The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-12
HUGE REGISTRATION
Jams 600 SCHOOLS
Only 1877 More Seats
Than Last Year Are Pro-
vided for Increase.
ROOMS OVERCROWDED
Authorities Hope to Relieve
Congestion by 1925 With
New Program.
DOUBLE SESSIONS IN ONE
I
Erasmus Hall High Can Prom
Use No Accommodations
for Years to Come.
DOUBLE SESSIONS IN ONE

When the 600 public schools of the
city opened yesterday there were
1877 new seats available for the in
creased registration.
The Board Of Education had planned
to have 14,7S5 additional spaces, but
delays in construction. equipment and
other hindrances reduced the figure.
More new schools, including addi-
tons and portable buildings, were
opened this year than in September,
1921. according to Edward D. Shallow,
Associate City superintendent. The
buildings are smaller than. those fin
ished In time for the 1921 autumn
opening. when 1879 new seats were
provided Some of the temporary
structures opened yesterday are port
able houses on lots on the outskirts
of Flushing and Edgemere.
New Buildings Opened.
The new schools. including additions
and annexes, opened for this term are
Manhattan, addition at 1O9th street east
of Third avenue. seating $50 pupils
Bronx, an addition at Andrews and
Burnside avenues, 604 pupils; annex at
136th street and Brown place, 1901 pu-
pills: new building at Stebbins ave-
nue.. Dawson street and Rogers place,
1919 pupils; temporary building at
1S9th street and Webster avenue, $50
pupils. and another temporary building
at Strang avenue. Edenwalk, also $50
pupils: Brooklyn. new building at East
Ninety second street and Avenue H, Ca
narsie. 765 pupils; Technical High
School. Flatbush avenue and Concord
street, 1900 pupils temporary building
at Coney Island and Elm avenue, $50
pupils; temporary building at Delamere
place and Kings Highway, $50 pupils
Queens addition to the Bryant High
School. Long Island City. AT pupils
temporary building az Krosena road,
Flushing. 90 pupils: Richmond. new
building at Castleton Corners. $40 pu-
pills. and the Curtis High School addl-
ton. New Brighton (this school has been
put on an eight hour SESSION.. GIG
pupils.
The registration, which will be an
nounced Friday. will not exceed $50, 600,
DR.. Shallow said.
This is half year" he said land
the entire years registration usually av-
erages from 10000 to $4,000. The num-
Der of new registrations is about one
fifth Of the total annual increase in the
ri ~ "a tuhf 10 a
Our figures are not available. but the
registration VIII not run up to a million,
as has been predicted. 1t will be the
largest figure we have ever had because
the population has steadily increased
DIR. John A. Ferguson, chairman of
the committee on building and sites. has
prepared a program which will provide
for enough schools and recreation CEN
ters for every child in 1925. 1t repre-
sents an additional expenditure of S64,-
100000. Forty-five new buildings will
give an added seating capacity of 10000.
Grammar Schools Crowded.
Erasmus Hall High School. with an
unexpected registration of about 5000
and about $500 seats. has arranged for
two full sessions day, beginning at
Z so A. M. and ending at 5 :05 p. NJ.
Dr. Herbert Low. principal. said:
This is the first time that we have
been forced to have a complete double
Psession to meet the emergency. The
pupils will attend in shifts and the
teaching staff will work in shifts. We
have new buildings planned and money
appropriated. but, OF course. no sub
stantial relief can be expected for sew
eral years.
Grammar schools in the Flatbush dis
trict were overcrowded, as was the case
In many of the Manhattan and Bronx
schools. On the lower East Side the in
creased registration was not SO noticea-
BILE. In some schools all pupils had
seats.
The most noticeable decrease in reg
istration so far reported was at Public
School IS. at 121 East Fifty-first street.
Or. Henry II. Goldberg. principal. said
there were accommodations for 1900
pupils and that about 1000 enrolled. He
explained this by the fact that the build
ing Is Anticipated and that some of the
wealthy residents in this district send
their children to other schools, There
Is no provision at present for recreation
for pupils except in the street. This
school Is on full time. as Is also the
school at Fifty-flrst street and First