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School and the addition to the An
thony Bowen School were unable to
house pupils today, in accordance with
expectations Of the District and school
authorities, several other new build
ings were having freshly painted
woodwork tracked up and numerous
items Of school equipment were still
being installed. Mr.. Cranes custodial
staff worked until late Saturday and
all day yesterday, including particularly
the Powell and Stuart Junior High
Schools, cleaning up the debris left by
workmen and reinstalling furniture in
the old portions Of those buildings.
10000 Enrolling.
At the Lafayette School. Thirty-sev-
enth street and Broad Branch road,
new building completed during the past
week, only two of the eight classrooms
were equipped this morning with any
furniture. The two rooms Boosting
such equipment had only chairs for
pupils. A similar predicament existed
at the Mann School IN Wesley Heights,
where DR.. Ballou's children attend.
Both boys and girls Sprawled about
In classes and spent great deal OF
time with teachers on grounds about
the school.
Furniture En- Route.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Crane has instituted
search for the two carloads Of furniture
somewhere between Washington and
Gardner, Mass This furniture, shipped
Wednesday, Is the bulk Of the II 900
pieces of class room furniture, shipment
of which was delayed when Controller
General McCarl late In July ruled adj
verSely on q contract for its mRnufac-
ture which the District Commissioners
had already entered into. When Mr..
Crane pointed out that that delay on
the contract might result in the open
ing Of schools minus furniture, the con-
troller general reversed his first deci-
sion, and the manufacturers undertook
the order.
According to advices received from
the furniture factories, chairs were
rushed to completion first, and desks
we're slated as secondary.
The first carload of equipment, which
is expected momentarily includes so
desks for the Crosby-Noyes School, go
desks for the Lafayette School. 1874
chairs for the Anthony Bowen School,
70 desks for the Deanwood School, 10S
chairs and 90 desks for the Mann
School and 90 desks for the Whittier
School
Children of the johnson School, at
Hiatt and Lamont places, in Mount
Pleasant, found on the sidewalk this
morning the entire heating plant set
up in the open air for operation. De-
lays in installation of the new plant
forced the District Repair Shop to re-
move the old plant from the basement
to the sidewalk. where is was rugged
with temporary galvanized iron
smokestack for use as long as necessary.
The plant will probably remain there
until the end Of october.
Enrolment On Holiday.
Ofncials at the Franklin Building this
morning spent part Of their time inter-
viewing parents who sought transfers
of children from one neighborhood to
another and out-of-town children who
plan to enter senior high schools, but
neglected last week to apply TO the
High School Board Of Admissions.
The teaching staff went virtually
without change this morning. as all the
and field officers returned
to duty last Friday. when they held
field conferences. At that time definite
plans for the reopening today were laid,
so that delays would not mark the en-
of pupils. The celebration of
Yom Kippur. Jewish day Of atonement,
will be responsible for an unusually low
enrolment today. The figure was ex.
pected to leap to . normal mark to-
however.