| Nov. 2, | 1902 | (first day) | 20 |
| Rest of | 1902 | 93 | |
| 1903 | 139 | ||
| 1904 | 193 | ||
| 1905 | 239 | ||
| 1906 | 328 | ||
| 1907 | 433 | ||
| 1908 | 689 | ||
| 1909 | 517 | ||
| Total | 2,651 | ||
Some of these students did not remain long enough to take a thorough training, for home demands made even a small wage imperative, and the girl had to join the ranks of earners ill prepared. Some were not adapted to trade conditions, and soon fell out by the way. Many persisted until they took more than the average twelve months' course, and went into business at a proportionately higher wage.
Records
I. Attendance: 1. Daily, Monday to Friday inclusive. The factory method of time cards punched by a clock upon entrance and leaving has been adopted as being most exact, businesslike, and time saving. It registers the exact time when rung, and so indicates tardiness as well as absence.
2. Weekly. A small filing card ruled for fifty-two weeks summarizes the daily record of time cards and requires the marking attendance only once a week. This file is subdivided into departments and again into classes, so that the statistics of enrollment are easily gathered.
II. Individual records: 1. Upon admission a record card is started for each girl, no matter how long she may attend. This contains (1) the data given upon the application blank copied in detail; (2) Student Aid, if given, amount, date, and remarks.
2. Upon leaving, entries are made on the same card of (1) date and cause of leaving; (2) record in different departments—Art, Academic, Trade, and Health; (3) certificate—kind, record, date. This is not granted until the pupil has proved satisfactory in her trade both in the school and in business; (4) Trade Record—upon the reverse side of the card is the "record in trade after leaving school," with columns for date, employer, kind of work, wages, remarks. This is kept up by the Placement Secretary by frequent visits and letters, and gives the basis for many valuable deductions as to the practical results of the training.
III. Other records kept in departments are (1) Student Aid: application and information; (2) Health: examinations upon entrance and future reëxaminations; (3) Department: records of each girl as she passes from class to class, such as "attitude," speed, and skill.
Length of Year
The school is in session forty-eight weeks each year, four weeks being given up to one-week vacations at Christmas, Easter, Fourth of July, and Labor Day. The summer session is the beginning of the regular work, and not a unit for summer training. No one is admitted for the summer only, as the time is too short for real trade standards to be approached.