The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-13
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
 OPEN NEXT WEEK
New Text Books Will be Intro-
 duCed
BOOKS GAN BE EXCHANGED
pr. ]. H. Phillips, Superintendent of Schools, Gives Instructions as to Manner in Which Exchange
 VIII Be Conducted.

The public schools open September H. All pupils who received their promotion certificates at the close of the last ses- sion are expected to report on the open ing day in their old class rooms where they will remain until formally advanced by the principal into their new rooms.
 All beginners, or pupils who have reached the age of ', and are entering school for the first time, should be brought to the school by their parents on the opening day. Parents will be re- ouested to fill out the enrolment cards of beginners, and to file with the prin- cipal, as early as practicable, a certlh- cate of successful vaccination signed by physician.
 Pupils who were withdrawn before the close of the last session. or whose pro motion was conditioned upon special summer work in certain branches, sare requested to report to the principal or the school at g o'clock, Thursday, Sep tember F, when they will be given an opportunity to remove their conditions.
 New pupils desiring admission above the first grade should report at the schooi in their district on the morning Of Thurs day. September IT, when they may be classified by the principal Such pupils should bring with them any reports or records of work from the last school at tended that will aid in their classification and should also. within reasonable time, present certificate of successful vaccination.
 New students desiring admission to the high school as well as conditioned stu dents, will report to the principal at o'clock, Thursday, September l. for ex- animation and classification.
 Non-Resident Pupils. To prevent any -overcrowding of class rooms, no children living outside the cor porate limits of the city will be received into any school, at the opening, except such as were in the schools last year. and were duly certifcated. These will have preference over new nonresident applicants but may be excluded later if their seats in any classroom are re- quired for the accommodation of pupils living within tlfe city limits
 U The New Text Book Law.
 Patrons of the schools are requested to lend the principals and teachers every possible help in carrying out the provi- sion of the new uniform text book law. Under the law, 1t must be understood only those books are exchangeable that were in the hands of the child last year, and which would be used by that child this year. but for the state adoption The la In the old at half the price of the new A second reader will be accepted in ex- change for a second reader, an elemental ry arithmetic for an elementary arithme- tic and so on. A third reader will not be received in exchange for fourth reader, nor an elementary arithmetic for an ad- vanced arithmetic.
 Parents are also cautioned to see that the new books bought bear the edition and price stamped upon the cover, as re- qured by law. The law requires that books without this stamp shall be re- jected even though they may be in every other respect identical with the adopted books. This applies to the regular state list and not to supplementary readers. Dr. J. H. Phillips, superintendent of schools, suggests that the following points as to the method of securing the new books should be carefully noted:
 Let the child bring to the school on the day of opening all the old books that he may have subject to exchange. When his classification has been definitely de- termlned, he will be given the complete book list of his grade. with exact rrices. lrr,l,e u,t1l ina and will paste a signed excaange slip cn the inside of the cover of each exchange able book.
 These lists, together with tlie exchange able books, will then be taken to ,ne de- pository, or one of the focal agencies, where the new books may De obtained. The firm of Loveman, Joseph & Loeb is the depository for north Alabama. he books may be obtained from this firm or from It's local agents, Dewberry & Sons, and the Webb Book store
 On Saturday, September 10, at 9.sO o'clock, the teachers of the city schools will meet in the High school building. At this meeting the assignments of teach CTS to grades or classes will be made. and specific instructions will be given regarding the work of tn schools The new duties of the teachers with refer ence to the new text books to be in- stalled, make their prtsence at this first meeting very important.
 Boundaries of School Districts.
 Following are the boundaries of the va rous city school districts:
 High School-Entire city.
 Powell School-East by Thirty-second street. South by A. c. s. R. R. West by Twentieth stpeet and Huntsville avenue North by Seventeenth avenue.
 Henley Schocl-East by Twentieth street. South by A. G. s. R. R. West of Seventh and Walker streets. North by Eleventh avenue.
 Paul Hayne school-East by Twenty fifth street. South by Fifteenth avenue. West by Sixteenth street. North by A. G. s. R. R.
 South by Fifteenth avenue. West by Sev- enth street. North by A. G, s. R. R. Grades one to four inclusive
 Lakeview School--East by Thrty~sec- ond street, Highland avenue and Pine street. South by Fifteenth avenue. West by Twenty y-fifth street. North by A. c. s. R. R. Grades one to four inclusive
 Martin School-East by Huntsville ave- nue. South by Eleventh avenue. West by Walker street. produced. North by Sev- -enteenth avenue, produced.
 Slater School-East by Twentieth street. South by A. c. s. R. R. West by limits. North by limits