Evening star., 1929-06-30
Senior High p. Summer Class
Enrolment of 2,200
Creates Difficulties.
WESTERN ABLE TO CARE
FOR ONLY 300 PUPILS
Several Hundred May Be Denied
Admission as Fund Lack Bars
Increasing Facilities.

Confronted with the problem of hous-
ing an estimated Summer senior high
school enrolment of 1900 students in
the Western High School Building which
has accommodations for only 1900,
while, at the same time, they lack erner-
gency funds with which to open q sec
ond senior high building, District school
oficials may be obliged to refuse ad-
mittance to the vacation schools to
several hundred boys and girls, 1t be-
came known last night
Only one definite partial solution to
the problem was seen by Walter B. Pat
terSon, supervising principal in charge
OF Summer schools yesterday. This,
he said, Is to use two or more rooms In
the Gordon Junior High School for the
overflow Of the Western Building nearby
The remainder Of the students over and
above the 1900 capacity of Western, Mr..
Patterson declared, may be taken care
OF by their voluntary withdrawal Of
their applications for vacation enroll
ment because of the distance to Western
from their homes.
Central Is Being Painted.
The announcement that the senior
1ASAL oSALOO1S VI t4lC SUMMER ScSSlOL1S
would be held at Western High School
this year instead Of at Central as on
previous years, was made just before
the close OF the regular 192S-29 sea-
son. It was not made known until
that time that the Central Building,
at Eleventh and Clifton streets, was
TO be painted throughout during the
current vacation. The stadium at the
new Mckinley High School, Second and
T streets northeast, Is under conestruc-
ton this Summer, and the Western
streets was decided upon as the only
available school building which even
approached the supply Of the vacation
school demands.
Business High School, at Ninth street
and Rhode Island avenue, although
centrally located, has a capacity of only
900 students.
In their contemplation of every plan
to meet the existing emergency In the
Summer school housing in the senior
high school department, Mr.. Patterson
said last night that he and his asso-
ciates are considering installing the
commercial course department in the
Gordon Junior High School at Thirty
fifth and r streets. II this is done,
however, more than two rooms will be
required as there are six teachers as
signed to this work. Whether the Cor
don Building, which is scheduled to be
operated as one of several junior high
schools this Summer, can turn over a
sufiicient number Of its rooms to the
senior high school use is not yet Ger
tain and probably cannot be determined
until all enrollments are totaled some
time this week.
Expects Many to Withdraw.
Since the estimated Summer session
enrolment Is based upon applications
entered when 1t was thought the classes
would be held in the Central Building,
Mr.. Patterson believes many students
will not persist in their determination
to attend Summer schools now that
they must travel to West Georgetown
for class. Such voluntary Withdrawals
Of applications for entrance, with the
use of two ROOMS in the Gordon Build
ing. he said, Poy be suf1lcient to permit
the schools % operate without par
ticular handicap.
If emergency funds were available
school authorities indicated, 1t would be
possible to open q second and more
centrally located school-such as Busi-
ness-and thereby assure that every boy
and girl who wants to continue studies
this vacation would be able to carry on
without overcrowding.
The Summer sessions are scheduled
to open July 5, to continue for six
weeks. The course is more intense than
the regular Winter session and only
students who, In the opinion of their
teachers, are capable Of undertaking
the high pressure work with reasonable
chance for completion, will be admit
ted. It is because of the same intense
nature Of the course that normal con-
ditionS for the classes are being sought
by the officials in charge.