Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 104, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 September 1931 — Page 11

SEPT. 9, 1931

TEACHERS' ROLL SHOWS GAIN AT INDIANA STATE Increase Over 2-Year Period Averages 113;' Spring Quarter Low. Expectations of school officials that the depression would increase enrollment at educational institutions have been borne out in the attendance at Indiana State Teachers’ college at Terre Haute. Registration for the year 19301931, which closed recently with the summer session, showed increases In every term except one over the preceding year. Average increase for the five periods in which gains were shown is 113 students. Attendance for the fall quarter of 1930 was 1,503, as against 1,392 for the 1929 fall period. During the winter quarter of the present year, 1,468 students were enrolled, while in the corresponding term a year ago, registration showed 1,347, a gain of 121. The early spring quarter found 1,427 students taking courses. During the same quarter of 1930, 1,261 were enrolled. Only loss of the year was shown In the late spring period, when 633 enrolled this year as against 668 a year agoTeachers’ college officials believe the reason for this drop is that many teachers faced changes in positions, or decreased pay- Enrollment in the late spring quarter is made up almost entirely of teachers in shorter term schools. The summer terms, not included in the regular school year, also showed increases this summer over last. Records for the first vacationtime period show that 2,231 students attended in 1931, while only 2,110 were enrolled for the 1930 summer session. For the second term, this summer’s attendance was placed at 1,311 as against 1,245 for last year. LECTURERS SIGNED Two Added to Course at I. U. Center. Two new lecturers will augment the teaching staff of the Indiana university training course for school workers, 122 East Michigan street, which will hold registration from Friday, Sept. 11, to Monday, Sept. 14. Classes wil begin Sept. 15. Officials of the school expect enrollment to be about the same as in other years. One new course, “Mechanism and Drive in Human Behavior,” will be offered in the fall semester. Mrs. Persis White Simmons, one of the new lecturers, will teach the course. The other new lecturer, Miss Edith Bain, associate secretary of the Indianapolis council of social agencies, will give a course in “Social Case Work Technique.” For the past two years, Miss Bain has been case supervisor for the Maryland Mental Hygiene Society of Baltimore. The seventeen courses to be given will be divided into groups, family case work, child welfare work, court work, hospital social work and research. MILLIONS REGISTER Classes Start in Schools Throughout Nation. By United Praia WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.—The sound of the school bell in the ears of million of boys and girls Tuesday to remind them that happy vacation days have ended and it’s time to give serious thought to “readin’, ’ritin’ and ‘rithmetic.” School children of all ages will number more than 31,000,000, the interior department estimates. More than 25,000,000 boys and girls will clatter into public schools and more than 850,000 teachers will return to their desks this term. The rest will return to high schools, colleges and universities. The department reports the school year constantly lengthens. It now averages ten days more than in 1920.

230 COLLEGE Shortridge Roll Falls 10 Per Cent Under 1930. Forty colleges will find 1931 graduates of Shortridge high school in their freshman classes this fall, according to information from the registrar's office. Approximately 230 or 40 per cent of the graduating students have applied for college entrance credentials. This total is about 10 per cent under the usual yearly average, and falls far short of the 1930 matriculating group of the G3 per cent. Butler university, as usual, will draw the largest number—ninety. About twenty will go to each of the large state institutions, Indiana and Purdue. The remainder of the class will be distributed from coast to coast, many of them going t schools in surrounding states. HIBERNIANS RE-ELECT Auxiliary Will Also Be Served by Same State Officers. By Timex Special TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Sept. 9. The Ancient Order of Hibernians and its auxiliary relected all officers during their state conventions here. Officers of the order are the Rev. James Downey, Indianapolis, chaplain; Thomas O'Donnell, Indianapolis, president; D. P. Sullivan, secretary and treasurer, and James Prendeville, Terre Haute, vicecnairman. Auxiliary officers are Mrs. Mary Arthur, Indianapolis, president; Mrs. Catherine King, Indianapolis, vice-president; Mrs. Anna Mulhem, Lafayette, secretary; Mrs. Anna Harris, Washington, treasurer, and Mrs. Mary McCabe, Terre Haute, state chairman of Irish history.

