The age-herald., 1899-01-01
Birmingham's Free Kindergartens
 Will Open Tomorrow

The Birmingham free Kindergarten and training school for kindergartners will open on Monday, January 9, at Paul Hayne school, entrance in Avenue B.
 The hours for the kindergarten are from until 12. Miss Edith Woodruff, kindergart- ner and training teacher stands high in her profession and comes well recommended by her alma mater, the Louisville Kindergar- ten association, and represents that school. Her methods will be the same used in the Louisville kindergartens, which are by ed- ucators considered the best in the country. To the training class she will give the en- tire course given by the Louisville school a two years course. All those entering the training class this week, however, will fin- ish the course at the end of the scholastic year. 1900, and receive diplomas. This course includes the study of psychology, both eom- parative and structural, and it's application to child mind, and it's law of development the use of the kindergarten materials, as gifts, occupation, etc.. with circle plays and plans of work, general principles of arehi- lecture, mechanism, design, drawing, mod cling, etc.
 The study of anthropology, pedagogy, from ancient to modern times, including the writings of such lights as Rousseau, Rich ter, Spencer, Pestalozzi and Froebel, liter ature in it's relation to children-as stories, myths, legends, etc.
 The young ladies will also be given course in normal work, as modelling, fold ing weaving, cutting, serving, slat-work and basket weaving. Delsarte and physical training. Classes in theory are held In the afternoons, and every morning they re- ceive practical instruction in the kinder garten.
 No recent public-spirited movement in Birmingham has created more enthusiasm and interest that the organization of the Biringham Kindergarten Association. This interest in kindergarten work is being em- phasized in other cities as well, and there seems to be a wave of popular sentiment in regard to this important branch of edu- cation The meeting of the Southern Edu- catonal Association the past week in New Orleans developed the fact that has hith- erto been unrecognized by some, that all cities abreast with up-to-date methods are increasing their facilities for kndergartens, and that many of the most distinguished women in the country are workers in Kindergarten lines. Among the famous women present at the netting Of the kinder garten department in New Orleans were Miss Eveine A. Waldo of the New Orlenas Normal school, president of the depart
 
 Central Kindergarten secretary Mrs. Kate c. Seaman, chairman local committee of kindergartrers; Miss Mary McCulloch, su- pervisor public kindergartens, St. Louis, Mo-; Miss Patty Hill, supervisor free kin dergartens, Louisville and Miss Amalie Ho- fer, editor Kindergarten Magazine, Chicago, Ill.
 The New Orleans Free Kindergarten Framing School, like the school in this city will be, is child of the Louisville system.
 Miss Waldo, in her address before the meeting, said:
 The constitutional convention which was held here last winter recognizing the inn portance of the kindergarten, amended the section relative to the school age so as to permit any community desiring to estab- fish public kindergarten to admit chil- dren to said department between the ages of four and six. This recognition of the kin- dergarten by the constitution of the state has greatly encouraged it's friends in this community.
 It gives me great pleasure to be able to say that the school board in this city is strong and earnest advocate of the kinder garten. It has established twelve kinder garten departments, and it has not opened a new school within the last three years without creating kindergarten department within said school. It has further estab- lished it's loyalty by the organization of a kindergarten training department in con- nection with the city normal school, which is presided over and ably directed by your worthy president. It has the very distin- guished record of being the only school board in this country that has made an appropriation to pay the expenses of it's kim dergarten teachers to the national conven- tion of kindergartens
 = The following women are the newly elected officers of the kindergarten depart ment of the Southern Educat tional Associa- tion: President, Miss Mary Mccullough of St. Louis; vice president Miss Burton, of Louisville; secretary, Miss Lena Knefer of New Orleans