The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-07
HIGH SCHOOL
LARGEST EVER
376 Names Placed on Regis
ter This Morning-TOtal
Last Year 365
139 PUPILS ARE
IN FRESHMAN CLASS
All Schools in Incorporated District Be
gin Fall Sessions This Morning -
Ernest r. CayerIy, New Principal,
Takes Charge i'm High School.

AdhtS StiaESE AkfSki
\ total Of 376 names. the largest num-
Der ever enrolled on the opening day,
were placed on the register of the Brat
tleboro high school this morning, when
all the schools of the Incorporated dis
Itrict No. began the fall session. Ernest
r. Cavcrly, the new principal, was in
charge of the high school.
The high school registration this year
shows a total of IL more than on the
opening day in 1920 and 2S more than in
1919, the totals in those years being 365
and 34S. The senior class this year has
an enrolment of 52, or 16 less than the
class of 1920 The junior class is larger
than last year by IL, the number this
year being % as compared with 70 in
1920. With an enrolment of 90 the
sophomore class shows a drop of nine
from last years figures, but the fresh
man class shows a gain of 10. the number
in that group being 139 as compared with
120 in 1920
In making a hurried estimate Of the
division by courses Principal Caverly
said there were approximately $50 in the
commercial course. 125 in the general
course and 121 in the college course.
There are II in the teacher-training
class, which is a new feature this year
and taught BY Miss Ethel lWagg. 1t is
expected that the number will be in
| creased to ID or 16 within a few DAYS
Four of the number already enrolled are
graduates of a high school and the other
seven are taking the course as seniors.
Those taking the course for year are
4 under obligation to teach for a similar
length of time IN Vermont unless they are
] tuition pupils.
/ Another new course which is offered
| this year is biology, which was tried as
an experiment last year and in which
there is an enrolment Of 3S this year.
/ The Thursday night class in music viii
Be continued and it IS probable that a
course in appreciation in music viii be
offered later in the year under the di-
rcction of Earl \. Braman. who has
made Il study of the subject during the
summer.
j Under the course in advanced mechani-
cal drawing heretofore called construc-
. tion. Allan q. Ekstrom of AIedfOrd.
: Mass, the new instructor. viii give spec
/ ial attention this year to the needs of the
students who are preparing for technical
| colleges and those interested in civil en-
gineering mechanical engineering, cabi-
! net making and similar subjects.
! The time in the high school was devoted
/ this morning to registration and program
making and the regular schedule viii
start tomorrow, the classes reporting at
! s O'Clock. The senior. junior and sopho-
more classes reported at $50 o'clock this
! morning and the freshmen at IL O'clock
but all Will report at s tomorrow.
The first assembly viii be held tomor-
row morning and Philip Wheeler. pres
ident of the Student Activities society,
VIII speak on the work of the society for
the year. Mr.. Caverly also viii speak on
the school work
/ All the teachers with the exception of
/ Miss Ethel L. Osgood. head of the mod
ern language department. were on duty
/ today. Miss Helen Miller of Guiiford
week, Miss OSg0Od being away because
! of the death of her mother, Mrs. Z. Q. S.
| OSgood.
! Principal Caverly said today he had
/ had numerous applications from boys and
girls who want to work for their board or
who want part time work and some of
them will be unable to attend high school
unless they can obtain work.
! The new teachers in the high school
are: Miss NJ. Elizabeth Munroe of York,
Pa, English; Miss Helene Moore of New
ton, Mass, commercial subjects and Eng
liSh; Miss Helen +. Brown of Beverly.
Mass, French and Spanish Miss Antoi-
nctte Jette of Chicopec Mass, commercial
/ subjects: Allan @. Ekstrom of Medford
shop and mechanical drawing: Howard
G. Page of Kingston. =. H. American his
i tory and commercial subjects
While exact figures are not Obtainable
for all the grades it is known that prac-
tically all the rooms are we'll filled. A
total of % pupils are enrolled in the two
seventh grade rooms and there are "A in
/ the eighth grade room. Other figures will
/ be secured later in the week
] The West Brattleboro. Centerville and
! schools IN the outlying districts of the
/ town began yesterday, but the enrolment
in these has not been tabuIated
/ In the parochial school, which opened
yesterday. $50 pupils were registered, hut
others are expected within the next few
days, so that it is expected that the en-
rolment will be larger than last year.