The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-24
Teachers Were Assigned at
 Meeting Yesterday Morning TIE SCHOOL DISTRICTS
on ]. H. Phillips Talked to Teachers Two Instructors at High School. New Buildings Not
 Ready.

The Birmingham public school will open their doors to receive pupils tomorrow morning at S:30 o'clock for the fall term of 19O5
 A meeting of all the teachers of the public schools was held yesterday morn ing in the assembly hall of the High school. The assignment of teachers to various schools and grades was made, and the final preparations made for the open ing.
 Practically all of the teachers of the public schools were present at the meet ing. pr. J. H. Phillips. superintendent, presided and made an address to the teachers reminding them of their most portant duties.
 After extending a welcome to the old teachers on their return to work, and briefly outlining the work to the new teachers, Dr. Phillips said that the es- sential thing to be emphasized In the schools this year should not be exclusive ly knowledge. or mere intellectual de- velopment, nor the development of the will alone, but the cultivation of love which in it's highest expression is a com plex of knowing. feeling. and will.
 He dwelt on the importance of making love the guiding principle in all the rela- tions of the teacher to his school work. He said that by this could be secured in the development of the activities of the pupil in the intellectual and moral sphere a feeling of helpfulness and good will. In this work he expressed the hope that the professional pride of the teacher would stimulate a love for culture. He urged the teachers not to let the routine of school work deprive them of a single opportunity for self-improvement.
 interesting Story.
 In illustrating the importance of being true to their chosen profession, pr. Phil lips said
 i.There Is a beautiful little story In the literature of the Japanese, which runs somewhat as follows:
 ''Hafiz was stonemason and tofled day by day with chisel and mallet upon the resisting stone. Hafiz looked around him and as he saw the wealthy passing by in their beautiful equipages, he envied them their ease and their luxury. One day he saw the king passing by with his royal retinue, and dissatisfied with his lot in life he cried, 'Ah me, ah me, would that l the king might bep Instantly spirit by his side whispered in his ear. 'Hafiz, Haflz, be thou that king Suddenly Hafiz was transformed-he found himself clad in royal robes, with a crown upon his head and a scepter in his hand, sur rounded by a host of servants and cour- tiers to do his bidding, with the wealth of a Kingdom at his command. He or dered the royal equipage to carry him through the streets, but as he rode the sun poured down his rays of heat with such fierceness as to make life intolerable. He commanded the sun to cease his shin ing but the sun needed not the command. and Hafiz, unwilling that there should be any power stronger than he, again cried out, 'Ah me, ah me, would that the sun might be- The spirit by his side again whispered in his ear, Hafiz, Hafiz, be thou the sun.' Instantly he was transformed and found himself driving the bright chariot of the sun through the heavens. Being unaccustomed to his sta ton, he drove with such reckless speed that the rays of the sun scorched the earth, destroyed the harvest fields and dried all the rivers and the springs of the earth.
 "At last, a cloud arose to protect the earth from the intense heat, and this cloud refused to disperse when com manded to do so Again Hafiz become dissatisfied and cried out, 'Ah me, ah me- would that I that cloud might be-. Again the attending spirit whispered, 'Hafz, Hafiz, be thou that cloud Im- mediately Hafz found himself a cloud, and the cloud rapidly grew and became black and lowering, and the winds blew, the lightnings flashed the thunder rolled and shook the mouhtains to their founda- tions The rain fell in torrents, the streams and rivers were swollen, and carried away everything in their path except one huge rock that resisted all the powers of the storm cloud and re- mained immovable. Hafiz again became dissatisfied and cried out, 'Ah me- ah me, would that I that rock might be- Again the spirit whispered, Hafz, Hafiz, be thou that rock Suddenly transformed into the rock, he thought himself happy until one day man with pick, mallet and a chisel, began to cut his way into the heart of that immovable rock, and the rock rapidly fell to pieces under his skillful strokes. Hafiz once more cried out in despair, 'Ah me, ah me, would that that man might be- and the spirit this time rose in the air and poured forth . musical strain, whose soft cadences are still echoed by the mountain slopes and the forest trees, FIafz, Hafz, be thou thyself.'"
 Committees Report.
 The committee on the lecture course, consisting of pr. Phillips, Miss Mary Cahalan and A. A. Lyon, reported that eight or ten well known educators would make addresses this winter to the teach