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Classroom On A Barge

the National Park Service undertook restoration of
the Georgetown Division, extending % miles to
Seneca, Md, soon afterward.
The fourth graders, examining the trees and birds
along the way, exchanged conversational "quack-
quacks with the ducks gliding out to meet the barge
from Fletchers BoathOuse.
Children of Washington placed the ducks here"
said Mr. Steesy. They got them for Easter presents.
When the ducklings got too big, they brought them
down to the canal or to Rock Creek"
II am looking for the Black Locust and the Tulip
Tree" said Jimmy. The hOneysuckle is choking out
the trees. You'll notice it the other side The only
land insect is the cabbage butterfly 1t lays its eggs in
vegetables like cabbage.
There are marShmallOw plants along here. People
used to make candy out of them"
You may eat now" called Mrs. Dorothy AtchiSon,
who with two other fourthgrade teachers, Mrs Helen
Safrit and Mrs. Catherine Dawson accompanied the
pupils. Don't throw any trash in the canal"
Some of the students had prepared an illustrated
booklet on barge manners, which included such ad
mOnitiOns as Leave pets behind" Don't eat while
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Jimmy MUSTAKAS, 10 years old and spruce in
ID spanking white sports shirt, was observing nature
II saw a lot of insects" he announced The water
bOatman. which is kind Of spider dragOnflies, and
water strders."
Camera at the ready around his neck Jimmy and
100 or so other Brightwood School fourth graders
were keeping class a barge They were vOyaging on
the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, courtesy of two
mules named Dick and Kate
AS part of the social studies unit on the Chesa-
peake Bay Region the pupils had surveyed the his
tory Of the picturesque waterway, one of the least
altered of the old canals that formed step of bind
ing the Nation together.
Science teacher Eleanor Smith had prepared
study guide flora and fauna entitled, Some In
terestng Things to Look for the Barge Trip" The
children had written booklets illustrated with their
drawings, on life along the canal.
They called it water stairway" said Jimmy.
They have locks on it because it goes higher"
Aboard the barge, National Capital Parks His
torian Walt Steesy ready to fill in more details
I'VE were pulled into the lock by manpOwer," he
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explained THE barge is very easy to move The man
pulling doesn't have to do too much work The upper
gates were opened to let more water come in, like
great big bathtub When the water reached the upper
level of the canal, the gates were opened and the
barge passed through.
I'VE are moving about two miles an hour. This was
the open highway back hundred years ago.
George Washington enviSOned a canal c0nnec-
ton of the Potomac River with the Ohio River. He
knew the country going to grow to the west and he
wanted to put a canal out that would be the main
source of travel"
Jimmy remembered from his study that the canal
had been planned $50 miles long to connect George
town with Pittsburgh but that construction stopped
at about 100 miles, after reaching Cumberland.
The canal was busy with boats carrying coal flour,
grains and lumber until the 190OS when could not
weather traffic losses to the railway.
Back about 1880, there were seven or eight flour
companies that bought water power from the canal,
Mr. SteeSy told the children Nov there is only one
left that still uses water the Washington Flour
The Government purchased the canal in 1888 and
'AY. THE MAGAZINE. WASHINGTON D. G.. AUGUST 20.
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Ico-operation with the Univer-
sity Of Maryland.
County officials explained
that selected Prince Georges
teachers attend special classes
at the university to study such
subjects as ''the algebraic
foundation of the number sys-
tenn" and apply the findings
to an evaluation of the pres
ent mathematics program in
the county's elementary
schools.
The cooperative effort will
be a part OF "our continuing
program for improvement in
the areas of mathematics in
Struction," Miss Rowannetta
S. Allen, assistant superintend-
ent for elementary education,
said. "AS the new findings are
available, we will study them
for inclusion in our program. =
The year also will see Prince
Georges install additional
equipment for students study
ing modern foreign languages
particularly at Duval, Suitlanc
and Laurel Highs. For the first
time, a course IN Russian will
be offered at Northwestern
Senior High, HyattSville.
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Fuirfux

