The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-04
SCHOOL FOR
COLORED TO
OPENMONDAY
Will Start Sessions as Soon as
President Signs District Ap-
preparation Bill.

In anticipation that President will
son will sign the District appropria-
ton bill in time. officials of the Dis
trict colored schools have made plans
to begin the summer sessions Monday.
il was announced. In the event that
the bill does not become a law by the
Presidents signature in that time il is
planned to hold the school openings
the day after the bill is signed.
In any case certain principals and
teachers will be at the schools on
Monday to register pupils and organ
ize classes.
The summer sessions will cover a
period OF thirty school days. Pupils
will report at $50 a. m. and be dis
missed at 1890 p. m. The apparatus
of Fairgrounds will be available for
the use of students until p. m. every
school day.
' Where Courses Are Given.
In the elementary schools coaching
classes from grade ga to Sa, inclusive,
and instruction in physical training
and certain arts and crafts will be
given in the following buildings: Ma
gruder School, Seventeenth and NJ
streets northwest, Miss A. s. Payne,
principal: Mott School, Fourth and
Trumbull streets northwest, Miss H.
s. Brown, principals; Lovejoy School.
Twelfth and B streets northeast, J. 1.
Miner, principal: Randall School, First
and I streets northwest, Miss NJ. z.
Wilson, principal.
Application for admission to classes
in these vacation schools is now being
made.
Special instruction in gardening -
offered throughout the months of
July and August at the o Street Voca-
tional School, o street between North
Capitol and First streets northwest:
NJ Street High School, New Jersey ave-
nue. and N streets northwest; Crum-
NELL School, Gallaudet avenue and
Fourteenth street northeast; Dean
wood School, Whittingham and Lane
places northeast; Smothers School,
Benning road and Forty-second street
northeast: Birney School, Anacostia,
D. c.; Reno School, Howard street and
Fessenden place northwest; Phillips
School, Twenty-eighth and n streets
northwest; T37 Eleventh street north
east
At Reno School on Mondays, Dean
wood on Tuesdays, Military road on
Wednesdays, Garfield on Thursdays,
and Birney on Fridays, Canning Cen
tiers will be operated under the d.
rection OF Mrs. P. w. Curtis.
Many Courses Offered.
In anticipation that the summer
schools will be open Monday, all is
in readiness at Dunbar High School
for the summer session of 1919. Prin-
cipal Mineola kirkland announces
that courses will be provided this
summer in algebra. commercial arith-
metic, bookkeeping. chemistry, Eng
lish, French, geometry, history, and
physics. Physical training, swim
ming, etc, will be provided. All
qualified students who wish to attend
this session of the Dunbar Summer
High School. but have not registered,
should apply for admission at once.
In addition TO the classes for high
school pupils. Dunbar Summer High
School will this year have a coaching
class for SB pupils who were not
promoted to the high school at the
end of the last school term. This
class will be taught by one of the
best Eighth grade teachers and will
provide coaching instruction in the
essentials of the SB grade. Pupils
OF this grade who desire such in
struction should secure the recon-
mendation OF their Eighth grade
teachers and present this, together
with their last scholarship report. at
the time of registration at Dunbar
Pupils already promoted from the
SB grade to the high school, who are
not as well prepared in one or two
subjects as their teachers and parents
desire, may enroll in this class in the
discretion OF the instructor.