Three New Buildings in City Are Put in Use by 1,500 Grade School Pupils

— /Su.." — 1 " 1 '■ Upper Left—School No. 82. 4700 English avenue, was completed 11, , y ' . J ... j recently. It will accommodate 550 pupils. I , M M, ; i&g $ ,1 * \ /' Upper Right—School No. 69, Twenty-fourth street and Key- I [ ff' ' - • •• / ; . stone avenue, is the only school in the city having modernistic archi- | | 9 1 Lower Right—School No. 56, Twenty-fourth street and Columbia 1 ;.. 1 avenue, gives approximately 475 Negro children an up-to-date school m til] m 1..;! NEW PLAYLOT BASE BMfil ,J2§fni“y IS ACCIDENT PROOF Wood Shavings for Floor, ‘Stitch in Time’ fev-" Incnrn PhilHron ...XT, i -j

Upper Left—School No. 82. 4700 English avenue, was completed recently. It will accommodate 550 pupils. Upper Right—School No. 69, Twenty-Jourth street and Keystone avenue, is the only school in the city having modernistic architecture. Its capacity is about 550 pupils. Lower Right—School No. 56, Twenty-fourth street and Columbia avenue, gives approximately 475 Negro children an up-to-date school building.

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Wood Shavings for Floor Insure Children Against Hurts. BY FINLEY McGREW Mother will continue to warn Johnny not to wear out the elbows of his coat, but she doesn’t have to be nearly so particular about telling him not to fall down and tear holes in the knees of his stockings —that is, of course, she doesn’t if Johnny goes to a school where one of the new “accident-proof” playgrounds has been put into service. Everyone concerned likes the new playgrounds, which were developed by H. F. Osier, superintendent of school buildings and grounds. Fther saves money because Johnny’s shoes don’t wear out so quickly. Mother thinks they’re nice because there aren’t so many rips to mend. Johnny likes them because they can be marked off with chalk for all kinds of games. And the public in general appreciates them, since the upkeep on them is far less than it is on the old type of gravel covered ground. School No. 60 First William A. Beal school No. 60, Thirty-third and Pennsylvania streets, was first to have one of the accident-proof grounds. The experiment there, made last year, was successful, and installation has been made on four other school grounds since then. Parkview school No. 81, Seventeenth and Rural streets; School 82, 5101 English avenue; School 69, Thirtieth street and Keystone avenue, and Frances W. Parker school. No. 56, Twenty-fourth street and Martindale avenue, now have the new type grounds. The new grounds are constructed by laying first a layer of heavy rock. Several more rock layers follow, each layer being of finer stone than the one before it. The top layer is soaked with asphaltic oil and allowed to dry. Next, a topping of wood shaving, also soaked in asphaltic oil, is laid, rolled and dried. Dries Out Quickly The surface can be made any color which is desired. Most of the grounds now in use are made green. The wood shavings, while forming a solid surface, lend a springiness similar to that of cork flooring. Shoes -will not wear out so fast as on gravel playgrounds, and the danger of injury resulting from a fall is greatly reduced. A further advantage is that there is much less dirt on the ground, and hence less chance of infection. The surface may be easily marked with lime for games, such as baseball or volley ball. Also, by simply closing the drain in winter, the ground will become flooded and ; frozen for ice skating. Due to the oil treatment, there is no mud. The grounds will dry within ten minutes after a hard rain.

APPROVE JOBS FOR NINE CITY TEACHERS

Stetson Appointments Are Sanctioned by School Board Members. Seven high school and two elementary school teachers began their teaching duties today. Their appointment, by Paul C. Stetson, superintendent of schools, was approved by the school board Tuesday night. A resolution providing for a $500,000 temporary loan to replenish the tuition fund pending receipt of the fall tax installment was adopted. Retirement of four janitors because of advanced age or physical disability and appointment of their successors was approved by the board on recommendation of H. F. Osier, superintendent of buildings and grounds. The teachers appointed are Efa Mahoney and Robert L. Wright, elementary schools; John E. White, music; Charlotte Moore, music; Margaret Fox, physical training assistant; Ruth B. Bosell, English; Herbert Kessel, vocational training, and E. V. Rutherford, science, all at Arsenal Technical high school, and Nora Harris, nurse, Crispus Attucks high school. The janitor appointees are Robert G. Miller, 1845 Keystone av-

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‘Stitch in Time’ “We think that the depression will have a marked effect on the work of students in the domestic arts department this year.” That statement comes straight from Miss Ida Montgomery, director of the domestic arts department in the Indianapolis schools. Miss Montgomery says that she expects girls to turn, a more practical eye toward the clothing they make. “This, of course, will be more noticeable in the higher grades, in which larger projects are undertaken,” she said.

