The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-13
Enrolment DrOnn


The enrolment at the high schoo
here has decreased from 895 at tn,
start OF the year TO 87l, the superin'
tendent reported. However, at thu
same time last year 1t was only 1875
80 less than 1t is now.
The biggest class increase THU
year Is in the sophomores, there be-
ing 10 more Of these than last veal
and nine more seniors. Apparentl,
enrolment has not yet reached thu
peake In the high school here ant
hinges mostly on the number who
remain In school.
Some dropped out when they
reached IS years OF age, the STATE
law requiring all under 10 TO attend
Others went TO trade school and
few found work.
The futile family would prefer
the property given last year by the
heirs OF the late Howard Tuttle u
the town for use by the school de-
partment, to be known either Of
futile Park" or futile Memorial
Park. This information was con-
veyed In o letter from Clean F
Noble to e. u. Hotchkiss, Mr.. Chit
tenden told the board.
Peter Meegan, board member
suggested the property be known o.
the Howard futile Memorial park
but II was decided to delay settint
q permanent name for the propert,
until the next meeting.
Enumeration Lower
The preliminary school enumera-
ton figures indicate there are from
rs TO 100 less children between the
ages OF 4 and 10 here last year, the
superintendent stated.
In 1884 there were 2878 children
between these ages, the enumeration
showed. In 1895 the figure was 280a
and II the superintendent's predic-
ton comes true, there may be only
PITS this year.
I'VE expected II would turn the
other way but II hasn't" Mr.. Chit
tenden said. He said Joseph Neal,
who has done the entire work this
year did his work thoroughly and
we'll. Final figures are not yet avail
able. The state will recompense the
town $2.25 per child In February or
II the figure here Is FITS, about
$6,243.
There has been favorable COM
ment from parents On the new mod
ern type Of report cards In tho ele-
mentary schools, thu superintendent
said. oddly enough. Waterbury this
year made change IN its type OF
report cards and all parochial
schools In this state ore making
changes In the cards this fall, the
Catholic Transcript reports, the
superintendent said. 49,.
The new card here tries to give
an indication OF the pupils char
acter. The cards will be sent TO stu
dents of the seventh and eighth
grades Ave times each year. Cards
Of pupils in grades l-6 are sent out
each year. A change has been made
In the issuance OF cards OF high
school students. They now being
sent out five times annually where
as they were given out each month
OF the school year before.
There are ~ boys from Nauga-
tuck who attend trade schools IN
this state, II was reported at the
meeting. Formerly is were enrolled
but three left, one 10 get job ana
another because the hours OF the
school were too long. The town
pays half the transportation cost
and all from here who attend are
required TO go by train, 1t being TOO
difiicult to check up on auto rides
TO determine wheather the youngs-
tiers paid for rides or were taken
by friends.
The boys are well satisfied with
the trade method, the superintend-
ent said.
Glasses In evening school are
holding up fairly well but II any
fall below an average Of 10 per
session, they will be Immediately
dropped, MIR. Chittenden told the
board. He explained the purpose Is
TO spend the evening school money
for the type Of work most desired.
There have been some applications
for certain types Of work which
have been too costly but II some
classes drop off, 1t may be possible
10 start these.
The public speaking classes are
quite popular, with mostly adults at
tending. 1t became necessary TO d.
vide these into two sections. There
are 10 sessions Of these classes In
the evening school year.
The report OF Mrs. Gertrude Mad
igan, evening school director, shows
that during the month OF October
the shorthand class In the high
school evening school had the. larg-
est average attendance, 35.04 with
bookkeeping next, 32.52; public
speaking third, 500; advanced
class fourth, 26.l5.
Low attendance classes include
typewiting, 10: comptometry and
beginners Anericanization class,
1921 each. The total average at
tendance Of characterization classes