Completion of new buildings
is expected to provide the high
light in Fairfax as well.
Also in the midst of a con-
struction program, Fairfax this
week will open four new ele-
mentarieS and one new inter-
mediate, Walt Whitman, near
Gum Springs. The elementaries
are Mantua in the. City of Fair
fax; Herndon, in Herndon;
Marshall Road, in Vienna, and
Lewinsville, near Mclean. A
six-room addition to Bush Hill
Elementary on Franconia road
also is ready.
BY mid-year, say school Of
ficials, two more new elemen-
taries will be completed. They
are Green Acres and Keene
Mill Road.
In a very real sense, l96l-2
also will mean the end of the
shake-down period for the
county'S new intermediate level
Until last year, Fairfax had
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Special Programs to Be Affected
DESPITE Classroom Additions

well as other non-publiC
schools, open on or about the
dates of public schools in the
various jurisdictions. The esti-
mated archdiocese enrolment
this fall is $4,000, about 1,70C
more than last year. '
Generally speaking, the
Washington area is no longer
in the national spotlight be-
cause of integration. Officials
in the District say school inte-
grafton is "a fact" In nearby
Northern Virginia some 1873
additional Negro students have
been approved for admission
to predominately white schools
this year.
Among the pertinent, and in
some cases significant, devel-
+opments expected during the
coming year in area schools
are these:
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crease of 5000 over last year
Prince GeOrgeS-75,00 ar
increase of 5000.
Fairfax-65,500 an increase
of 500.
Arlington - 25,30O, an In
crease Of 100.
Alexandria-15,000, an in
crease of 500.
Fauquier-5.600. an increase
of 200.
Those opening Wednesday
are:
District-The largest school
system in the area, with an
anticipated enrolment of 1885,
300, about 1000 more than last
year.
Falls Church-2,100, an in
crease of 100.
Opening on Thursday will be:
Anne ArundeI-46, 700, an in
crease of $500.
Parochial schools, under ju-
risdiction of the Catholic
Archdiocese of Washington, as
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the county place its schools on
"a year-round STERN schedule.
The plan viii not be put into
effect this year because the
school board wants to study it
and, if enacted, plan it well in
advance. But the proposal,
made by DR.. Whittier in June,
has caused such widespread
county discussion that it's
bound to be in the back Of the
minds of both teachers and
pupils.
The board said some weeks
ago that it plans to study the
plan through the remainder of
1861. It is possible, then, that
by the start of the spring term
it will give Dr.. Whittier per-
mission to test certain of the
features that semester, one of
them being the scheduling of
classes, considered one of the
plans more difficult problems.
Proposed Program
DR.. Whittier proposed that
the school year might run from
July to September %, school; /;
September "a to October %,
vacation; October "a to Janu-
ary 81, school; January %
to February 26, vacation; Feb
ruary 27 to May "a, school, and
May Is to June "a, vacation.
The year-round plan, he ar
CUES, would enable the school
system to get maximum use of
its facilities, eliminating the
idleneSs Of school buildings
during the summer months. !
If the superintendent is given
the go-ahead to test the sys-
tenn in the spring, officials re-
port it probably would entail
the trial scheduling of classes
at one or two schools only fol-
that term.
The issue, however, may not
be decided by the school board
at all. There is, talk in some
quarters that the county's
electorate should decide it after
thoroughly airing the plan at
public meetings.
Montgomery's school year also
will be marked by continued
upgrading of the foreign Ian
guage program at the elemen-
tary level. French, for instance,
will be extended to more classes,
Plans also are being made to
map an all-encompasing Ian
guage program which will assure
that student who begins a
language at either the elemen-
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Alexandra

