Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-07

LII. 4. ". AlUlUdil, LCblIcu SuHCL NloAll6 R1
School System, under the direction of F
master survey is being rushed to complt
The survey lists actual recorded fac
A tabulation of students and instructors
close of the 1929-30 school year, shows
receiving instruction from 1888 teacher:
from virtually every school or college M
installation of new courses the compile
ton of enlarged, improved or new quar-
tiers and facilities, warrant the predic-
ton that the business of education in
Washington and its environs will be OPP
Grated on the greatest scale in its his
tory here during the coming season.
Expect 10000 in Public Schools.
The public schools of the District of
Columbia and the neighboring sections
of Maryland and Virginia will enroll the
largest crop of students in any one field.
With 74,843 public school pupils actually
enrolled in Washington schools last year
officials confidently expect the total en-
rollment this year to reach $4,000. The
total number of Washington public
school teachers will not change mate
rally this season, remaining at approx
nlately 1900 men and women.
Maryland and Virginia public schools
in the larger towns Immediately ada
cent to the Capital will enroll in excess
of $4,000 pupils in the face Of the 25.750
shown in the Board of Trade survey for
last year. The survey figures list 756
instructors as the present complement
in the county schools
The third largest student crop in the
school field here is the college and uni
versity student population, which Is
confidently expected to pass the 81 900
mark during the coming months. These
students will be taught by approx
mately ISL instructors.
Parochial schools in the District will
accommodate over 5000 boys and girls
of elementary and secondary rating as
compared with the 8,770 listed in the
Board of Trade survey for last season.
These schools are directed by 266 teach
ers most of whom are members OF vari-
Gus religious orders and congregations.
Commercial schools in the District are
anticipating an aggregate enrolment OF
between $500 and 5000 students. Last
year, they reported $685. students under
at instructors.
Private Schools Look for $500.
Private schools, including the various
boys and girls preparatory institutions,
will provide education to nearly 5,oU0
youths, while the Districts specialized
schools, embracing institutions teaching
trades and vocations, will accommodate
more than $500 students under approx
imately 108 instructors.
The District of Columbia's public
school roll will be Quartered In ITO
school buildings, Of which ia are for
white children and the remaining IS
are for colored pupils. The system Is
administered by LAG officers. The public
school buildings in turn include 1873
elementary grade schools exclusive OF
the scattered portable structures, OF
which "a are white and A are colored.
The metropolitan area of Maryland
and Virginia, which was covered in the
Board of Trades survey, showed IL
school buildings in Montgomery County
and 40 in Prince Georges County in
the former State, and 20 buildings in
Arlington County and 8 in Alexandria.
in Virginia. The trade boards survey
lists 1858 students in attendance IN
Montgomery County. $4,000 in Prince
Georges County. 4,940 in Arlington
County and 4,500 in Alexandria.
The metropolitan region in outlying
Maryland and Virginia has made marked
advance In its public school admins
tration within the last three to five
years" the survey contends. Improved
conditions are found in the schools for
white and colored, likewise in buildings
for elementary grades and for high
schools Some high schools are COM
pietely separated into senior and junior
classification, but more are described as
.junior-senior' high schools.
800 Class Rooms Since 1925.
''No less than 800 class rooms and is
school aSditoriums will be in use in
neighborhoods adjacent to the District
OF Columbia this month which have
been built since 1925. Some of these
represent consultations and modern re-
placements of old buildings. Much,
however, Is not replacement, but new
construction demanded by the suburban
development"
The 8,770 parochial-school pupils tab
ulated in the survey are enrolled in 26
institutions under 266 teachers. Most
of these schools embrace elementary
grades only, although three embraced
secondary courses as well.
The survey covers 80 private schools,
IL of which offer only high-school and
afford both elementary and secondary
grade courses, while one confines its
classes TO elementary grade. In these
schools 1865 elementary-School pupils
were enrolled and $3.50 were listed in
the higher grades, providing total OF
5.145 students in private schools In the
District and the metropolitan area.
Commenting upon the Capital as a
seat for private schools, the Board of
Trade report contends that naturally,
Washington is a center for the develop
ment of private schools" Continuing,
the report points out:
"A few of these have been In success
full operation for half a century or
longer. Others have come into the field
with the growth and development of
the city The Capital now has a very
considerable group Of private schools OF
outstanding worth. thoroughly estab-
lished, enjoying enviable regulations,
drawing students from near and far,
and doing effective educational work.
Several of these schools are built on ex-
tensive and well Handicapped tracts Of
land and quite a number offer their stu
dents the advantage of varied sports on
well equipped Fairgrounds and athletic
fields"
Twelve Colleges Included.
Twelve institutions OF university and
college grade are included In the Trade
Boards educational survey. These are
American University. with its Grad
uate School OF Arts and Sciences, its
School of Political Sciences and its Col
lege of Liberal Arts, which, though I'M
der the patronage Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, is non-Sectarian in its
teaching and administration. American
University grants the following degrees
b. s.. B. A., NJ. S. and M. A., with a
staff of 50 instructors.
Catholic University OF America. with
its associated schools and colleges, in
Guiding the Schools Of Sacred Sciences
Canon Law. Law, Philosophy, Letters
Sciences, Trinity College, Sisters Col
lege, Basselin Foundation, Marist Col
lege. Sulpician Seminary, College OF st
Paul, Holy Cross College, College Of the
Immaculate Conception, Oblate Scholas-
ticate, Claretian College Augustinian
College, Carmeiite College. Capuchin