BOARD ACTS TO TRAP VANDALS A . Watcher Makes Business of Catching Culprits. Indianapolis vandals break into many school buildings, but that doesn’t make them smart. At least, it doesn’t make them smart enough. Almost every night two or three schools are entered and robbed of more or or less valuable equipment. Usually these marauding visitors also tear up the teachers’ records and mark up the blackboards. The school board, however, just is one step ahead of them. It has a chief property protector—one Jess Saunders—who makes it his business to round up the culprits. And what is more, he does. In past years, he has paid his own salary by apprehending the thieves and making them pay for their damage. Mostly, the stolen articles are athletic equipment, playground balls, handballs and the like. At this time of year a great many are fooled. They enter the schools thinking they can get the money which students have paid for their school books. But they can’t. It is deposited every day. CLA SSR 0D MSDRAW 31,000,000 IN U..S. Public School Enrollment Is Estimated as 25,000,000. Approximately 31,000,000 of the United States’ 122,000,000 inhabitants will be in school by the time Oct. 1 roks around, according to estimates jf the bureau of education in Washington, D. C. Public schools, from kindergarten through the senior year in high school, will claim 25,000,000 of these. Approximately 4,500,000 more will attend the various private schools throughout the country. Colleges and universities expect 1,500,000 to enter their institutions. To instruct the multitude of seekers after knowledge, 85,000 teachers are resuming their duties after the summer vacation.

enue; James O. Johnson, 725 North Riley avenue; H. E. Hatterbaugh, 630 South Meridian street, and Murt Gurnell, 2517 Northwestern avenue. They will succeed Thomas Tanner, night watchman at Crispus Attucks high school; John Brandes, janitor at Shortridge; John Burke, custodian and engine man at school No. 7, and G. R. Reese, janitor at school No. 72, all of whom were retired. Temporary appointments were given E. E. Peats, 1131 West Thirtyfirst street; H. R. Brown, 1134 West Thirty-sixth street, and P. G. Lowe, 1144 Churchman avenue. They will fill positions of custodians who have been granted leaves of absence. Fire Marshal’s Aid Resigns Resignation of Zach Sanderson of Marion, head of the educational department of the state fire marshal’s office, was revealed today by Alf Hogston, state fire marshal. Sanderson will go into independent fire prevention work. Goes to Germany for Study By Times Special PLYMOUTH, Ind., Sept. 9.—Miss Edith A. Boys, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Boys, will sail for Europe Thursday to study dancing in Germany.

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Total Cost of Structures Estimated at $483,000 by Officials. Three new buildings greeted approximately 1,500 Indianapolis grade pupils w r hen they started the new school year Tuesday. Not only are the desks unmarred by carved initials, and the stairs not worn by traffic of thousands of feet, but the new edifices also are the latest in architectural and structural design. Total cost of the buildings is approximtely $483,000. School 82, facing English avenue from the east end of Christian park, is of the colonial brick type. Cost of the building was SIBB,OOO. Primaries in Sun .Room Besides thirteen classrooms, it has manual training, domestic science, sewing and medical rooms. Heating and ventilation make use of both air blast and radiators. The primary grades are in a sun room at the west end of the building, which is covered with resilient flooring. The school takes the place of eight portable rooms, and four rooms in a building at English avenue and Sherman drive. Modernistic architecture features the design of School 69, Thirtieth street and Keystone avenue. The building, which has thirteen classrooms and an auditorium, was erected at a cost of $163,000. Eight portable rooms, formerly at Thirtieth street and Keystone avenue, are eliminated by the new school.

Cost $132,000 to Build School 56, Twenty-fourth street between Columbia and Martindale avenues, was erected at a cost of $132,000 for Negro children in Grades 1 to 6. Pupils above the sixth grade will go either to 37 or 26. Due to scarcity of space, the school was built very compactly. It has twelve classrooms, but has no provision for work in manual training or domestic science. The new building takes the place of six portable rooms and four rooms in a building at Twentyfourth street and Martindale avenue. Eight new schools now are needed to bring the building schedule up to date. According to H. F. Osier, superintendent of buildings and grounds, the building program fell behind growth of the school population during the war. To meet needs, three new buildings should be erected every year, but due to financial conditions, no new buildings are being planned for next year.

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KITCHEN 6ROUPS TO BEGIN WORK Canning to Be Started in Domestic Science. First project of students in domestic science will be canning and putting up jellies. This work will take up the early part of the school year, according to Mrs. Ida C. Langerwisch, director of the domestic science department. Work in the department will start next week. One ninety-minute period each week will be devoted by girls to cooking and canning. Courses are offered from the seventh grade up in most schools. Some schools, because of the organization of the departmental work, offer domestic science in 6A. Equipment in Schools 69 and 82, will be installed this week, ready for use when work begins next Monday. Supplies for the department are purchased from various sources. Staple foods are bought direct from wholesale houses in large quantities. Perishables, however, are bought from time to time of grocers for the different schools.

