The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-27
SCHOOL BOARDS MEET
AT ALBERTviLLE
 AND JACKSON.
Decision Reached to Divide Couises
 Into Two Parts, PxepaFntevy ana E. Agricultural Interest shown . in the Work.

Agricultural Interest ShOwn fn the Work.
 The State Board of Control of the aefi, cultural schools of the State has decided that the schools shall hereafter pc oi- vided Into parts, the first a preparatory school with q six years course, the ses ond the agricultural school proper wi'h 6 four years course. !. The question was before the Board at its meeting held last week The ncuncement that definite decision nau
 been reached was made yesterday upon | the occasion of the meeting or the poarse of the First and Seventh District scnoo,s'
 The decision, it is understood. VIII pc
 made to apply to all the nine schools Of the State.
 The preparatory schools will be support, ed by the community in which the scnooi is located. The public school funos ap- portioned to that particular community will be given to the school and the com munity will give 1t such other support as is needed.
 The preparatory school. in connection with which the agricultural experimen' station will be operated. will be support ed entirely by the fund which the SCHOOL draws from the tag tax funds.
 The meeting of the Board Of Control of the Seventh District Agricultural School located at Alhertvfiie, was held in the Governors ofice yesterday morning President J. B. Hobdy of the school. was present and submitted his report. It showed the school was in gratifying con. dition. The local members of the Board are s. W. Riddle and W. W. rfaraison. The Board reelected President Hobdy. Prof. 4. E. Miller of the faculty, was chosen Agricuiturist of the school Miss Alice Coleman was elected a teacher in the agricultural school and Mrs E. B. Keliett was elected principal of the prep aratory school.
 The Board of Control for the First Dis trict Agricultural School met in the Gov. ernors once in the afternoon at o'clock. Governor Cunningham. Commissioner Poole. Superintendent Hill. c. W. Powe of Jackson. members of the Board. and H. c. Gunneis. secretary-Treasurer. be- ing present.
 Prot. Douglass Allen. President of the school, was also present, and made q report of the progress and work of the school.
 The Board passed a resolution making the four upper grades of the school the agricultural school proper, providing that the State appropriation of s2,oco shall be applied solely to these grades. This is in accordance with the general policy of the Board in the management of all the schools.
 The following faculty was elected for the school: Professor Allen was re-elect- ed President; Prof. F. E. Chapman was reelected to his position in the Academic Department. Professor Duncan, Agricui- turist during the past year in the school. having accepted similar position In the Athens School, Prof. H. o. Sargent of Auburn. was elected to the vacancy.
 The selection of teachers for the six lower grades. and also teachers for the special departments of music, art. eiocu- tion etc, wac referred to the local mem oers of the Board at Jackson, and the President of the school
 The report of President Allen shovrn6 that there has been spent cue of the general funds of the school from octo- Der. 1908. to date. sSas.l6, and out of funds furnished by the cltiSens of Jackson. S46So oZ, making a total of q ,008. IS during farm.
 Professor Allen outlined to che Board his plan for developing the agricultural ana industrial features of the school. which is. in brief. as follows: He is now engaged in raising by popu- lar subscription a fund of ss,O,o to be used in installing on the farm a dairy plant and small irrigation. plant. also a poultry yard. In addition to this he proposes a woodshop for the ooys. Professor Allen called attention to two phases of this kind Of work in connection with the sehool--the educa- uonai value and the commercial value. The dairy will not only be a means of giving to the students instruction in dairying. but will afford a revenue to the school in the safe of the products and be the means of converting the va- rious foodstuffs raised on the farm into fertilizers to go back on the land. Hog-raising on the farm will be great ly cheapened through the dairy. Les sons in truck gardening can be afford ed by means of irrigation with a hy- draulic ram.
 Professor Allen is also eucouraEiuR student labor in the school and farm, having made some progress along that line during the past year The stu dents are paid 8 cents an hour and some of the students have earned as high as s3.6o a week, working after moons and Saturdays. and at the same time keeping up their regular class work. The various industries on the farm and the wood shop will enlarge opportunity for student labor. To en- courage worthy young men of limited means. Professor Allen is establishing scholarships in the various counties of his district through the cooperation of public spirited citizens. These schoi- arships are of the value of %1o each and are awarded only to young men wish ing Co pay their way. in part at least. by engaging in manual labor while att tending school. Already several schol- arships have been given.
 The Board expressed themselves as highly pleased and in sympathy with these plans. The members of the Board also gave 1t as their opinion that the only way to give permanenee to the District Agricultural Schools as factors in the States educational ays- tenn is to give practical training in ag- riculture and the industries.
 The efforts of the First District School to develop the lines of industry
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