Evening star., 1935-09-24
ENROLMENT GAIN
MAY TOP 5000
IN D. c. SCHOOLS
First Days Registrations
List 5,052 More Than
Showing Last Year.
FREE LUNCHES TO NEEDY
PUPILS START MONDAY
Nearly 5000 Expected to Be
Served by Workers on
Relief Rolls.

With the first days enrolment in
the public schools 5,052 more than on
opening day last year, statistlcians
for the Board of Education have re-
vised their estimate of the total en-
rollment for the year, boosting it
from $4,000 to $4,000 by November l.
A total of 83,114 pupils placed their
names on the rolls yesterday The
statiSticians. basing their prediction
on past records, had estimated $4,000
would enter the first day. 1t was this
increase of Lila that brought about
the revision First-day enrolment
last year was 78,062.
Today approximately 5000 more
students are expected to enter classes;
1000 more tomorrow and 500 more
Thursday. Actual figures, however,
will not be tabulated until after the
close of school at pm. today and
the reports of PRINCIPALS can be sent
to the Franklin Administration Build.
ing.
Free Lunches to Start.
AFANoAA IL was lLldL
free lunches will be served to needy
pupils of the elmentary schools be-
ginning Monday, under emergency
arrangements perfected by Commits
Sioner George E. Allen. Nearly 5000
pupils are expected TO be served
Funds TO employ needed workers
from the District relief list were
sought in project sent to the Fed
eral Works Progress Administration,
but the item was caught in the Jam
there.
Allen late yesterday directed aides
to draw 104 workers from District
emergency works programs until the
new plan is approved. Food supplies
already have been ordered under use
of $4,000 of the Districts own relief
funds. During the past school session
there were about 1000 children receiv-
ing the midday free meal, prepared at
central kitchen operated by the Dis
trict under direction of Miss Kather-
inc Ansley.
Yesterdays matriculatIon was di-
vided into 55,l49 white pupils and
1885 colored. The greatest increase
was in the colored elementary schools,
already the most crowded in the city
system. These schools enrolled 49,
124. a first-day gain of 1881. The
white elementary schools increased
BIT, with a total of 30,912.
Gains in Higher Grades.
But gains also were shown in the
junior and senior high schools, the
totals being: White junior high
schools, 12.14o; colored junior high
schools, 5,2O8: white senior high
schools, 1882, and colored senior
high schools, BAIT.
Eastern continued to have the larg-
est single enrolment in the city and
two shifts are necessary to take care
of the classes. AS was expected, the
two new additions TO the system,
Woodrow Wilson and Anacostia, were
the smallest and had exactly the same
number enrolled-640. Anacostia S
pupils, however, will not occupy their
new building until about November
and are at present temporarily as
SlSIlcu W SIllOOlo III 4NOl LA4SdoG anu
Southeast Washington, some of them
at Eastern
The enrolment in the senior high
schools was: Eastern. 1855; Central,
1928; Mckinley, 1876; Roosevelt,
1,74s; Western, 1850, and Woodrow
Wilson, $40.
In the colored high schools the
enrolment was Armstrong, 1,343;
Dunbar, 1921, and Cardoza, 903.
Night Schools Set Mark.
! The night schools, under the direc-
ton of E. J. Lockwood, set a new
high record at registration last night.
a gain of 1888 being recorded in both
white and colored schools. White
night schools gained 800 with an en-
rollment of 6,821, colored schools
gained 583 with total of 2,307.
If precedent is followed, the night
school enrolment will decrease as the
year progresses and a number of the
classes may be consolidated before
the end of the school year next June.
Additions are to be made to the
teaching staff for which provisions
already have been made. but until en-
rollment is completed and the par
ticular points of congestion are To-
Gated assignments will not be COM
pleted. Just how many teachers are
to be added to the approximate 5000
now in the system will be determined
by the demand.