The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05
PUBLIC SCHOOLS ID
 OPEN SEPTEMBER r
Work Being Done on the School
 Buildings
THREE DAYS INSTITUTE
High School Will Be Provided With Complete New Equipment in Several Departm ents-Man-
 ual Training.

The public schools will reopen on Mon day, September r. On Tuesday. septem- Der Il, the principals will be at their re- l spective buildings to receive new pupils | for classification and to examine those pupils who have been condltlonally pro noted.
 On Thursday, September i3. all teach CTS of the schools will assemble at the High school building, where a three days institute will be held, preliminary to the opening of the schools on the Monday fol- lowing. The work of this institute will consist of a specific review of the course of study outlined for the several grades, and instruction in the special methods to be followed in the work of the year It Is expected that this institute will prove a valuable help to all teachers especially to those entering upon new phases of 1 school work. Superintendent Phillips has appointed Principal Charles A. Brown o. the Henley school as director of the in stitute. Principal Brown has recently re- turned from Knoxville, where. he spent a month at the Summer school, and is now planning the details of the work to be given the teachers in the three days institute
 Since the close of the schools last June, much work has been done in the several 1 school buildings of the city The board of education has provided for the clean ing of all the woodwork and the staining and vanishing of all desks and seatings The walls of some of the buildings are being replastered and kalsomined and the class rooms are being improved in many respects.
 Contracts have been let by the execu- tive committee for the repair of the heat ing and sanitary systems in the several schools This work Is expected to be com pleted by September 1.
 supt. J. II. Phillips has been busy at work since the close of the school year, directing repairs on the buildings and | planning the work of the schools for the next scholastic year. The courses of study from the primary through the High ] school will undergo d thorough revision, 1 and such Improvements will be made as | will bring the entire system to the high est modorn standard of efficiency me Tit9n oCnooi. | Considerable work has already been done in the High school building. The
 board of education has decided to provide l complete equipmont for number of de- partments. The woodworking shops of | the manual training department will re- i ceive a splendid equipment by the open lnS of the school 'n September The nt'he and joincry benches, which were installed In May, wlll now be equipped and connected with olectric power in the engine rnonl.
 The equipment committee of the board | has recently ordered fifteen special Reed | Manual Training Lathes from the manu- lecturers. These lathes are regarded as | the best to be found, and in addition, con 1 tracts have been let for one 5-horsepower motor and fifteen h-horsepower motors | to accompany the lathes. and also band
 saw, universal saw table and 1oner | mounted grindstone and turner together with a complete small tool equipment for | the 1oinery and turning rooms. This work is being done under the direction of Su- perntendent Phillips and Professor Dim mitt, director of manual training. When | these improvements are completed the | Birmingham High school will have one of the best-equipped woodworking depart ments found in any high school in the | south.
 Chemical Laboratory. | The cases and plumbing in the chemical l laboratory are all complete and properly connected for work in the fall The lab ] oratory will accommodate a class of | forty students working at one time. Each student is provided with facilities for | gas and water and at each desk is a set | of convenient drawers. The laboratory l equipment, including chemical apparatus, | reagents. etc., has been ordered by the | board and the department will be ready for use as soon these supplies arrive. | The course in chemistry has been ex- | tended so as to cover a full year. This will include a complete course in quant- tative chemistry, and will be equal to the best given in any secondary school.
 Physical and Biological. Tables and fixtures for the department | of physics have been ordered together with a complete equipment for years work in physics. While this equipment is not large, it will be sufficiently com plete for the demonstration of the ele- mentary course The demonstration Iec- ture room and the photometric room will also be completely equipped for immediate service
 The biological laboratory on the south front of the third floor is beautiful room. and will be equipped with tables. microscopes and oth,r needful furniture and apparatus. This department. when completely equipped. will open to the studenis of the High school one of the most delightful fields of science.
 Domestic Science Laboratory.
 In planning the new High school build ing, the board of education had in view coinpiete course In domestic science a subject that has not hitherto received the attention 1t deserves in the schools. The sewing room on the first floor is large and commodious, and has been provided with the necessary equipment of tables and chairs It is expected 10 provide a