Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22
H|NE DECLARES
PORTABLES SAFE
Board of Education Secre-
tary Says Most Schools Are
Ready for Opening Tomorrow

With the exception OF few remain
ing portable schools which cannot be
discarded at this time and which he
described as "a thorn in the flesh."
Harry o. Hine, secretary Of the Board
of Education, announced In radio
address from Station WMAL last night
that the public schools of Washington
are ready to receive the $4,000 chill
dren who will resume their studies to-
morrow.
Careful examinations of all portables
have been made, Mr.. Hine said, and
, some condemned. Those that are to
be used were described by him as 'ab-
solutely safe" The fact that 1876 classes
remain under half-time instruction for
lack of sufficient better accommodations
makes it impossible to do away with
the use of portables entirely, Mr.. Hme
declared.
The pupils this year will be under
the guidance Of 2,700 teachers. Plans
have been made by representatives OF
the teaching personnel and the super
intendent of schools. DR.. Ballou. to
make adequate provision for the army
of pupils who will assemble tomorrow in
| the ITS school buildings.
$4,000 in High Schools.
Mr.. Hine announced that $1,000 chill
dren will attend the elementary grades
while the Junior high schools and high
schools will enroll approximately 15,-
| 600. The normal institutions will pro-
vide instruction for 1000 and the trade
schools, according to Hine. are demon
! strating their worth by increasing en-
rollments.
"In the housing situation, however
| he said, encouragement is seen in the
progress Of building operations. -Four
new elementary schools are approach
ing completion, while 10 others have
additions or assembly halls under con-
struction. Three new junior high
schools are being built, the Alice Deal
at Reno, the Paul at Brightwood, and
the Eliot at Nineteenth and East Capt..
toll streets, which will bring the tota
number of this group to Is. A second
health school and sanatorium is ap-
propriated for. Plans are on the draw
ing boards of the municipal architec'
for a new Roosevelt High School tc
replace Business. The new school ir
the Upshur street site is to be build
ing of imposing dignity and beauty
Hours Are Extended.
Another Improvement this year vii
be the extension in the hours for senior
high schools from 2:30 O'Clock to
o'clock in keeping with the practice o.
other progressive cities, HlEe. declared
In addition to the facilities for thu
care and instruction Of normal pupils
the deaf, dumb and blind children will
be educated at District expense in in
stitutions in Maryland, it was said
while for the first time the crippled
children will be the subject of Specia
attention at two schools fitted up t.
bring them maximum of comfort
education, with medical supervision Il
aid in a restoration of health.
The Americanization School at tn,
Webster School at Tenth and G streets
offers a course to aliens, minors ant
adults, who seek to fit themselves TO
an intelligent citizenship, while tie tw'
normal schools whose course of profes
sional training was recently extended q
; three years, have, by act of Congress
advanced to the distinction Of teachers
: colleges.