The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07
HIGH SCHOOL ID BE
 OPENED NEXT YEAR Appropriate Programme Will be Arranged by Board REPORT OF OR. PHILLIPS Hiqhlands School VIII Be Completed In Two or Three Weeks and
 Barker School By De-
 cember 15.
REPORT OF OR. PHILLIPS

The new high school building will be annropriately dedicated on New Year Day. decision to that effect was reach- ed at the meeting of the board or eauca- tion yesterday. The matter was brought in the attention of the board by the report of Superintendent J. H. Phillips, who s+atea that the building would be com pleted by that time.
 The report of Dr. Phillips showed that the new South Highlands school located in Magnolia park, can be occupied as soon as the furniture arrives. The furniture has been ordered and will arrive De- tween November 15 and December l. rho Barker school, which is located on the corner of Thirteenth avenue and Twenty afth street, north. will be completed about December 15.
 At the next meeting of the board the matter of purchasing site and efectlhs a school for negroes will be taken up' The board owns a lot lOOxl4o on the corner of Third avenue and Twenty-hfth street, and will dispose of this property in order to purchase different site. IL is worth about S12,000.
 An extensive programme will mark the onening of the new High school building The programme will be submitted at the next meeting of the board. A number of well known educators from various parts of the south will be invited to be present and take part in the opening ex- ercises, and the board expects to receive replies to these invitations before it meets again.
 Report of pr. Phillips.
 Dr. Phillips sumbitted his monthly re- port which is as follows
 November 6,1905. "To the Board of Education, City,
 "Gentlemen:-I beg to submit the fol- lowing report of the public schools of Birmingham for the first month of the nresent scholastic session. ending October 20,1905:
 Actual enrollment-White,3 3,637; colored 2O0S; total, 5645 average membership white, 84S9; colored, 1859; total, 6S4S; aver age daily attendance-white,t 334S; coloreo' 1729: total, b077: average daily absence white. 561; colored, 522; total, 10S3; num- Der of teachers-white, 90; colored S6; total, 126
 oEnrollment by Schools-High school, 493; Powell 6S4; Henley, 625; Paul Hayne, 1OoS; Martin, 395; Ullman, 216; Lakeview, 215; total. 36S7.
 Negro High school. sS; Salter 7SS; Lane, 475; Cameron, 39s; Thomas, Sl4; total 20OS grand total, 5645. Fees Collected.
 'IIigh school, resident, s91315; high school nonresident, $26S.50. Total $l, ,lsl 50.
 "Powell school, nonresident. $lOS 46; Henley school nonresident, $S410; Paul Hayne school, nonresident, $2o.5o; Ull- man school, nonresident. $9.6O; Lakeview school, non resident, s1.5o; negro high school, resident, $126.15. Total, S2lsO6 "Slater school, nonresident, $9; Lane school. nonresident, $4.75; Comeron school non-resident, ss45; total $l4s.33. Grand total, $1, 1,549.06.
 Salaries Superintendent, princi- pals and supervisors, $1322.ss; teachers scholastic pay rool, $5,944.55; 1anitors pay roll. S46O. Total, s7,727.48.
 "Iibrary Report for October-Number of memberships 408; teachers, 4OS; teach CTS memberships; 90; No. bound volumes in circulating department. 70O7; NO. bound volumes in reference department soo' NO. nemphlets unbound 5000; No. periodicals in reading room. 37; No. volumes issued dur ing the month, 5i8 membership fees col lected during month, $16.00; fines collected during the month, $59o.
 Statement of bond fund, November l. 19O5, follows: .. July 1s bond issue .........---- .S2O0,000.oo July 18 by accrued in terest ....................$ 4lo.oi November 12, by sale of houses ................... 4oi.oo January II, by interest, eleven months ........s 5,890.14- 6,774. Sl Total receipts. $0o,f fif ol Total expenditures ...........--..- 14S,sbO. 9l