Alexandria will open one new
school, Stonewall jackson Ele-
mentary, in the first block Of
South Quaker lane. The old
Jackson School, facing Duke
street in the same square block,
will be called the Duke Street
School. ~as
Perhaps more welcome from
the student standpoint, how
ever, is the completion of the
new 1,850-Seat Tollock Memo
rial Gymnasium at George
Washington High School, the
second largest in the Northern
Virginia area. The largest gym
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completion of additions to ex-
isting school buildings around
January l.
New schools in the area this
year will total about 80, with
the opening of additions to
present buildings totaling about
40. The number of new build
ings alone totaled 40 last year.
not counting additions.
Two area jurisdictions-Lou-
doun and Prince William Coun-
ties-already have opened their
doors. Students began classes
Thursday.
Most areas will hold their
first classes on Tuesday, the
day after tomorrow. Others will
follow on Wednesday and
Thursday.
Those opening Tuesday, and
their expected enrollmentS are:
MOntgOmery-S6,O 900, an in
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tary or the secondary level vii,
be able to continu , in thai
language for as long as four OF
five years.
The new term also will SEE
Montgomery open four new
schools: West Rockville Junior
High; Monocacy Elementary al
Dickerson; Cloverly Elementary
Colesville, and Brookhayen Ele-
mentary, Wheaton. The latter
was used to some extent this
summer for simmer school
classes.
The county also will oper
additions to at least Is existing
schools, boosting the number Of
available classroorns by 66.
Later in the year, Fernwood
and Ayrlawn Elernentaries will
be opened in Bethesda.
The openings, officials said
will do much to cut the number
Of halliday classes after the
first of the year, -
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l. Prince WiEIium

Like other jurisdictions, the
highlight Of Prince Williams
year WIN berthe opening of new
schools They number three,
all eiementarieS Baldwin. in
Manassas; Loeb Lomond. ip
MahaSsaS Park, and Feather@
stone, lin the Woodbridge area.
The county's expected enroll
ment of 1900 tops its 1960.t
figure by 1,40Q. :. ~. ~
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Prince Georges

AS was the case in 1861,
the new year in Prince Georges
will be marked by the opening
of a great number of new
schools.
Last year the figure was 10.
This year it will be seven.
The building program, which
dates back several years in
terms of planning but is just
now bearing fruit, is expected
to mean that the county will
have few if any half-sessions
this fall. :, RI,
Ready now for its first stu
dents is Carroll Junior High
School in Carrollton. Additions
! to eight other buildings also
are ready for this weeks en-
rollees.
During the year, however, six
other schools are expected to
open. They are Bethune Juni-
or High, High Bridge Elemen-
tary, Middleton Valley Elemen-
tary and Margaret A. Edmon-
ston Elementary. Additions to
IL present buildings also will
be ready for occupancy as the
year goes on. ....t
Building Continues
The construction is part OF
the county's $26.5l million
building program which Is
slated to run through two more
years. When finished it will
have given Prince Georges IL
new elementaries, six new Sec
ondarieS, additions to 16 ele-
mentarieS and additions to
nine secondaries.
The Prince Georges year al
SO will be marked by county
participation in a special ex-
pertinent looking toward deve-
lopment of better materials for
the teaching of mathematics
in Grades 4. S and s.
| The program is operated in
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Arlington

This is the. first year since
1919 that Arlington win not
be opening a new school; : 7.-.e
To put it bluntly, the county
for the moment-has caught
up with its classroom needs.
Needless to say, officials are
elated. No one will be. on a
half-session schedule this year.
This, of course, will give the
school people consid iderably more
time to work on curriculum
matters. ."t., -. g-sI,..
For the first time, for, in
stance, an organized program
of foreign Language instruction
at the elementary level win be
instituted. Some instruction By
teleVision will be involved. The
language is French. 4 ,sg.s-
The program will be limited
| to Grades 4, 5 and g. giving
the youngsters two 15-mlnute
periods of television drills a
week and three periods of work
conducted by their teachers. +
The year also will see continl
uation of School, Supt. Ray E
Reid's program to obtain cleri-
cal personnel to handle paper
work. Begun last year at,Ken-
more Junior High, the program
relieves teachers of clerical du-
ties SO they can spend more
time in their classrooms, Not
only will it be continued at
Kenmore, but three parents
have volunteered to perform
the duties at Swanson Junior
High on a trial basis. f,e
Arlington, also, for the first
time, will offer special voca-
tional classes to juniors and
seniors. Instruction will be
offered at certain schools in
auto mechanics and in refriger-
alton and air conditioning.
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In Garutnrtaitt

