Putnam patriot., 1921-09-09
223 PUPILS ARE
 AT HIGH SCHOOL
Attendance Records Show In- crease of Eighteen Over
 Figures of Last Year
Report siI Children A Attending
 St. Mary's Psreshiel School

Latest figures of the enrolment 10 the high school this year show an in crease in attendance over last session. \ total of 223 have enrolles. it was reported yesterday, which is an in crease of lS pupils. and it is expected that the number will be larger by the end of the week or month Enroll ment at the parochial school Is sli.
 The attendance at the other schools 1f the town has also been compiled, although in the graded schools also, mere students are expected before the end of the week The figures have been given out as follows Israel Putnam school. $40. with 40 children in eaeh of the primary rooms. causing an overerowded condition; Smith street school. DO; Sawyer school. il4; Putnam Heigbts school. b; East Putnam school. 12; and Gary school. seven.
 The senior class of the high school numbers 43, which k seven larger than the number in auy preceding graduating class The juniors organ ized yesterday and elected the follow inF officers Chandler Morse. presi- dent; Thelma Bosworth. vice presi- dent; Elliott Dean, treasurer; and Lillian Wienberg. secretary.
 The schedule of studies this year proved more difficult to arrange than usual. as under new ruling home economics is compulsory for all freshman girls not taking the classi- cal course. Among activities "out- side the curriculum" the annual freshman 'ducking' proved to be a feature again this year This mild form of "haEing" seems to be about over with. although it is understood the second year men fYand 1t no mean task to subdue the more numerous underclasSmen.
 The speaker at the opening exereis- es on Tuesday was Eric Johnson, chairman of the school committee. Superintendent Macdonald explained the new ruling which required fresh man girls to take home economies.
 The names of the first year stu dents are:
 John W Boys. pomfneti Stanley Amidon. Abingdon; Alice M An drews. Wilmot C. Arey, Jeanette F. Authier. William r. Barber. Doris J. Barrett. pomfret; Pauline Beaud- .eault, Antonio A Brousseau Maria Burgault. Gerard Cartier, Gladys Ghaffce. Dorothy C. Chapman. Pom fret; Edith W Child. Patrick Cody romfret: Harry Cohen, Allen Col burn. Abingdon; Leonie II. Daigle. Seldon B. Danielson, Ruth H. De Coudres, Irene B. Dugas Elizabeth II. French. Eastford: Geraldine L. Frost, Alfred M. Gallant. Maude E. Green, Earle Nj Harvey. Morris M Haskell. Margaret F.. Jacobson, Abingdon. Til- lie Kaminsky. Sidney A. King, Charles Koss, Ashford Ulysses II. LaRose, Hector W. LeFort. Giselle Maynard. Margaret Mahoney Gertrude D. Mar ion. Madeleine Mccoy. Rudolph D. j. Metty, Charles F. Murphy. Gertrude C. Nelson. Pomfret; Frances K. Ob- litz, Jennie I. oblitz. Elizabeth G. Peterson, Pomfret. John F.. Pritch- ard. Pomfret: William M. Reardon. William P. Rice. Theodore J. Lunt. Barbara May Seifert, Pomfreti Dor is shead. Marguerite NJ. Sherlock, Pomfret; Rainsford sherman, Sarah B. Simon. Helen Smith, Ruth A. Smith, Abingdon; Florence NJ. Spel- lacy, Edna Taylor. Roy Thompson, Harold A. Wilcox. Marion Wilcox, Corinne NJ. Wilson and Sadie r. Zal- tas