Evening star., 1946-04-12
Central High Veteran
Glasses al Capacity;
EnroIIments Halted
By GEORGE Beveridqe


With a capacity enrolment of
some 533 veterans studying at the
Districts Central High School vet
erans' center, officials said today no
more applications will be accepted
until midsummer, when an extern
sive summer school will get under
way.
Robert G. Vanderlip, assistant di-
rector for veterans education, said
today the ban on enrpllments came
this week after a class of 1913, the
schools fourth since September, be-
gan study last Monday.
1--WE actually reached a peak a
month ago, when we had a waiting
list of about 250," Mr.. Vanderlip
declared. Then, this week, We were
still forced to turn away about 200
men after the new class was filed
the director advised men await
ing their chance to get into school
to obtain temporary work until the
summer session, when, he said, the
school should be able to take care
of nearly all of them.
Registration in June.
Registration for summer schoo
will begin early in June and classe.
will get under way July /, Mr. Van.
derlip said. About 200 of those il
school now will probably want t.
carry on during the summer, he esti.
mated. but said the new student.
will be handled because there will bs
so many more facilities available a
THAT time.
1--WE certainly wish we could han.
die all of them" he said, but
don't think the public has a right
to feel we can do more than we are
doing. Most schools have only twe
classes, while we have entered oui
fourth since September"
| Students carried on the waiting
| list will not be automatically regis
tered in summer classes, he said
An entirely new registration system
will be set up.
| Praising cooperation given the
center by Central High School, the
director cited the need for facilities
and funds for teachers and equip
ment to get away from the borrow
ing proposition"
Shortage of Teachers.
Shortages of teachers and space
are the prime problems, he stated
The space situation was eased some
what last month when a double
shift each day was initiated, he said.
Morning classes, which carry the
vast ma ajority of the enrolment. run
from 800 am. to $50 pm, and the
afternoon classes are from 1880 to
6 pm.
Most of the students, IL of whom
are women, stay at the school for
two nine-week terms, Mr.. Vanderlip
said, and a majority have returned
to obtain diplomas. Although most
are District residents, a number also
come from nearby Maryland and
Virginia communities, he reported.
Starting with five rooms and 25
students, the center now occupies
IA classrooms.
Nearly half of the students are
receiving subsistence aid from the
Government, being enrolled for full
time courses. AS the center is tut
tion-free for residents, many of the
others probably are saving their GI
Bill benefits until they reach college.
Student Council.
Anxious to take part in their
school activities, delegates from each
section room meet regularly as a
student council to discuss problems
and promote cooperation between
students and faculty members.
Headed by Carter A. Orr, 313 C
street Sc, the council is now pre-
pairing a QUESTIONABLE which will
consolidate problems and complaints
Of the veterans. The group has ac-
lively discussed such proposals as
reduced transit rates to put veter-
ans on the same basis as school
children. Three-ce school tickets
are sold to pupils under 18.
Mr.. Vanderllp estimated the CEN
ter's job should be pretty we'll COM
pleted by next winter.
Our enrollments should fall down
considerably by then" he said.
More men have been allowed to
finish high school, and there hasn't
been the rush to enlist recently, so
a larger percentage of discharges
by that time should be graduates"