eFEEN II II .ad 1HO%As sat Ia,As 81 AsD mAns
TRaoMAs RTi0SMf Of H. my GREEN ffaE 1aSsoer mSo passet
away twenty-three years ago today
September 3, 1888, and sad anC
@Other. I3UtRs FeHsRSFaPie %SR9 % SIREENS qsa SS'
passed away eighteen years ago
September 8, 1943. Anniversar!
mass will be. offered for the repost
Of their souls.
Gone. but not forgotten.
HARDY, VIVIAN POINDEXTER. Il
mother and daughter, VIVIAN Pom
DEXTER HARDY. who left US fif
teen years ago today. September 3
1946.
Just a line of sweet remembrance
Just a memory, fond and true
just that osP GkSe Sear s Hyfs long dsgot1Sn fUE
SON, THOMAS W. HARDY, Jr.
AND MOTHER, ROSETTA
PoINDEXTER.
HILL, CLIFTON T. In loying mem
ory of a dear friend. CLIFTON T
HILL who passed away one 9nso yeal
So swiftly through deaths door vol
So silently your soul passed by.
MR.. AND MRS. ANDREW HARRI
JONES. SERENA. In loving memor!
of SERENA JONES, who passed away
one year ago today, September 3
AS I look up into Gods Heaven
If I could only say, Hello. anc
If could reach out and take youl
know that God would understand
My loneliness and heartaches
could bear,
II only conversation we could share
YOUR HUSBAND. SONS AMI
DAUGHTERS AND FAMILY.
MATTHEWS, ELIZA. In memory o.
ELIZA MATTHEWS, who departed
this life on september /, i945, at IL
am. Her relatives and friends fine
her still misstngn as part OF theiI
JOSEPHINE E. SAUNDERS AND
DEBORAH E. SAUNDERS.
OLIVERI, ANTONIO. In loving mem:
away eighteen years ago today. Sep.
tember 3. 1943.
have only a memory, dear Dad
That ! viii cherish my whole
But the sweetness will live forever
AS cherish the memory of you
Nothing can ever take away
Fond memories linger every day
You'll f541cdis pEVoTED SOM son. sEESAsTAiN ES ashS
OLIVERI, ANTHONY. In loving mem
ory Of our dear father. ANTHONY
OLIVERI. who passed away eight
eenth years ago today septembmer
Let us think of him today
Sleeping, resting, Just away.
Resting where no shadows fall
HIS LOVING SONS.
REID, JOSEPH H. (HARRY). In
pens Psmory of Of JOSEPH G|sg f.. H. tHARRY)
September 8. 1866.
WIFE AND CHILDREN.
DRY Of our dear brother. HARRY
VINCENT. who departed nine years
ago today. September 3. 1852.
The Master saw fit to call you, deal
Brother,
To better place on high.
They say time heals all sorrow,
And helps US to forget,
But time so far has only proved
How much we miss you yet.
DEVOTED SISTERS AND BROTH
WILKERSON, WILLIAM H. In. lovinI
memory OF our dear husband anC
devoted father, WILLIAM H. VIII,
KERSON, who passed away two
years ago today, September 3, 1859
We sadly miss you. our hearts arr
sore;
Your loving devotion to your famil!
you loved
Shall always live in our memory
YOUR LOVING WIFE AND DAUGH.
TIERS. -
WILKERSON, WILLIAM A., Jr.
tribute of love and devotion to thl
memory Of our dear brother, Will
LIAM H. WILKERSON, Jr., wit
departed this life two years agt
today, September g.. 1859.
Sadly missed.
HATTIE. CORA, BEATRICE AMI
MAUDE.
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Archdiocese

