Evening star., 1946-09-15
81 Schools Open
Doors Tomorrow
In Montgomery
$1,000 Pupils Prepare
To Resume Studies;
Junior College to Stort
By J. B. Zotmon

Approximately $4,000 Montgom.
cry County boys and girls will turr
their backs on summer pastimes to.
morrow to resume classes in s.
county elementary, junior and sen.
1ar high schools.
The Montgomery Junior College
the first publicly supported institu-
ton of its kind in the Washington
area, also will open its doors tomor-
row to approximately 145 students
An orientation course will be given
tomorrow and Tuesday at the JUNO,
college with formal registration
scheduled for Wednesday. Instruc-
tion will begin Thursday.
According to DR.. Edwin w
Broome, county superintendent OF
schools. this years enrolment is
expected to exceed last years figure
by about 500, with the teaching sit
uation under control"
Adequate Glass Space.
Despite the record enrolment, DR.
Broome said there will be adequate
classroom space and no part-time
sessions are in prospect. He pointed
out that school construction pro-
gram, designed to prevent over
crowding, is under way.
A total of 620 teachers are on
hand-about 80 more than last year
but there are still few vacancies,
Or. Broome said.
He added that registration of stu
dents who are entering the county
school system for the first time was
compiled last week and it is unnec-
essary for those who attended
classes last year to register.
DR.. Broome said few veterans
are enrolling this year in the Be-
thesda-Chevy Chase and Lincoln
High Schools to complete their high
school education and obtain di-
plomas.
II Holidays Listed.
The 1946-47 school year will con-
sist of 1873 teaching days, DR.. Broome
said, with schools closing June 1e
next summer. There will be II holi-
days, including one day during the
State teachers meeting in Balti-
more during the last week in Octo-
ber: November S, election day; two
days for Thanksgiving; eight during
the Christmas season; four during
Easter and Memorial Day.
Students at seven county schools
will have new principals They are
Lester Welsh, Takoma Junior High
Daryl Shaw. Montgomery Blair
High: Miss Vera A. Nofftz. Beth
esda Elementary: Maxwell Burdette,
Gaithersburg High: Emerson P.
Slacum, Damascus High: Joseph A.
Sivigny, Montgomery Hills Junior
High, and Miss Glendora E. Needy,
Woodlin Elementary.
Declaring that he is "very happy"
at the anticipated enrolment figure
at the junior college, Dean Hugh G.
Price said it gives us just about
the number we wanted" He added
that no classes will exceed 80 stu
dents and will be smaller ION the
average"
Glasses will be held from 4 to 10
pm. at BethesdaeChevy Chase High
School with extracurricular activities
from 1880 to 4 pm.
Hotel Training Offered.
Students at one of the classes at
the college will receive instruction
In hotel and restaurant management
Dean Price said the course. which
will be for two years. was organized
with the aid of the District OF
Columbia Hotel Association and the
Washington Restaurant Association
He said there still Is room for u
more students in the hotel admin
istration course.
An advisory committee has beer
set up to supervise the course, he
said. Members are:
L. Gardner Moore, managing di-
rector of the Shoreham Hotel and
president of the hotel association;
Herbert c. Blunk, manager of the
Statler Hotel; Thomas c. De Veau
manager of the Sheraton Hotel; C. ]
Mack, general manager of the May
flower Hotel S. w. Keesee, genera
manager of the New Colonial Hotel
and Arthur j. Harnett, executive
secretary of the hotel association.
Course In Auto Service.
Another two-year course will fur.
nish instruction in automotive serv-
ice management. Dean Price saic
it Is planned to enroll only about 2(
students in the class this year.
This is not trade school course
to train mechanics" he emphasized
but is semi-professional in char.
acter and is designed to train ad.
ministrative personnel in the felc
of automotive service. It was estab.
lished largely as the result of Q
survey by the college Of Districf
needs"
The college was established las
May with the aid of a $4,000 gran
from the county and is sponsored
by the Board OF Education. Ir
August, the State Joined the count,
in sponsoring the institution ane
made a similar grant.
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