The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-20
EVERYTHING READY
At ENSLEY SCHOOLS
Personnel Of Teaching Staff
For Coming Year
HOT CAMPAIGN IS ENDED
Rival Factions With Brass Bands Had
High Old Time In Steel City
Last Night-specaI
Election Called.
HOT CAMPAIGN IS ENDED

thing points to an suspicious opening of
the public schools on Monday Professor
Baker and his assistants have worked
hard the last few days making final ar
arrangements for the opening.
Elnsley contains four public school build
ings. The largest of these, the Bush
building, at present contains the High
school as well as the full complement of
the lower grades. 1t Is a modern brick
structure, well heated and lighted. The
curriculum of the High school, which con-
tains four years, has just been strength
ened and enlarged and an additional
teacher employed by the board. The de-
partment of modern languages has been
added A hundred pupils are expected
for the High school alone during the
year.
The Moore BUILDING is the Oldest in the
city and contains seven rooms. Prof
j.. c. Blackwell is in charge.
The Minor building, located on the
Highlands, in the Tuxedo section, is the
newest building, having been completed
less than year. Illls is the pride of
the citizens of the Fifth ward and is
probably one of the handsomest and most
modern buildings in the state. This
school is in charge of Principal c. P.
Bowman.
Prof. R. e. Tidwell is in charge of tae
High school and the Bush graded school.
~. II. Taylor has charge of the colored
school, which has eight rooms. The Steel
City is famed for it's healthy public school
sentiment and its citizens may be de-
pended upon to support its schools hand
somely
A teachers meeting was held yesterday
at 10 o'clock at the Bush building, at
which all the 40 teachers were present.
Those present were:
Bush and High School-R. E. Tidwell,
principal; T. w. Smith, Miss Augusta
Bloodworth, Miss Merl Harvey, Miss
Mary Jones, Miss Pearl Keath, Miss Ada
C. Street, Miss Katherine Averyt, Miss
Hattie Bentley, Miss Halle Scruggs, Miss
Sabine Dupont, Miss Mertiff Thomson,
Miss Alice Foreman, Miss Cecile Wilson.
Moore School-John C. Blackwell, prin-
cipal; Miss Lille Fair Smith, Miss Mary
M. Brown, Miss Katie Belle Harrison,
Miss frankie Enzor, Miss Vera Barton,
Miss Chrl5Sie Champion.
Minor School-C. z. Bowman, principal !;
Miss Ldthie Hudson, Miss Bertha Cowan.
Miss Georgia Kyser, Miss Frances Read,
Miss Jessie Wells, Miss Cecile Kron,
Miss Ruth Phillips.
Supervisors-Mss Ruth Harbeck, Miss
Mary j. Rabette.
80. Davis School, colored-A. H. Taylor,
.srinclpal; Ophella B1edsoe, Matte L.
Frazier, Ellen Gatewood, Ada L. Berry,
Annie E. Payne.
Sketch of Professor Baker.
Prof. N. r. Baker, the superintendent
of the public schools of Ensley was born
in Ohio, moved to Missouri when a small
child and has spent most of his life in
the south.
He graduated at Mount Morris college.
Mount Morris, ILL.,, in 1893 For four years
principal of the Chesterfield academy at
Chesterfield, S. c., Came to Alabama in
1895 as president of Chronicle college.
Resigned in 1899 to become superintendent
at Whistler Ala. Five years ago was
elected assistant superintendent of the
schools of the city and county of Mobile.
Here were over 100 schools with 40 teach
ers and enrolling nearly 5000 pupils with
cut close supervision, owing to the fact
that the "A schools and enrolment of an
ether 5000 pupils in the city needed the
personal dLteHtion anu presehce VI lHS
superintendent.
To unity, grade classify and personally
supervise these schools was a difficult
task. The county is 70 miles long and
20 wide and includes several small is
lands. A course of study was arranged,
schools graded and classified, the teach
ers were brought together into institutes
monthly and thus unity and system was
developed throughout the entire county
to the great benefit of the schools
Superintendent Baker is an active men,
Der of the Alabama Educational associa-
ton, having served on the committee for
grading country schools and three years
en- the executive committee.
In theory, he is utiltarian. In discipline,
corrective, rather than retributive. He IS
O. firm believer in the future Importance
Of teaching and is careful to regard the
ethics Of his profession.