The archdiocese this week
win open seven new schools in
the area. They are Holy Cross
Elementary, Garrett Park; st,
Bartholomew's Elementary, Be-
thesda; st. Johns Elementary;
Clinton; st, Matthias Element
ary, Seabrook; st, Mary's Ele-
mentary, Piscataway;; st. Mary
Star of the Sea, Indian Head,
and Cathedral Latin School. q
seminary with high school
status for $50, boys studying
for the priesthood, at 1900 Calls
fornja street NV. ~
The archdiocese will open q
girls school - School of tha
Holy Child at 1929 Bradley
boulevard, Bethesda-on Sept
tember 18. ,os
n. D. a
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Anne Arundel

In Anne Arundel. too, the
story is new buildings. or addi-
tions to existing ones.
School Supt. David s. Jen-
kins said a new 24-room school
Tyler Elementary-will be
ready this week at Eastport
near Annapolis.
Six-room additions also are
ready at three elementaries
Tracy's Landing. Galesville ano
Davidsonville. An eight-room
addition at Deale Elementary
will be ready by Christmas. he
said. ... -E
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Falls Church

There are no. new schools
opening in Fails Church, but
for the first time the city's
seventh and eighth graders viii
be Offered special conversation
courses in foreign languages
French and Spanish. 90
Officials explained that the
students - with no previous
training in the, two tongues
win learn them by placing the
emphasis on conversation as
OPPOSED to reading and writing
only. j.. ,ns A.,
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Montgomery

Somewhat like the District,
with its Amidon ambitions, the
Montgomery County school
system will be watched this
year for a basic change, too:
School Supt. C. Taylor Whit
tiers unique suggestion that
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Fuuquier

Fauquier will open one new
school, Central Elementary ia
Warrenton. This is expected TO
take care of many of the 200
more youngsters enrolling this
year than last. 81
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a two-level system-elementary
and secondary. Officials say
the first year of the intermedi-
ates went off smoothly. leav-
ing few if any bugs to be con-
cerned about this year.
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Loudoun's enrolment, e&+
pected to top 5000, will be 300
students above last years count.
Many VIII be accommodated by
completion Of additions to two
elementarieS. ys' .a,s IL
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officials said. is at Washing
ton-Lee High School in Ar.
lington. y
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DEATHS
HIT Mrntnrfa1tt
Announcements OF
Services by Chambers

BATTLE, CARRIE x. A tribute of love
and devotion in memory of our
sister and aunt, CARRIE K. BAT
TIE, who entered eternal rest
September 3, 1912.
A token of love and remembrance
OF one we shall never forget
Her memory to us is a treasure
Her loss a lifetime regret.
DEVOTED SISTER AND NIECE,
KATIE AND MILDRED BELL. =
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1fathH

