The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-10

duent address of Hon. Erwin Craig head editor of The Mobile Register, who spoke for Local Taxation for School Purposes"
 The teachers listened with great in- terest to the lecture of Dr. Charles H. Barnwell, professor English at the Composition" and Professor J. M. Starke of Montgomery aroused enthu- siasm by appealing for a higher cur riculum in colleges and universities and more meaning for their diplomas. The Association adjourned yesterday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock but yesterday afternoon, the City Superintendents had | a meeting, and were addressed by the veteran educator Dr. c. L. McCartha of Troy. w. W. Benson was elected president of the organization. Resolutions were adopted at the close of the Educational Association meeting establishing a committee to furnish a course of study of eight grades for rural schools and a commit tee was appointed to encourage the gathering of school libraries. The Association decided to hold It's annual conventions hereafter in April instead of June. The date and place is to be determined by the Executive Committee:
 Nearly all of the teachers left Mont gomery on afternoon and night trains. The Association was called to order at 9:30 o'clock by President Willing ham. He introduced Frederick Aus | field. of Montgomery, to speak on school buildings. | MT. Ausfeld said that in order to obtain satisfactory results the school ! building should be a model of taste. | sanitation and convenience. | The architectural nr0rasg0r7 claims d certain amount of credit for the work of schools everywhere. he said. A school should be built. first for the safety of the children and ample floor space and firm foundations should be | invariably looked after carefully. | He gave specific ideas as to the sam itary arrangement.
 MT. Ausfeld then dealt technically | with the construction of the build- ings. He advised that wooden build ings be avoided if possible and when brick cannot be secured brick veneer { ing should be used
 | Architects. he said, are frequently prevented from putting any charac- ter, or grace in building on account of lack of appropriations. 1 He gave ideas as to the location and construction of furnace and coal rooms, cloak and class rooms, the air space of class rooms. the hanging of
 
 the classes of blackboards.
 He advised the use of wide halls and entrances and a commodious porch. A double floor should tnvaria- bly be used and the rooms should be lighted from one side alone, so that the light falls over the left shoulder of the pupil.
 Mir Ausfeld advised against circu- lar or winding stairs ana urged large and frequent landings on the stair ways.
 l All ceilings. he said, should be plas- tered with as little clustering as pos sibIe, to prevent the catching of dust and the walls should be painted with some harmonious color.\
 He entered into a discussion of heat ing systems. advising the use of air blasts and direct steam heating. The volume of air to be delivered to each child, should be most carefully looked into. Every child should have at least thirty feet of cubic air per min ute. Otherwise doors and windows would have to be constantly opened and shut and the health of the chil- dren thereby threatened.
 He gave figures showing that the heating by hot air furnaces cost twice the money that steam furnaces do in 1 the end and are ineffective as we'll. .= Plans for Schools.
 In selection of plans. school boards should always avoid advertising for plans and bids and allow the archi- l tects to compete. Better results will be obtained. by engaging an architect in whom the board has full confidence and whom they know will deliver the goods"
 In closing Mir. Ausfeu1 said that from personal observation. he knew that in the industries, and especially the building industries, the negroes have the upper hand as skilled la- borers. He therefore, appealed for in- dustrial education in normal schools.
 Miss Lula Jones, of Florence, brought out the point thSt If educa- | tion is to be carried into the rural dis Itricts, there must be something to car ry it in. If physical science and other specialties are taught they must be provided with a place to be taught in.
 She advocated the building of one large room in every school building to be used by the community for so- cial purposes.
 Prof. Burleson. Of Florence. said that the school building invariably re- hected the character of the school: a neat, homelike school house meant a progressive school. He appealed for a we'll planned building from an aes- thetic viewpoint and said that in this commercial age 1t cannot be afforded to overlook the things ideal.
 Professor Nesbit, of Florence, told of how one of the beats in his county had secured a new school building.
 Professor Harmon of Florence said that the chief benefit of the discussion would be that the architects present would learn something of how to build school houses from the teachers.
 Professor starke Speaks.
 '"The Relation Between Preparatory Schools and Colleges" was discussed by Prof. J. M. Starke of Montgomery. He