The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-28
A KINDERGARTEN
TEACHER SELECTED
WisS Edith Woodruff of louis
Vile Chosen.
SCHOOL OPENS MONDAY
A Finance Committee Appointed to
Raise Funds for Maintenance of
the School-It Will Require
About $40 Monthly.

The board of directors and the advisory
board of the Birmingham kindergarten as
ISOLATION held joint meeting in the Com
mercial club rooms yesterday morning, and
transacted lot of important business pre-
paratory to the opening of the first free
kindergarten of Birmingham in the Paul
Hayne school next Monday morning. A
teacher for the kindergarten, Miss Edith
Woodruff, of Louisville, was selected; the
training class for kindergarten teachers
which is to be formed was thoroughly dis
cussed and plan for raising the funds
necessary for carrying on the work was
outlined.
The meeting was a thoroughly enthusiast
tic one in every particular. The following
ladies compose the board, most of whom
were present: Miss Isabel Dangaix, presi-
dent; Mrs. ]. H. Phillips, Mrs. w. NJ. New
bold, Mrs. Thomas Ward, Mrs. James Bow
ron, Mrs Sam Adler, Mrs. Fac C. Smith,
Mrs George Cruikshank, Miss Julia Will
hanson, Mrs. Thomas Parke and Mrs. Elias
Davis. ]. a. VanHoose and M. v. Joseph
of the advisory board were present at the
meeting, DR.. J. II. Phillips being out of
the city.
A large and we'll equipped room in the
Paul Hayne school has been provided for
the children's use. 1t is the northeast,
downstairs room of the building, fronting
on avenue E, and is a splendid place for the
li1tle tots. A little chair and table will be
supplied for each child w. j. Pearce of
the Jesse French Piano company has sig
nihed willingness to loan the kindergarten
a piano to be used free of charge, which
will be accepted.
The kindergarten will be limited to fifty
children between the ages Of four and
seven, those first applying being the ones
accepted These children will come from
the South Highlands and from all over the
South Side, few probably coming from the
North Side. The United Charities will as
sist the kindergartens every way they can,
and this week clothes and aprons are be-
ing made at the society headquarters for
such children as need them.
The kindergarten training class, which
will be one of the features of the new sys-
tenn was thoroughly discussed yesterday
morning. -Four young ladies have already
applied for admission to this class, an
there are number of others who are
thinking of doing SO. The course of study
which the training class will pursue will
be thorough.
1t will cost about $40 month to run the
kindergarten at the Paul Hayne school, and
tiiO iauieS Aeel lHal IL tilSy can raise lnlS
amount for the next five months that the
kindergarten system will have taken its
hold on Birmingham and will flourish next
year. 1t was decided to appoint a COM
mittee on finance, consisting of twenty-five
or thirty ladies, whose duty it shall be to
see that this money is raised. They will
give no entertainments, but will make their
appeal to the people direct, who are and
who should be interested in the success of
the work. The ladies desire to get, if pos
sible, at least seventy people to pledge
dollar month for the next five months,
which, in addition to the membership fees
and other little amounts collected, will
make handsome working capital. The
woman's exchange, which was In operation
in birmingham year two ago, had
surplus left of about $40, which they have
turned over to the association.