raASAs GaRls nsmssrs of aaspsIs StissEs po9t a9d
gion. Department Of the
District Of Columbia, are
hereby notified Of the
~ CHRIS j. TRAKAS, Amer
ican Legion services will be con-
Honor on Monday, September 4,
Chambers Funeral Home, sa' sGG7:2 M
st. NV. All members are requested
join Z n B. fesSAns FARAAkfpEss n sdh5 ssfSsS9 cS@dr
ANDREA P. SCKOPPEGLIA, Adjt
WALKER, HENRIETTA. On Saturday,
1922 18th st. NV. MRS. HENRiETTA
%AKEE sUh 4sbeF she wsksT Is sqrvysS vS 5svoS By
daushtsrs,, Mrs; Mary B: Ross and
one step-daughter. Mrs. Mary Day,
host Of other relatives and many
friends. Remains resting at Horizons
day, September 5, after pm.
Funeral services and interment,
wednesday September 8, in seyill,
WATTS, NAOMI. On Tuesday, August
20, 1861. NAOMI WATTS. of 712
Marietta pl. NV beloved sister of
ming ST. New York city. She also
leaves other relatives and friends.
Funeral and interment by the
Mickey Funeral Home, New York
ander s. Pope.
WATKINS, RICHARD ALBERT. On
Thursday, August 81, 1861, at Mont
gomery General Hospital, RICHARD
ALBERT watkins of Clarksburg,
Md, father OF Mrs. Amelia .Starner,
Mrs; Cora, Kralovec and Mr.. Elic
Longnecker. He also is survived BY
eight grandchildren and four great
grandchildren. Friends may call at
the Fancis H. Barber Funeral Home,
Laytonsville, Md, where services
at 2 pm. Interment Purdum Gene
terry. 3
WILLIAMS, OLLIE MAE. On wednes-
day, August 80. 1861, OLLIE MAE
NV, beloved mother Of Raymond
Williams, also surviving are, three
grandchildren. two aunts, devoted
friends, Ed Smith, and many friends.
After pm. Tuesday, September 3,
friends, may call at the Palmer
Funeral Funeral HSne @ l. Az bs,d st. ss ns where
September 6. at 1 pm. Interment
National Harmony Memorial Park.
WILSON. JAMES R. SONNY. Sud
denly. on Friday. September l. 1861.
t sEs h5S 5esiseSfS 1874 St S.oys5 6w
husband Of Mrs, Dorothy Wilson,
father OF Robert Russell and brother
of Mrs. Pansy jackson. Other rel
atives and friends also survive.
Remains resting with L. e. Muir
ray & Son, 1887 10th st. NV.
where friends may call on Sunday,
September 3. from 2 to 10 pm.
and where funeral services will be-
held on Monday. September 4. at
12 noon. Interment sugarland, Md.
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Recess Is Planned

Recess Is Planned
Nor do Amidon students go
to recess devoid of plans. 1t
is decided beforehand what
they'll do-jump rope, play
ball, organize a game of tag,
etc. They do not "just mill
around"
Some features of the Amidon
plan, of course, already exist in
many District schools. The eff
fort this year will be to in
corporate more Of them.
DR.. Hansen has not forced
the principals to do this. He
has given them the choice,
basing his reasoning on the
fact that "if they do it volun-
tarily it will work, but if they
are made to do it, it may not
work"
Most principals, and a num-
ber of the teachers, have
agreed to give it a try. Some
1000 teachers, for example
have attended special sessions
explaining the use of the pho
netic charts.
District students they, are
apt to find considerably more
planning in the conduct of this
years classes. They also are
apt to notice considerably more
might apply to the use Of their
discipline. particularly as il
school hours.
Study halls, for example, will
be used for study-not for in
dependent action.
If Congress supplies the
money, there also is likely tc
, be more student counseling
The problem at present is tt
get the money to increase the
counseling staff. This seems
somewhat in doubt, however.
New "TOols" Needed
Added to these problems, DR.
Hansen also must supply the
"Amidon TOOLS" such as the
basic texts and the phonetic
charts. Some of them, at least,
he will have available Wednes-
day, he says. The rest must be
obtained as the year progresses,
but most Of the equipment has
been ordered.
A breakdown of the highest
enrolment figure in the city's
history shows opening day will
see: About 82,400 students ir
the Districts elementary
schools, 26,500 in junior high
schools, 1880 in the senior
highs, 1890 in vocational highs
and the rest in Americanizatior
School, the Veterans High
School Center and other special
classes.
Another 1.400, not included
in the overall enrolment count
because the courses are set, al
a higher level, will attend
classes at D. c. Teachers Col
iege.
The Districts estimated 2,40C
part-time students may find
things rough at the beginning
but the situation will ease with
the hoped-for opening of two
new schools later in the year
Houston Elementary, at Forty
ninth and Lee streets NE,
about January L; and Watkins
Elementary, at Twelfth and E
streets Sc, about April /.
Two additions also are ex-
pected to be ready this year,
officials said. They are at Ken
ilworth and Barnard Elemen-
taries.
Additions at Rudolph and
Whittier Elementaries are
ready for occupancy now.
Backus Junior High School
now under construction al
South Dakota avenue and
Hamilton street NE, will not
be ready for the 1862 year.