The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-04
NEWS OF THE WEEK |. IN WORLD IF SOCIETY Mrs, MatIock Reviews Work of
 School Improvement NOTES AND PERSONALS Ladies of St. Johns Methodist Church
 Open Bazar Today-CouncI of
 Won1en's CIuhc Mea+c ca4

alton, gave a careful review of the work at the conference for school improve ment held in Montgomery Besides a general review ofs the work there were papers and discussions on the several in- dividual phases of improvement the fol- lowing list of subjects showing tho ex- tent of the work:
 School Buildings Mrs. G. W Brock.
 School Furniture and Interior Dec oration'-Miss F. M Haley
 School Grounds"-Miss Mary Forney and Miss Jean Craik
 School Libraries" Mss Nimmo Greene.
 Entertainments" F. D. Thames.
 How to Initiate and Conduct a Coun- ty Campaign for School Improvement Mrs. Charles Henderson
 How to Organize and Maintain A Lo- cal School Improvement Association"- Mrs R. E. L. Neil.
 Preachers Opportunity for Stimulating and Directing Efforts of Patrons and Pupils Miss Sarah E. Luther. Reports of School Improvement Work Their Importance and How to Make Them Miss Sara Clark.
 school mprovement-P Public Senti- ment''-Mrs. Erwin Craighead
 "The County High Schoor'-Mr. J. J.. Doster.
 The school improvement committee of the Alabama Federation of Women's S Clubs is composed of Mrs. J. D. Mat lock, Birmingham; Mrs. Erwin Craig head Mobile; Mrs. James Brock, Flor ence; Mrs Charles Henderson, Troy. and Mrs. A. l.. Dowdell, Opelika.
 The southern education board, through the state education committee, has fos- tered the work of this committee during the present year. The object is "To diff fuse useful information, to further in tellectual refinement. to hasten the com ing of the great day when the dawn of general knowledge shall chase away the lazy, lingering mists of ignorance and error is indeed high calling
 The purpose of the resolution adopted by the Alabama Federation of Women 8 Clubs at the n. -etng held in Mobile in December, 1904, creating the school im- prevement committee, was to stimulate and foster an active interest in whatever pertains to the bettering of the schools and to bring about keener apprecia- tion of the beautiful.
 The plan of procedure is to organize a county school Improvement association in every county in the state and a local association In every community in the county.
 There are now 29 county associations in Alabama and four city associations, in- cluding 24 local associations. More than S9 local Associations are established in Il. H1,.. ,-ly Af fl,AeD organizations represents the expenditure of many thousands of dollars for the actual betterment of schools.
 Mrs Charles o. Locke will entertain the members of the Nineteenth Century club this afternoon.
 Mr. Joel C. Dubose and his daughter. Miss Alice Dubose are at home for the winter on St. Charles street.
 The ladies residing in the Ridge Park neighborhood are at home on Tuesdays through the season.
 Miss Clarede Berry has returned from Waynesvile, N. c.
 Mrs. Edward Gill has been visiting her sister, Mrs o. H. Fucker at Elkhart, Ind, and will later spend several weeks with her husbands parents in Illinois. pr. Gill, II. s. N, is cruising off the coast of Honduras.
 Mrs. oscar E. Smith, accompanied by her daughter. Mrs. Lewis B. Woodruff, returned yesterday to Bangor MT. Wood ruff will come down from New York to pass the holidays at Bangor.
 Mrs. William Dempsey Partlow has returned to Tuscaloosa
 Judge Richards of New York will pass the holidays with his sister.
 The Highland Book club will meet with Mrs. R. B. Johnson and Mrs. Thixton in- stead of with Mrs. c. P. Orr.
 Miss Georgia Gordon of Birmingham and MT. Harvey Simpson of Chattanooga were married last Wednesday in Tulla- noma, Tenn. MT. and Mrs. Simpson will make their home in Chattanooga.
 Miss Sophia Park Luttrell of Knoxville is the guest of her sister Mrs Benjamin F. Moore
 Mrs T. E. Morrison and little son are the guests of Mr Morrison's parents, MT. and Mrs. Joseph Moore in Chattanooga.
 
 Mrs Williams Sanders is visiting her sister, Mrs. Samuel Powers, in Rome,A Ga.
 Mrs Henry Jordan of Atlanta, who has been visiting Mrs. John D. Culley, 91S Wheles street, has returned home.
 The ladies of the Fountain Heights Methodist church will hold cake saie at Clark's grocery store Friday and Sat urday of this week.
 Miss Susie Bowie of Rome, Ga, is yis- iting in Birmingham.
 An entertainment will be given by Class No. 4 of the Eleventh Avenue Methodist church. in the hall of the Cable Music company. Saturday afternoon at o'clock, for the benefit of the. Mercy Home.
 Mrs James Devereaux Porter, who has been spending a few days in Nashville with her parents, Judge and Mrs. w. N. Pollard, returned Monday.
 Mir. and Mrs. Charles A. Fitzgerald are spending a few days with MT. and Mrs. w. N Tippins in Nashville, before conf ing to Birmingham.
 MT. and Mrs c. l.. Hagan have named their little daughter, Martha Eileen
 The ladies of St. Johns Methodist church will conduct bazar on Wednes- day and Thursday at Bynum's, on Third avenue.
 A meeting of the General sumpter chapter. D. A. R., will be held this after