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THOUSANDS ARE READY TO BEGIN COLLEGETERMS New Students to Be Greeted by University Heads, Other Leaders. Opening of the new school year at most Indiana colleges and universities this week and next will call thousands of students back to the various college towns of the state. E. C. Elliott, president of Purdue university at Lafayette, will open the four-day period for orientation of freshmen Saturday with an address of welcome in the gymnasium. Purdue’s fifty-eighth academic year will begin Thursday, Sept. 17, with a convocation ceremony in the gymnasium. President Elliott, Dr. Ralph Marshall Davis, David E. Ross, Noble Kizer and C. R. Clauer will speak. Officials of Notre Dame university at South Bend expect 3,000 students to register on Tuesday, Sept. 15. Several new f dormitories now are under construction, and will not be ready for occupancy until later in the year. De Pauw Expects 700 More than 700 freshmen are expected to enroll at De Pauw university at Greencastle. Registration period begins Wednesday. Beginning of classroom work will be next Monday. Two new athletic practice fields are being constructed, and remodeling of Minshall laboratory is almost completed. Dr. G. Bromley Oxnam, president of the university, is expected back from his European trip today. The ninety-ninth year of Wabash college at Crawfordsville will open Thursday, Sept. 17. Approximately 375 students are expected to enroll. Tudor Hall to Begin Tudor Hall School for Girls in Indianapolis will begin classes Wednesday, Sept. 16, when Miss I. Hilda Stewart will take up her new duties as principal. All college buildings at Franklin college at Franklin have been redecorated during the summer recess, and will be ready for use when the school opens Monday, Sept. 14, with a two-day period for freshman orientation. Sept. 15 will be registration day at St. Mary’s-of-the-Woods. An enrollment of 360 students is expected. Ball State Teachers’ college at Muncie will open its fall quarter on Sept. 15 with a convocation for new students. President L. A. Pittenger will give the address of welcome. The college has added twen-ty-two new courses to its curriculum.

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Seventh District Schools Will Get Photos of Washington.

All schoolrooms in schools in the Seventh congreeeional district will receive portraits of George Washington within the next few weeks, according to Representative Louis Ludlow, who is working in co-operation with the United States George Washington bicentennial commission of Washington. Purpose of the gifts is to stimulate interest in the celebration of the 200th anniversary of Washington’s birth. The portraits will be 22 by 28inch reproductions of the famous Gilbert Stuart painting. The commission, through Representative Ludlow, recently presented the state of Indiana with a bust of Washington, which now occupies a niche in the statehouse. The George Washington bicentennial celebration will last for nine months, beginning next Feb. 22 and ending Thanksgiving day, 1932.

SCHOOLS ARE PUTINSHAPE Force of 52 Busy at Work in Summer Months. End of vacation for practically all other departments of the city schools means the beginning of a rest period for the repair division of the department of buildings and grounds, which has for its main duty, maintenance and the repair of school property. With coming of summer, the repair force of the department doubles. This year, fifty-two men were added to the all-year force of fifty men. During the vacation, one school was painted inside and out. Floors in nine more schools were treated with a composition which eliminates scrubbing, prevents paths from showing in the wood, and keeps the floors from becoming dark. Woodwork and furniture in all buildings were thoroughly cleaned. All heating, ventilating and power equipment was checked, and necessary repairs made. All school janitors, 351 of them, spent a week of the summer at Lafayette, taking work in university in .ventilating, beating and housekeeping. This was done at their own expense.

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TAKES POST AS MUSIC DIRECTOR IN CITYSCHDDL R. W. Wright Fills Office Vacant for More Than Two Years. “In general, I believe that the music department has been fulfilling its purpose admirably. I don’t know of any changes that I will recommend,” Ralph W. Wright, new director of the public schools’ music department, said Tuesday. Wright came to Indianapolis from Johnstown, Pa., to fill a post which has been vacant for the past year. Lorle Krull has been acting music head In his seven years at Johnstown, Wright developed some outstanding bands and orchestras. In 1928, 1929 and 1930, his bands won the state contest. The Johnstowm orchestra last year took first honors. Music in the public schools has two purposes, the new director says. It should teach the amateur technique, and give him an appreciation of good musical composition. Development of instrumental and vocal music on a par is one of the aims of the department under its new head. The Orlofl trio, composed of violin, cello and piano, will give a concert in each school during the year, according to plans. Mothers’ club choruses will be continued under direction of Miss Isabelle Mossman.

MISS KAISER TO GIVE I. U. ENGLISH COURSE Extension Classes Planned for Those Who Missed High School. Appointment of Miss Gertrude Kaiser as extension instructor in English has been announced by the Indianapolis center of Indiana university. Miss Kaiser will offer an extension course in practical English,

meeting Wednesday evening from 6:15 to 8, this fall. The,course is intended primarily for pe r s o n s who have not been graduated from high school. 11 will stress oral ard written drills in grammar and spelling. The English department will offer eight other freshman composition courses, in which students will be

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placed according to abilities shown in a preliminary examination to be held Wednesday evening, Sept. 23.