The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-27
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
 ID OPEN. MONDAY Pupils Will Occupy New High
 School Building BARKER SCHOOL OPENED Trained Teachers are Needed to Fill Positions in the Public Schools. Board Considering Appli
 cations.

Public schools in Birmingham will re- open New Years Day after the holiday vacation. There will be one exception to this rule. the High school will not open until January 2.
 Superintendent Phillips states that the new High school building on the corner of Seventh avenue ana rwenty-fourth street will be occupied for the first time January g. While the building is not quite completed it Is expected that two floors will be ready for the reception of the pupils and teachers on the date named.
 No date has yet been named for the formal dedication of the new school building The dedication promises to be an important event In school circles. Per sons from different points of the state are expected to be present to attend the ex- ercises and make a general inspection of 1 the structure, which, when completed, 1t is believed by many will be one of the best equipped and most modern school buildings in the south
 Superintendent Phillips Is doing all in his power to have the building ready for the reception of the pupils Tuesday He has a force of men at work moving the fixtures from the old school to the new building. Furniture is being installed as rapidly as 1t arrives The auditorium seats have been placed and the class rooms are being furnished with top desks. Teachers Are Needed. do c, perintendent Phillips a sufficient number of trained teachers are hard to find. He states that such a matter is a great source of trouble to him. Men and wom- en who have had experience and are thor oughly trained are the class of instructors | he desires.
 Superintendent Phillips states that he is unwilling to appoint novces to such positions, though he is willing to let them
 be supernumeraries. Several vacancies, it Is understood will soon take place in the local schools. Graduates from nor nal colleges and those who have received | instructions under skilled instructors will then have chance for appointment.
 The opening of the new schools means | lDdl StNtIdl POSiiipho VIII | be vacant. Applications are now being received and considered by the board The Barker School. | The opening of schools Monday means | that another new school building will be l formally dedicated and thrown open to the pupils, when the Barker school will be occupied
 The school district comprises the terri tory bounded by Tenth avenue, Nine | teenth street Huntsville avenue and the city limits on the north and east Al | present practically all of the pupils who
 reside in this district are attending the | Powell school All will report at the
 Powell school Monday morning and take up the regular classes. They will remain until noon when they will assemble and march in a body to the Barker school un- der direction of the teachers.
 Grades will be installed at once from the first to fourth. Those pupils now reg istered in the schools will be received
 Monday. New pupils will be compelled to wait until February 5, when the new semester starts and promotions are made. Classes of beginners, consisting of pupils who have become of school age since the opening in September, will be organized in all schools.