Evening star., 1933-09-18
SCHOOLS EXPECT
TO ENROLL 77,0)O
BY CLOSE Of DAY
Eastern and Roosevelt Highs
Report Nearly 700 Ag-
gregate Increase.
EXPERIMENT STARTED
WITH REDUCED INCOMES
Evening Glasses Opening Tonight
to Bring Thousands More
in for instruction.

Washington public schools opened this
morning, beginning the experiment of
living within vastly decreased budget.
BY the end of the day about 1900
boys and girls were expected to be en-
rolled Reports of enrolment received
by early afternoon indicated increases
over last years opening day figures.
Eastern High School, the first school
building to report its enrolment. had
a gain of 522 students over last years
first day, with a total of 2.870 on the
rolls. The figures include Is of last
June'S graduates, who, unable to secure
employment, have returned to continue
their studies as postgraduate students.
Roosevelt High School, which was
opened for the first time year ago,
reported an increase of 176 students.
with 1879 enrolled at noon. The end
of first day last year saw l ,403 children
at this school.
Night Schools to Open.
Beside the thousands of students ex-
pected to enroll in the day schools, the
night schools open their season at $50
tonight and probably will enroll more
than 1000 additional students. Last
year the first evenings roll at the night
schools was 6,273, figure which was
increased to 8,116 on the second night.
The Rose Lees Hardy School at Fox
hall road and @ street, serving the here
tofore school-barren Foxhau Village
section. was enrolling its initial student
body in its four finished rooms today.
Because of the large number of little
children who were entering school for
the first time, however, enrolment fig
ures were not to be available until later
in the afternoon. This school will ac-
commodate children from the kinder
garten up through the sixth grade by
grouping two classes or more in single
room with one teacher.
The new organization Of the Taft
Junior High School. which probably will
net be ready for occupancy for another
60 days, is being set up today in the
Langdon School When the Taft
Building is completed and furnished.
the nucleus of the student body then
will be moved from the Langdon School
over to the permanent quarters.
When the school authorities under
took to follow this plan this morning.
however, they discovered that some
children who eventually will attend the
an oS1oo4, A'e oucCI1y ou liic oti cct
car line leading to the Langley Junior
High School further in town at Second
and T streets northeast. To have re-
quired these children to walk four
blocks or so to the Langdon Building.
some parents contended this morning,
would have worked an injustice on
them.
New Plan Devised.
DR. Stephen E. Kramer, first assistant
superintendent in charge of high
schools. agreed with the parents and
authorized the temporary enlistment
of those children in the Langley
School. On completion of the Taft
Building. however, they. as well as the
Taft unit in the Langdon School, will
be transferred to the new school.
Plans for the conduct of high school
cadets this year were being laid almost
with the opening of the doors at 9 n.
today. Lieut.. Col. Wallace M. Craigie,
q. S. A., retired, former professor of
military science and tactics in the
schools, who last year voluntarily re-
manned as director of cadets even
though the added remuneration of ac-
tive duty was denied him through the
operation of various economies, will
continue in his voluntary service this
year, DR.. Kramer announced.
Meanwhile, DR.. Kramer, who is the
school officer charged with cadet af-
fairs, revealed he had made formal ap-
plication to the War Department for
the detail of two Junior officers
probably young lieutenants-to the
Washington school system to assist Col.
Craigie in his big oneman job. The
War Department has given DR.. Kramer
some encouragement.
Situation mot Desperate"
In order to operate the high schools
within their reduced budget for teach
ing personnel, Dr. Kramer announced
today that through the combination C
hours and teachers and elimination ct
extra curricula activity credits in time.
the high school teacher situation this
year will be bad but not desperate. :"
Teachers will have charge of larger
classes of children than heretofore and
all directors of subjects will have some
classes to teach.
Formerly a teacher who had an i'm
portant extra curricula activity, such as
educational guidance for students in
her building. was given one less class
to teach. This year, however. every
teacher will have a full program Of
classes every day
In OTQer 10 OllSet the DuIueU tIluS
imposed, DR.. Kramer said. extra curri
cula activities will be reduced to the
minimum this year and no teacher will
be permitted to carry more than enc
extra curricula responsibility.
The night schools will be conducted
in the white schools on Monday, We'd
nesday and Thursday evenings. while
the colored evening classes will con-
tinue as formerly, on Monday, Wednec-
day and Friday nights
The white night school organizations
will be set up in the following build
ings: Central, Mckinley and Roosevelt
High Schools, the Hine Junior High
School and the Abbot Vocational
School. The colored night schools will
be operated in the Armstrong ard So
dozo High Schools, the Francis and
Garnet-Patterson Junior High Schools
and the Bell Briggs, Burville and Love-
Joy Schools.