Evening star., 1938-09-19
POLICE ON GUARD
ASPUP|LS THRONG
BACK TO SCHOOLS
All Available Officers Are
Turned 0ut-5,000 Boy
Patro|men Help.
SCOUT CARS ARE ADDED
TO CROSSING FORCES
Free Lunches Start-Rain Is Due
to Cut Enrolment for
Opening Day.
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All available police were turned out
today to supervise the more dangerous
street intersections as thousands Of
Washington and nearby children be.
gan the public school year under
drizzling skies.
In addition, the more than 5000
schoolboy patrolmen were on hand
after having received their training
during the past week.
At police headquarters it was said
that while there were not enough
men to cover all the school crossings,
as many as possible would be placed
at the more hazardous corners. Scout
cars will be parked at some of the
bad spots in an effort at more com.
plete coverage.
An expanded schoolboy patrol pro-
gram has been developed during the
past week at conferences of police,
school and American Automobile As.
sociation officials. at which school
principals transmitted to police a list
Of danger spots in the vicinity Of
their buildings.
Rain May Cut Enrolment.
The rain is expected to affect the
opening day enrolment considerably,
according to First Assistant Supt. Of
Schools Robert L. Haycock.
Figures on today's enrolment will
be Of no help whatever to us In de-
termining whether we will have an
increase in attendance over last year."
he said. you can't compare figures
on clear day with those on a rainy
opening day.
At the school buildings, particularly
the senior and junior highs, the stu
dents wandered about the corridors
waving hellos to friends and gathering
in little groups to discuss the summer
activities and their luck Of tho first
day Of school.
Questions such as Who did you tet?"
and What row are You IMP" circulated
freely, as the girls, sporting the latest
coinures and clothes. mingled together
in the halls between periods or stopped
to talk with neatly dressed boys.
Out at Western High School, which
experienced typical opening day, one
lad lamented:
This is the first day in two months
I've had . shirt on"
A well-dressed girl ducked out Of
sight as her former German teacher
approached.
I've forgotten all I've learned last
year." she explained, "and I was afraid
the teacher would give me a 'Guten
Tag or something and wouldn't be
able to answer"
Then there was the sad case of the
girl who failed to turn in her books
last summer. She said she could not
register until she produced the books
and 25-cent fine.
i've got the books, all right" she
said. but don't see how I can get
the quarter. I've already borrowed
from both Of my parents"
Things were generally quiet at the
Franklin Administration Building,
where employees said most of their
dimculty has been encountered during
the past few weeks.
Most Of the difficulty Of opening day
falls on the individual schools. they
said.
However, steady flow Of children
and parents was observed at the build.
ing, seeking changes in school assign
ments and wanting general informa.
ton about the school system.
Meanwhile the first free school
lunches to needy children in both
the public and parochial schools will
be served today by the Works Progress
Administration. Funds have been an.
propriated, 1t was announced, sufficient
to carry the project through the en-
tire school year.
At the central kitchen, 1910 Wis.
consin avenue, w. P. A. workers were
preparing early this morning to serve
lunches to about $500 children. The
food will be taken to 1,766 white
children In 80 schools and to 3,037
colored children in AZ schools. Near.
ly 400 Will get the lunches In seven
parochial schools.