Evening star., 1938-09-18
DC. SCHO0[S0PEN
DOORS TOMORROW
FOR NEW SEASON
Boards of Admissions Will
Be Held in Each
Institution.
c. c. c. MEN ALLOWED
NIGHT CLASSES ENTRY
Enrolment Congestion Forces
New Schedule for Junior.
Senior in Anacostia. ..

Tomorrow marks the official end
Of vacation for thousands of WASH
ington children as the public schools,
both day and night, throw open their
doors to begin the school year.
Preparations are being made in the
statistician's Office at the Franklin
Administration Building for tabuiat-
ing enrolment figures daily during
the first week. but no prediction on
the early registration could be made
Last year 82,693 children turned out
for the first day-a figure slightly
less than that for the first day of the
preceding year. An enrolment peak
ef 93.423 for the last year was reached
in November. June calculations pat
the total at sl430.
A new feature of school registra-
ton this year was the dissolving of
the Board of Admissions. which in
previous years has been in session at
the Thomson School to classify new
pupils. This year new pupils were 20
AOpoip W VIC SSiiOol bllili,
each school acting as its own Board
Of Admissions.
Ruling on c. c. c. Students.
Because of possible increase in the
number OF Civilian Conservation
Corps employees entering the night
schools, ruling from the corpora
ton counsel on the tuition status If
such students was requested. This
ruling, received by the schools yes
terday. allows c. c. c. men employed
within the District the right to free
tuition regardless Of their native State.
I'm addition, children of District resi-
dents, who may be doing c. c. c.
work in nearby States, may be ac-
corded free tuition, accorded to R.
W. Holt Of the schools finance office.
This ruling substantiates an informal
ruling which has been in effect for the
last two years, Mr.. Holt said.
Registrations for night school will
be accepted after $50 pm. at the
buildings in which night school
courses are offered.
Enrolment congestion is forcing a
new schedule for the Anacostia Junior
Senior High School, 1t was reported.
Congestion Anticipated"
The school, with capacity for l,245
students, had about 1,4O0 enrolled.
In anticipation OF still further con-
eestion it was decided that the senior
high students should report at am.
followed by the junior high group at
1890 am.
This staggered schedule. it was
thought, will take care of the situa-
ton.
In the elementary level, occupational
classes will be held for the first time
IN four occupational training centerS.
These classes. authorized by Congress
in April of 1886, are intended for older
pupils not desiring junior high school
work. but rather training for in
dustrial occupations.
, Plans have been made to accommo-
date about G40 such pupils between
the ages of 13 and l6 years at the Pea
body, Curtis and Taylor Schools. The
Peabody will take boys. the Taylor
girls and the Curtis both boys and
girls.
During the summer work has been
done on these buildings in preparing
them for their new assignment, ac-
cording to First Assistant Slperintend-
ent Robert L. Haycock Mr.. Haycock
said the training to be offered was less
advanced than in the vocational
schools which are on a junior high
school level. If the innovation is sue
cessful, he said, the new program will
be extended to more school divisions.
Activities also begin tomorrow in the
Americanization school conducted in
the Webster School at Tenth and H
streets NV
According to the American Aatomo-
bile Association; this year has pros
poets of being the safest from the point
of view of traffic dangers since the ad-
vent of the motor age.
The statement was based on great
advances in traffic safety education,
better organization Of the school safety
patrols and a greater general alert
ness to traffic dangers on the part of
the Nation.