The New York herald., 1921-09-24
some HIGH SCHOOLS
PUTTING 2 IN SEAT
Hylan's Building Arrange
ments Getting Further Be-
hind Requirements.
OVERCROWDING AWFUL
Double Session Scheme Has
Failed to Solve Problem i'm
City's Education.
SITUATION GROWS WORSE
Stuyvesant for Boys and Julia
Richman for Girls Have
COngcsted Annexcs.
SITUATION GROWS WORSE

Because the building OF schools has
not kept pace with the increase in
the number OF pupils registering, more
high schools have had 10 adopt the
double session programme. II was
learned yesterday. Instead OF Mayor
Hylan providing seat for every
pupil some now have TO sit two In a
seat. The double session Is bad
enough, principals declare. for that
means that each school seat Is used
during the morning session by one
pupil and during the afternoon session
by another pupil. This term. which lis
just ending its second week. has In
troduced the two In a seat method Of
economy.
The Stuyvesant High School for boys,
which is the only school with definite
scientific curriculum, has for the last
five years been gradually increasing Its
number Of double session pupils and
with the opening of this term 1t has had
to SO on complete double session sched-
ule. according to Ernest r. Van Nard-
rolf. the principal.
The normal seating capacity OF this
building is 2.43S and there are $500 reg
istered pupils. I'VE have now reached
the limit OF our capacity even on double
session." said Mr.. Van Nardroff, "and I'm
some Of the classes, which we strive TO
keep down to thirty-ive pupils. we have
forty pupils, which means that we have
to put two boys In some of the seats
and that makes doubling up ten boys In
order to accommodate the entire forty.
There Is a good deal of that sort of
thing in the schools. At tho beginning
OF the term some OF our classes had
nifty pupils, but those are now down to
normal"
1000 From Beyond the Harlem.
Two thousand Of the boys attending
the Stuyvesant High School live beyonu
the Harlem River. Those from so far
uptown and who are in the afternoon
session are late getting home. There
are 220 teachers on the staff. No teach
er Is required to teach more than one
session. The economy lies in the double
use of the school building and the
equipment, but it means harder work
for the principal, whose hours are prac-
ticaily doubled. as is the number OF
pupils in his charge.
The Julia Richman High School for
girls in Thirteenth street. near Sixth
avenue, has been compelled by lack OF
space to organize double session classes
in the main building. This is the first
year for double time there, as hereto
fore the overflow was accommodated In
a new annex. But there are no more
annexes available just aow, DR.. Michael
NJ al n q
charge of six annexes, .hree on the
upper East Side, as we'll as Of the main
school, The registration in the school
this term is $500. which is 963 more
than last June. Five hundred girls are
on double session. The first session
starts at 7:55 A. NJ and ends at II .34
p. NJ. The second session starts at
IL: :33 r. NJ. and ends at :4S 2. NJ.
Central Park Blocks Shifts.
Because our annexos are so widely
separated. half of them being on the
east side of Central Park and the other
half on the west side. we cannot trans
fer pupils from one side of the city to
the other" DR.. Lucey said. II we
could our classes could be more evenly
balanced. Sometimes we have large
classes on the East Side and smaller
ones on the West Side, but we cannot
shift the girls"
Washington Irving High School.
which has been on double session ever
since the new building was built. has
complete registration. The actual fig
ure is 5,S26 and the attendance is 5,314.
The average to classroom Is 81. and
there are Sc classrooms. The seating
capacity is 2,sf4. The Ia and the "a
commercial classes arc filled COM
pletely. Applicants are being sent to
other schools. The Ia commercials are
being sent to the Heeren school. at
Hubert and Hol!ister streets. the associ-
ate principal said. The two sessions
overlap and the girls who travel from
distance have to rise at s o'clock in
order to be on time. while those who
are in the afternoon session do not
reach home until after dark during the
winter. Both sessions have five min
utes for luncheon. The recitation peri
ods start at s 10 A. NJ. and end at 4 IA
p. M.
The double session is managed with
the greatest possible case because OF
the programme workcd out by the or
ganization committee.