The age-herald., 1900-06-12


 have an unsettled year; thy business will cause thee great anXety.''
 "A child born on this day will be fond 1 of travel, and have an unsettled disposi-
 tion; it's success will depend upon the hour
 of its birth"
 Jupiter Is evening star and yesterday
 evening it did shine with apparently unex-
 ampled brilliancy, going down as the moon
 rose perfect upon a perfect night An evening more beautiful, early night more l perfect would not be possible in any land | "The school board has increased the pay
 of the principals and teachers in the city | schools said President Samuel Ullman. | We have done the best we could; we i hadn't the money to do what we wished | The total increase in salaries amounts to | about $1, ,9OO.. That is small; but it is some i thing and the teachers actually need it. l Our teachers are not paid enough, perhaps
 not more than half what they really earn; 7 but the school board cannot pay out mon- | ey that it hasn't got Our teachers are
 amongst the very best in the country, and Birmingham is most fortunate in having | their services. Some of them might go elsewhere and get better pay; but Birming- | ham is home to most Of them, and they
 are not all required to live in expensive 1 boarding houses, as they live with their
 families. Leaving aside the essential con- sideraton of pay, Birmingham people and ! the world are and must remain deeply in 1 debt to those who are conducting the pub i lie schools, from the superint tendent to the | poorest paid teacher on the roll. All of
 them paid but poor salaries | The board found it impracticable to
 abolish fees in the High schoo'' President 1 Ullman proceeded to say ''The High | school costs S6,000 a year, and S5000 of that
 sum is obtained by fees. So if the fees were abolished the city would have to vote
 S500O additional for this particular school
 and the board thought it would be idle to ask for or expect that much extra school 1 appropriation at this time Thus it may
 be understood that public demand for the
 abolition of fees in the High school for the
 coming school year is not practicable. "The school year just closed has been very successful, and to the school board
 quite satisfactory" President Ullman l tinued. Great work has been done, and
 the ways made clear for yet greater work
 next year. The board has nothing to re- l
 money, and even that cause of dssatis-
 faction will disappear as improved busi-
 ness conditions and the citys growth will
 add to the public revenue. There is no
 sound reason for being unhappy because | of our inability to secure the erection of
 a proper High school building. The money
 needed is simply not at hand, and we
 must make the most of things as they are"
 President Ullman's praise of Superin-
 tendent Phillips, the principals and teach
 CTS of the city's public schools and the
 great work they have accomplished will be | heartily and unanimously approved by the | people of Birmingham. It may well be doubted if there be in this country better public schools than those of this city; it may be doubted if these schools are | equalled by those of any other southern | city. But the people will amend Presi- | dent Ullman's remarks by adding the school board itself to the powerful influ- ences for good that are entitled to praise without stint In his own place Presi- dent Ullman is quite equal to Superin- tendent Phillips in his, and the princi- pals and teachers are worthy of each And the presidents able and enlightened associates are the best of men for such 1 work-Frank P. OBrien, A. O. Lane, w. M Drennen, B. Steiner, Henry B. Gray and M J. Gregg.
 Alabamans will be interested to know that Robert Loveman has just brought out "A Book of Verses that is being very cordially praised by the critics. Disraeli, greatest of MT. Loveman's race in modern times said that critics were the men who had failed in literature and art but whether that be now true, all persons who write for and to the public are pleased by the praise of the critics. In '"The Cruise" Mr. Loveman gives us this truly poetic fancy:
 A crescent moons a yellow boat Upon the evening sea,
 And every little star ahoat Doth bear her company
 Nightly they cruise their ocean air, Until, the darkness gone, They anchor by some silent shore Upon the isle of dawn
 Alabamians, more especially the million dwelling in Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, and
 this district generally, long ago came to
 
 MT. Loveman's verses and they will cor | dially welcome his newer and fresher work. He belongs properly to Tuscaloosa
 and Birmingham. but he dwells now in Georgia, unhappily for his home folk and
 maybe unhappily for his own truer and
 purer thoughts. To him Alabama is home in its better sense.
 Many a person kindly stops to speak a word or give nicke to the legless fiddler who saws out music divine on the side | walk by the Telephone exchange in Second | avenue, and who in so saving drives to | frenzy numerous persons who have to labor l for living in the immediate vicinity. | Every passerby should pause to have l speech with and give nickle to the a1flict- | ed fiddler, for by doing the cause of l charity will be served and the afflicted list | eners to the horrible fiddle be relieved