Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-22
CLASSES RECLAIM
MORE THAN 10000
CAPITAL CHILDREN
Routine Starts Without Sim
gle Untoward incident at
Schools Throughout City.
ENROLMENT SHEETS
TO GO IN TOMORROW
franklin Building Busy as officials
Prepare for Board
Session.

Upward of 10000 youthful Washing
tonians went quietly back to school this
morning and by noon today most of
them had been eaSed into the class
room routine without a single conn
plant, protest or report of untoward
iAicloent reaching the Franklin Admins
1stration Building.
Just how many boys and girls re-
turned to the public schools TODAY can
noG De known before tomorrow morn
ing, since the written enrolment sheets
computed at the close of today, are not
Scneduled to reach the Franklin Build-
ing headquarters until 10 am. tonor.
row. 1t was thought possible, however
tnat tentative figures on the enrolment
mlgnt be available late this afternoon.
Routine Is Uninterrupted,
SO smoothly did the school admin
Istration work today in the enrolment
OF thousands OF young people that school
oLlcerS at the Franklin Building were
aple 10 and did proceed uninterrIptedlv
WIN their routine affairs DIR. Frank
w. Ballou, superintendent, was en-
gagged on the preparation of his annual
report, while Robert l.. Haycock, as
slstant superintendent in charge of ele-
~AASANSN%A oSA1OOAos lLGb III QuleL cOnIef@
ence with Miss Rose Lee Hardy, assist
ant superintendent, and Miss Catherine
watkins, director of kindergartens, to
thrash out the final problems incident
TO the kindergarten reorganization.
Meanwhile the possibility of q meet
ing OF the Board of Education Wednes-
day faded when reports reaching Harry
o. Hine, the boards secretary, indicated
mat a quorum Of members would not
be in the city. Consequently 1t was ex-
pected that the next board session
would be held Wednesday October /.
1t was pointed out by Mr.. Hine that
there are no school matters of real
urgency pending which cannot await
action by Wednesday. Hence the tele-
graphed willingness of some of the
board members to return to the city II
their presence were demanded on We'd
nesday will not be accepted.
Abbott School Abandoned.
Today's opening of the schools wit
messed the complete abandonment of
the old and Anticipated Abbott School,
at Fifth street and New York avenue.
which Tor years has housed vocational
school classes. All of these classes have
now been transferred to the Columbia
Junior High School Building, at Seventh
and Q streets, where adequately lighted
anu equipped SHOPS nave been set I'D
during the Summer months. The old
Abbott Building now will be used to
house the cabinet shops of the school
system, which formerly occupied the
basement of the Franklin Adininistra-
ton Building.
In accordance with the plans set IN
by the school officials, the same number
OF regular kindergartens which were in
operation at the close of school in June
were reopened this morning. Only the
four under age, which were eliminated
by the Board of Education on recom-
mendation of the superintendent at ifs
hrst and only meeting Of the year.
remained closed.
All the kindergartens opened TODAY
were assured of existence until October
IA. II on that date, however, any of
the kindergarten classes failed to show
an average daily attendance pupils will
be slated for closing and their teachers
Tor transfer to vacancies In the first
four grades OF the elementary schools.
DR.. Charles F. Carusi, president of
the Board of Education, is expected to
return to the city some time this week.
AS chancellor of the National University.
Dr. Carusi will be in Washington SAT.
urday night to deliver the formal adj
dress at the opening Of that institl1.
TONS sixty-second full term He has
been mentioning in Europe for the
past two months.