Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-08-31
High School Program Boy Playing in Street
Expansion Mapped 10 Is Crushed 10 Death
Enroll 1900 Veterans Beneath Trailer Truck
BY George Beveridoe

BY George Beveridee
Widespread expansion programs
are under study by the District
Board of Education to provide facil-
tiles for an estimated 1900 white
and colored veterans expected to
seek high school education here this
fan-more than double the number
enrolled during the Spring term.
At the Central High School CEN
ter for white veterans about 500
Washington veterans will be turned
away from classes opening Septem-
Der % unless facilities are increased
within the next few weeks, accord
ing to Robert G. Vanderlip, director
of the center.
I'VE can only handle about 700
students with our present facilities, -
he declared, ''but nearly 500 of our
$50 summer school students have
stated their intention to continue
and at least that many new veter-
ans should apply.
Registration Opens September 9.
The center, begun as an expert
ment last October, operates sepa-
rately from the regular school at
Central. While teen-aged students
have classes from 9 am. to 3 pm,
veterans study on q double-shift
basis, some from $50 am. to 1:50
pm. and some from 1880 to $50
pm.
Operating at capacity nearly from
the beginning, the center was forced
to turn away about $50 students last
spring, Mr.. Vanderlip recalled, add
ing that more than 1850 veterans
were enrolled during the first year.
Registration for the fall term will
open at the school September 9.
Our real problem is classroom
space" the director said, land I
don't believe we will be able to get
any more room from Central. While
we also need 10 more teachers to
bring our faculty up to 80, I feel
certain we will be able to obtain
them"
Anticipating that next month will
reach the peak in veterans high
school training here, Mr.. Vander-
lip said he has recommended that
the Board of Education survey other
school buildings for additional
space.
Branches Being Considered.
Norman j. Nelson, associate SUI
perintendent in charge of white
high schools. said the possibility of
establishing branch centers" is I'M
der consideration, though no sur
vey has been made. If it becomes
necessary, he said, veterans might
be enrolled in regular high school
classes" to insure none would be
turned away" pointing out such a
move would entail willingness of
the veteran to progress at the speed
of normal classes rather than the
accelerated pace in all-veteran
classes.
Mr.. Vanderlip added that even If
an available building we're found, he
did not believe it practical that a
veterans school be estab-
lished. with so many facilities
available at schools already in OPP
Grafton"
In preparation for an expected
700 colored applicants, however, Of
f1cials plan to establish all-veteran
classes at colored high schools SIM
liar to the organization at Central,
according to Garrett C. Wilkinson,
assistant superintendent in charge
of colored schools.
Mr.. Wilkinson said the decision
was reached yesterday, after a dis
cussion with colored school princi-
pals and Superintendent of Schools
Hobart M. Corning.
3 to 8 PM. Glasses.
Formerly, colored veterans have
been registered in regular high
school classes at the various schools,
he explained.
Under the new plan, all-veteran
day classes will be held from pm.
TO p.m.-after normal school hours
at the Dunbar. Armstrong, Phelps,
Dennison and M. M. Washington
Schools, while veterans who desire
to attend night courses can enroll
with ordinary pm. to II pm. night
classes at the Cardozo School.
While the center at Central High
School for the most part provides
general academic courses, nearly
half the colored veterans enroll in
vocational classes, Mr.. Wilkinson
said. About 200 veterans can be
handled in the night sessions, which
offer academic subjects nearly ex-
clusively.
Day students desiring to register
for academic courses should regis
ter at Armstrong or Dunbar. In the
vocational field, Dennison will Offer
radio repair courses, and the M. M
Washington School will furnish in
struction in cleaning, dyeing, tailor
ing and barbering. The trade schools
also will offer such shop courses as
auto mechanics and elective electri-
cal mechanics.
Registration for the fall term is
open now at Armstrong School, Mr.
Wilkinson said. Glasses will begin
September %, to coincide with OPEN
ing Of all public schools here.
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