabel II. Talcott; department of mathematics, Alice F"rnald depart mcnt or modern languages, Mrs, Ser tha K. Tallon: department of 5"ionce; Gertrude r. Hooper; trade school, Roy Y. Adams, Arthur Groth, Emma P. Lamb, James Robinson, Kenneth II. Walthcr. There is a vacancy in the dcpartmcn cnt of academic English and this is Icing filled for the present by Miss Justine Brown, formerly a teach CT at the High school, bat who cN- poets to do graduate work at Yale college when the school opens there. The other vacancy is in the depart~ ment of military science and tactics. This department which is a unit of the junior E. 0. T. C., has been in charge of Lieut.. Ellis Bardslcy. The latter is now on a furlough awaiting his dis charge.
 several Meetings Arranged.
 The principals of the public schools will meet at Supcrint endCnt of Schools Holmes office this afternoon at to report on the enrolment. At ? o'clock there was a meeting of the attendance officers there. On "Wednesday at . p. m, there will be a general meeting of the teachers of the city at the High school Following a social half hour Superintendent of Schools Holmes will outline the work for the coming year.
 Mrs. Lola Griffin is substituting at the Grammar school for Miss Maude Prescott, who was injured Tn an acci- dent, while Mrs IneZ II. BabcoCk is filling a vacancy at the Smalley school.
 High Schoot Figures.
 Approximate figures of the number enrolled at the various schools wore obtained this afternoon. Tho Aca- demic High school reports o21, the the cOnmsrclal and practical arts High school. GOO, and the trade school no.