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Show SCHOOLS OPEN. I LARGE ATTEND- I ANHPORTED I All City Schools Claim Increase I j Over Last Year Good B Work Expected in H Schools this Year. I hast Monday morning saw tho beginning of another school year. 'M Tho days of vacation are over and thu boys and girls must get dowii to their studies. To some it is a pleasant thought while others aro wearing u long fnco and their dis-positions dis-positions havo changed from pleas- unt to cross. These days they nro discussing tha now school "inurni" 'M or the stride rulings of the now "guy" teacher. Now books receive H somo attention uud papa is bothered to furnish nickels for now pencils, H Tho boys and girls nro forming -M now friendships, some to last for Uot others for but short duration. School days uro happy days. Most every school in the city re-ports re-ports un iucrc&fju of students on thu first day. This, however, is :H not to be considered tho highest, as tho teachers claim that moro stud-cuts stud-cuts attended thu second week than thu first. H At tho Parker school somo little H inixmvcnieuco is met owing to tlie unfinished condition of the building which bus recently been renovated and moro rooms added. Somo of the teachers uro expressing cousld-cmblu cousld-cmblu dissatisfaction ut tho movoa H made by the city board of educa-tion. educa-tion. Thu Improvements cost near- H ly eight thousand dollars und the buildings will not ufford nccomoda- 'ifl tioim for but u limited number of iH Htudents. It is said that the pco- H plo would huvu been in favor of tho H ootistriictioii of the now building .H rather than renovated this old one !l I which affords so littlu accomdations. 3iH It would lmvo cost but little more money. Tuo pluy groundn for thu H children are also cramped and un- H satisfactory. While much criticism H is said to bo due tho city board of .t'H education the teachers will do tho 1 ' H best they can under the cirouui- H fatuuecs. Thu enrollment of yester- H tcrday vus 314 un iucreasu over H lust year. JH Tho Timpauogus school reports 'H thu registration of 301 students, H ulso an increuso over lust year, and ,H pioro students nro expected next iH week. Tho Fruuklin has thu lurg- H est attendance, '145 liaviug been ad H , . . .. i ri.... nt .. , i . ' iiiuiuu. xnu iuueeer bciioui rc m ports 307 children enrolled. H Today is registration day at tho H B. Y. Uulversity uud from tho H prchent outlook this yoar bids fair H to become u record breaker fur at- H iteudtincu. Tho Procter Academy 'H also has u good tittuiidauca uud ;H more ure expected, |