The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-15

understand the ever-inereasing good Of a high school: but the larger the engine, the more steam generated-so the larger the building. the more pupils aeconlino- dated. And in proportion to the number In the high school, just so the degree Of culture in the district. Certainly a new building will be larger than the old one; more and larger rooms, and these better lighted and ventilated. 4 new building will have clustering made 10 stay on, so that when an entertainment Is 10 be given the committee in charge will be saved the embarrassment and work of taking the broom handle and punching the ceiling or the entire hall to make sure that no one will leave the festivlty with skull crush ed by piece of falling paper and mortar Let the pupils. In anticipation, enjoy the new. wide steps for fire drill. Then. indeed. they can make double quick time in case of an emergency. and not fall headlong from the door to the pavement. Better lessons will be recited in the new school room for the distracting pleasure of tracing out the figures on the varied wall paper will be gone. And can one class appreciate the glory of the stars. when in the other side of the room a class ie enjoying a laugh over dog cole? In the high school that is to be. each class will have private room
 Consider the beauty added to the city by magnificent new building. Pupils will take visitors to It and point out with pride the spacious school with its beauti- ful grounds. Then. indeed, will Birming hams educational system be complete.
 (By Ben Marks. Class T.. e.
 It Is a fact deeply regretted by the friends of Birmingham that she had fail- ed to improve the opportunities in edu-
 
 in recent years. But the recent work of the people of Birmingham for the new high school and It's results shows that Birmingham is becoming more and mor7 concerned about the welfare of it's in- habitants
 It was said ''to get a few flowers one must SOW plenty of seeds' and in order to get good citizenship we must build plenty of schools and good schools as that the future high school How will 1t be received by good citizens? By the training which will add to the moral character. to the Knowledge to the wis dom and to the physical powers of the boys and girls of Birmingham and it's community. who are all to make up the the seeds of our future citizenship. What shall we do if not the erection
 
 of knowledge. It should be remembered that modern science, habits of thought imagination, training and exercise of the memory. will be gotten, for which few years ago the boys and girls had to go abroad.
 Not a dollar would be gathered from the soil from the mines, without this en- 1 terprise. The boys and girls of Birming- ham are full of industry and in sharp ! communication with the new high school, ] secure for themselves q share of Ala bama's and the United States produc- tion It will tempt them to do twice as much work, or in one hour as much as in two hours. They will prove themselves skilled workers and students. l But after high school education the life 1 has not passed but only begun. It vii l make the boy fit for anything that he l might afterward decide upon. It will de. velop able bodied citizens by the erec- ton of it's gymnasium.
 It is difficult for one to tell the full