The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-05
SCHOOL NOTES

The Congressional institute will open in the High school building at o'clock to- representing all the counties of the dis trict, is expected. The institute will be under the direction of Assistant Superin- tendent O. B. Glenn and Principal c. A. Brown of the Birmingham High school.
 The second week of the institute, begin ming Monday, September 13 will be de- voted chiefly to graded school work. All the teachers of the city schools of Bir- mingham are required to attend during that week in order to obtain their assign ments and to review the work of the ses- sion under the direction of the superin- tendent of schools and his assistants. During the session of the institute be- ginning tomorrow lunch will be served school under the auspices of the lunch committee of the School Improvement association. Teachers attending the in- stitute may if they desire, obtain their monday lunch at reasonable rates.
 On Friday morning, September F, at o'clock the principals will be at their re- spective school buildings to receive and classify new pupils who may desire to enter any class in the elementary schools above the first grade. Beginners or chil- dren who have become years of age since the beginning of the last term, may report at the school in their district at the opening of the schools on Monday, September 20 Children who are not years of age until after September 30 cannot be entered in the schools during the present semester but must wait until February 1, which is the beginning of the next semester. Parents should remember that is the minimum constitutional age of school admission in Alabama Insist ence upon the admission of children before they attain the age of is sometimes very embarrassing to school authorities, in view of the state law upon the sub ject.
 At the opening of the public schools on Monday, September 20, pupils must report to the school and class they last attended to await promotions to the next grade by the principal. In cases of removal to a new district the pupil should carry with him his last school report showing his standing and promotion. This report will be accepted by the principal. All pupils applying for admission to any school for the first time should present their last school report indicating their precise standing
 Pupils from the seventh grades of the several elementary schools of the city who received their promotion certificates to the high school last June, will report at the High school building on Monday morning, September 20. 1t will not be necessary to present their diplomas as the records are already in the hands of the principal. All pupils having condi- tions to make up before they can enter the high school must report to the prin- cipal of the school they last attended
 All pupils without certificates and new pupils from without the city who are ap- plicants for admission to the high school, will report at the High school building at o'clock Friday morning, September IT, for their entrance examinations. No pupil from any class in the elementary school will be admitted to the examination ex- cept upon recommendation of the prin- cipal of that school. All applicants for admission from without the city should present a certificate from the last school attended before entering the examination for admission.
 All pupils having conditions to fulfill, even though they may have removed to another district during the summer, must report to the principal of the school they last attended in order that those condl- tions may be removed.
 Candidates for admission to the Normal Training school must report for registra- ton at the office of the superintendent not later than Friday, September IT, In order to qualify for admission to the training school, candidates must be graduates of the Birmingham High school, or of some other school of equivalent standards, and must present special recommendation from the principal of the school attesting such qualifications and capacity to receive training for the work of teaching. Only a