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Show Chicago Can Seat Ail Its 300,000 School Children Chicago, Sept. C ''Every one of Chlcaco s COO...1O0 school children to attend school every day and to have I n seat." is the boast of the school au- thorltles with the opening of the i schools today. ! For the first time since Chicago I graduated from the village Into the 1 city class, the school authorities are able to accommodate the total school population. There may be some crowding In certain districts, consequent conse-quent to the changing of districts at the opening of the year, but as soon as adjustments are made there will j be room for every pupil, and ' half i day" sessions will become a thing of I the past. Five new buildings of the I most modern type and a half dozen additions will open today and will in-I in-I crease the seating capacity by nearly j lO.tiOu. I H is planned to Install a large nuni-' nuni-' ber of emergency kitchens throughout I the city, thus reducing the distance 1 which pupils who study cooking will I have to travel to reach a school equipped for the course of study. |