Evening star., 1932-09-14
800 NONRESIDENT
STUDENTS APPLY
TO ENTER SCHOOLS
Board of Education Makes
Final Plans for Opening
Monday.
100 NEW TEACHERS
WILL BE APPOINTED
Details Are Announced for Meet
ings in Various Buildings
Throughout the City.

Throughout the City.
Nearly 300 boys and girls had applied
for admission to Washington's public
high schools from outside the public
school system at noon today, accord
ing to estimates made by white and COL
ored boards Of high school admission.
The Board Of Education meanwhile IS
meeting this afternoon to appoint be-
tween rs and 100 new teachers to posi-
tons in the system.
Further last-minute preparations for
the opening of schools Monday were
contained in official calls for meetings
OF school teachers and officers on Fri
day.
Boards Sitting Today.
The children who are appearing today
before the boards Of admissions for en-
trance to the high schools are those
who had not previously studied in the
Washington schools. Many of them are
from private schools, while others are
from out t-of-town high schools.
The White School Board of Admis-
sion, sitting at the Thomson School,
Twelfth and L streets, had cared for
more than 275 boys and girls at noon.
The Colored School Board OF Admis-
sions, meeting ct the Dunbar High
School, First and N streets, had re-
ceived approximately Is applicants.
These figures are expected to be in
creased materially, since both boards
VIII continue in session until pm. to-
Cay and will resume work tomorrow
at 8:45 am. 10 continue through pm.
Candidates for new teaching posi-
tions, chosen on the basis Of competi-
tive examinations from large lists of
eligible persons, are being recommend
ed by the school officers to the Board
Of Education. Most of them are being
appointed through presidential authori-
zation, as required by the economy act.
which prohibits filling vacancies in
Government positions without personal
authority Of the President.
Warning Issued.
Harry o. Hine, secretary of the Board
OF Education, has issued a warning that
unless these candidates present them
selves at the Franklin School Admin
istration Building. Thirteenth and K
| streets, before the actual opening Of
school. they will not receive full paw
u.
paratively small number of persons to
be sworn have taken the oath of Office
and he is desirous that unsworn candi-
| dates call at his Office tomorrow, Friday
or Saturday.
While the public schools do not open
| until next Monday, the teachers them
selves will go back to work Friday
Elementary school teachers will meet
with supervising principals at the lat
ters' Offices at 1880 am Friday.
These meetings will be held as follows:
Division l, Gordon Junior High
School; Division 3, Raymond School;
Division 5, Langley Junior High School;
Division s, Wheatley School; Division T.,
Bryan School,; Division 10, Morgan
School; Division IL. Cleveland School.
| and Division 13, Bell School.
Teachers college faculties and teach
ers Of senior and junior high schools
| will meet at the same hour at their
| respective schools. The assistant su-
perintendent in charge of grades TO
s, In the white schools. will meet
elementary teachers at the Franklin
Administration Building, at 2:30 pm.
struction in the colored schools will
meet all teachers who are new this
year to the grades they will teach at
the Miner Teachers College at lis
pm. Friday.
Directors Of special subjects will meet
their teachers at 1890 am, Friday, as
follows: Domestic science, white schools,
at the Dennison Building household
/ art, colored schools, Berret School; do
mestic art, white schools, Dennison
School; drawing. white schools, old
Adams School; drawing, colored schools,
Berret School: manual training, white
| schools, old Adams: manual training,
colored. Berret; physical training. ma
ture study. music. white schools at old
| Adams. and physical training. nature
study and music, colored schools, at the
Berret School.
Meetings Announced.
Kindergarten directors in white
schools will meet their teachers at 2:30
pm. Friday at the Thomson School,
while those of the colored schools will
meet theirs at the Berret School at
the same hour. Vocational school
principals will meet their teachers at
| 1890 am. Friday at their respective
( buildings.
Despite wide publicity already given
plans for enrolling children in the
ministration Building still are being
swamped with queries for this lnfor-
nation. It was pointed out again to-
day that all children not on the public
school rolls at the close Of school last
year and who desire this year to enter
| elementary schools will apply for ad-
mission tickets at the schools nearest
their homes.
School principals will be at their
| buildings to meet these children Fri
day and Saturday from to 10 am
and from 4 to 6 pm. Vaccination
certificates must be presented as well
as birth certificates or other docu-
mentary evidence Of age. The age
limit is set by law so that children
may be admitted to kindergartens only
] II they are years of age by November
| !. and to the first grade If they are
years old by that date.
Junior high school children are to
apply at the building nearest their
homes Children promoted to the
senior high schools last year are to
| report to the school they are to at
/ tend High school children coming
| to the system for the first time are
1 those who, today and tomorrow. are
| applying to the boards of admissions
For the first time In school history
the night schools will open on the same
day regular day classes begin. Regis