The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-12
SUCCESSFUL WEEK FOR THE TEACHERS Institute Has Listened to VaIua-
 ble Papers CONFERENCE FULL OF SNAP Mrs. Thomas of Greenvile and Mrs. Aird of Birmingham Speak at
 Morning Hour-Scholar-
 ship Amendment.
CONFERENCE FULL OF SNAF

The first week of the Ninth Congress sional Teachers institute, now in daily session at the Birmingham High school, has been thorough success from the standpoint of interest manifested as well as good work done. The number in at- tendance as shown by the latest enroll ment Is 450, new names having been added to the list at each session.
 The work for the last week had ref erence more particularly to the conditions of teaching in the country schools and the status of education In all villages of the district and state. The work for this week will be directed to conditions as existing in the fully graded schools of the larger towns and cities Teachers from the out lying districts of Greater Birmingham, as well as from the more centrally located sections, will be in attendance throughout the week and the enrolment will be large ly increased.
 | One of the features of the institute has been the daily round table, conference between principals and superintendents. under the supervision of Dr. J. H. Phil- lips In these exercises many of the ques- tions and problems of practical school management haves been interestingly and proftably discussed It has been a con- ference in the true sense of the word in which opinions from many viewpoints were sought and expressed. All the meet tngs were characterized by a freedom and lack of the formality so detrimental ! to such discussions.
 Next Tuesday at p. m. there will be held conference between the suburban n school superintendents of the district and the superintendent of the city schools The chief aim of this meeting will be the promotion of the mutual educational in- terests of the greater city.
 The Saturday Session.
 The feature of yesterdays session of the institute was the speaking at the open hour from 10 to Il a. m. The institute was addressed by Mrs. E. D. Thames of Greenville and Mrs J. B. Aird of the Birmingham School Improvement associa- tion Mrs. Thames spoke Interestingly of the work of the School Improvement as- socatlon in the state, telling of the great i work that has been accomplished by these organizations in the various counties of ! Alabama Mrs. Aird followed in an excel lent paper on the good work that has | been going on In Birmingham toward the general improvement of the schools She told how the playgrounds of the various schools have been improved and beauti- fed through the efforts of the association, and how interest and cooperation has been stimulated among the parents of the school children. The addresses added teachers and friends of education.
 Scholarship Announcement.
 Mrs. D. D. Thames, who Is second vice president of the Alabama Federation of | Women's Clubs, and chairman of the ed ucaton committee, made incidental to her address an announcement to the effect that the National Federation of Wom- ems Clubs has recently secured the inter- national scholarship to Oxford university England, and that competition for the scholarship will be open to all women in Alabama who care to stand examination The chief requirement for entering the competition is that all applicants be col lege graduates, the scholarship being somewhat of the nature of the Rhodes scholarship for men. The application may be made to either Mrs. Phares Coleman, president Alabama Federation of Wom- ems Clubs, Montgomery. or to Mrs. F. D. Thames, Greenville, who are respectively the president and chairman of education | in the state federation.
 Yesterdays Programme.
 The full programme for yesterdays session Is as follows:
 l a. m., Algebra" E. B. Erwin
 $40, Drawing" R. L. Dinmitt-
 1920, open hour.
 | Il, Grammar" T. C. Young. | 1:40 Music" Miss Una Gilbert
 12 noon, lunch
 The session was adjourned st the noon hour, when luncheon was had in the High taken up in visiting the physical and chemical laboratories and other depart ments of special work in the High school The enrolment for yesterday is as fol- | lows:
 l G. c. Pitts Vincent; John M Dye, Co., mmbiana Miss Myrtle Trevarthen Adamsville; W. P. Stott. Birmingham | Miss Olive Heasett Birmingham; Miss Dinnie Mae Rowe. Columbiana; s. A. Berry, Fayette: J. B. Fitzpatrick, Birming- ham; Miss Susan A. Sawyer Ensley.