Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-08
WTLLIMANTIC

seakss school opens Monday. Septembe; i2fh. The crowding of the kindergaften departments at ail schools has made necessary to rule that children must b five years of age before they can at tend Kindergarten.
 St. Joseph's parish school on vailes street showed the greatest gain in pu- pills The registration at the opening of the school was SOY and the kindergar' ten of about fifty is not yet opened. The schooLt t>was built in 1908 and enrolled S6e pupils. In building 1t was meant to accommodate 475 pupils and Is now over-crowded, one grade having sixty one pupils to one teacher. Over sixty per cent. of the pupils are of Polish descent.
 St. Mary's school has an enroilment of S2S with about 25 to come later in the week The eighth grade class is 3S and the kindergarten 61. The pupils in the school are mostly of French descent.
 Principal James L. Harronn. of Nat chaug Grammar school, reports regis tration of 5o2 with about 50 to come. The eighth grade enrolment is 67 and the Kindergarten A. The registration IS larger than for 1921.
 Principal Elmer E. Ellsworth. ot windham Street school. reports a regis tratien of 413, about the same as last year. The new school house at "The Ridges has caused some pupils who came to Windham street to go to the school nearest home. The school is un- der the supervistoR of the ssate board of education.
 Registration at the Oaks school, an other of the towli's schools under the state supervision showed a decrease in registration. The enrollmnHt was lsl It will reach nearer 150 before the end of the week.
 teachers, has an enrolment of 69, about the same as for 1921.
 Windham Center school, with four teachers this year, instead of three as formerly, showed a decrease. Eighty four pupils attended but the figure will reach 100 before the first next week
 At North Windham school, Miss Florence Sibley teacher, reports an en- rollment of twenty-one. This school has been reduced from two, to one teacher school. Windhan, High school. according to figures announced by Principal E. A. Case, who is also superintendent of the public schools, has an enrolment of 475, or forty-fve mere than on the first day . of last year. Fifty per cent. of the students live in towns surrounding WiIli- mantle. The entering class of 1SS is the largest in the history of the school. A remarkable feature Is the large enroll other forat9n-b -bo7r parerts. ar7b't:ers for higher education The reristration by classes is as follows: Senior, S9 Junior, l ST. Sophomore, 129 Freshmen, 16S; un- i classified 22.
 According to Principal George H. Shafer, of Willimantic State Norma, 1 Training School, eightv-seven students registered, divided in classes as follows; i Entering or junior class 65; seniors, | 22. All of the students who have plan i ned to attend the school have not yet arrived and when the registration la complete it will figure about one hun l dred. During Wednesday the students
 were assigned to their quarters in the newly furnished dormitory.
 l At union meeting of the Home and Foreign Missionary societies held recent I ly at the Methodist Episcopal church, of l ficers of the Foreign society were elect ed as follows: President Mrs. Ada l Burlingame; vice presidents, Mrs. John 1 Pearce, Mrs. Henry Martin, Mrs Olive
 Walker corresponding secretary and | treasurer, Miss Stella Alpaugh; secre- tary, Mrs. Parkhurst; field marshal, Mrs | Henry Martin: superintendent of litere ture, Mrs. Wesley Morse; superintendent { of mite boxes, Mrs. Parkhurst; superin-
 tendent of Little Light Bearers, Mrs. E 1 B. Freeman.
 1 Republicans from this city attending the joint reunion and banquet of the | Connecticut Legislative clubs held al | Cosey Beach, East Haven, Wednesday
 were, Mayor Charles A. Gates, City
 Sheriff Elmer E. Young Judge of Probate 1 Otto B. Robinson,- Alderman Edgar w Jacobs, Raymond F. Gates, Representa-.
 tive Frank NJ Smith, William V. Pal
 mer Sr, Walter R. King and E. c
 Whidden. J. Fredeficb Baker of New
 Haven. secretary of the club is former