The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-10
TO TRANSFER THE BOYS
HIGH SCHOOL TO BE LOCATED IN
 BILLING HOUSE.
Professor Clyde and Pupils Move Monday and New Principal Will
 Be Selected for Capitol Hill School.

Forty students, comprising the Boys' High School of Montgomery. VIII pe transferred Monday from the Capitol AiD School building on Union Street, to the fine old building on Clayton Street for- merly occupied as . residence by Y. M. Billing.
 The Billing residence, it win be rennen- bered, was transferred to the city as part payment to the city of an obligation or the banking house of Josiah Morris co., of which Mir. Billing was manasins owner.
 Since the Billing property was trans. fsrred to the city government, there has been much discussion in the City Council and among members of the City Board of Education as to the use of the build ing.
 Finally it was agreed to remodel the
 Billing buildings at a cost of about u,5Oo
 to be used as a grammar school. The contract for the work was awarded when
 Mayor Joseph recommended to the Coun-
 ell that the contract be rescfnded and that
 the Billing residence be used by the Boys
 High School. The Mayor gave as req
 sons for this recommendation that little
 expense would be necessary to equip the
 Billing residence for use by the Boys
 High School. there being but three classes
 in that division of the city schools. Agtsin.
 he said, if the walls were torn away ana
 the building was remodeled for a gram
 mar school. the city might lose an oppor- tcnity in the future to sell the property for residence purposes.
 The City Council agreed with the May or and at its last meeting revoked the
 contract for remodeiing the building.
 City Engineer D. W. Ford was then in-
 structed by Mayor Joseph to have the bat Al f,r h fhA RAva High School and this work is well under
 way. It comprehends the installation of | biackhoards, stoves and modern plumb ing.
 After a conference yesterday afternoon between Mayor Joseph, City Engineer Ford and Prof. c. L. Floyd, Superin- tendent of the City Schools, announce
 ment was made that the Boys High School would be transferred to the Bill ing building Monday and the students
 would resume their work there, using only the first, or ground floor.
 The transfer of the Boys High School from the Capitol Hill building to the biil- ing building means that Prof. W. M. Clyde, Principal of the Boys High School. and his assistant. Prof. Joseph W. King. will, after Monday, conduct their depart | ment on Clayton Street. independent of | the Capitol Hill grammar school ,and that there will be more room at the Capitol Hill building for grammar school pupils. Professor Floyd said last night that he | could not say anything about the selec- | ton of principal of the Capitol Hill school until the Board of Education had
 acted. The Board will meet Monday. As | to the permanency of the arrangement l to use the Billing building for the Boys | High School, Professor, Floyd said he knew nothing except that 1t would con-
 tinue throughout the present scholastic year. l Mayor Joseph said he thought the \ Boys High School would be continued permanently in the Billing building. un-
 less the city had an exceptionally good
 offer for the property. There is an abund- anee of room In the building. he said. and | opportunity would be given the High l School to grow.