The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-05
PROSPEROUS YEAR
 FOR ALL SCHOOLS
Calhoun County's Educational
 Work Thrives
ATTENDANCE IS LARGE
Records Have Been Broken at the Jacksonville Normal and the Ala bama Presbyterian College
 and Other Schools

AHHlSlOn, December 4.-(SpeclalJ-N1tn the largest normal college in Alabama at Jacksonville, with one of the lead ing colleges of the state for young men and another for young ladies, one of the states largest normal and industrial schools for negroes and an excellent pub lie school system, including an efficient high school at Anniston; with large grad ed schools at Oxford and Piedmont, Cal houn has been recognized for several years as one of the leading educational counties of the south, and information | gathered from the heads of the various institutions is to the effect that the year | which will come to a close within few days has been the most prosperous in | their history.
 The Jacksonville Normal, the Alabama Presbyterian College for Men and Noble institute for young ladies, the three lar gest colleges of the county are now pre- 1 pairing for the midwinter examinations in view of the annual Christmas holi- days. The Normal term will virtually close with the beginning of the state ex- aminations on December 19 although the term will not be considered as complete until those examinations end, two days later. School will resume on January f.
  will last from December 23 to January ?. while the institute will close on De- cember 22 and last until January 3. President c. w. Daugette of the Jack sonville Normal says that all attendance records have been broken there this year and that he believes the total enrolment will approximate 800 before the end of the scholastic year after the review term in July. The school has outgrown the present quarters and MT. Daugette says he hopes to get a library-science building next year
 There has been an increase of about 70 per cent in the attendance at the Alabama Presbyterian college during the year that pr. J. w. Stagg has been at It's head. He expects a still further growth next year. The curriculum at this school is higher than that of any other college or university in Alabama, and it has been made known all over the south by the success of it's athletic teams
 Dr. James G. Glass has instilled new life Into Mobile institute during the past six months and under the training of his excellent corps of teachers the stu dents are doing excellent work. At re- cent examination IA out of 9S students in one department averaged 90 and more in their general studies.
 new public school building, costing $25, 900, will be opened here soon and sim
 
 in the county.
 Teachers Meet Soon
 Prof. H. T. Persons of this city states that the regular convention of the teach CTS of Calhoun county will be held at OK ford, the chief Anniston suburb, on De- cember 15-16, and that the programme on this occasion will be of unusual in tcrest, the questions of compulsory edu- cation and local taxation, which will be considered at the coming session of the | Alabama legislature, being among the | topics for discussion. As superintendent | for Calhoun county. he has sent out mo- | tices to every school district and a large attendance is anticipated. An additional attraction, which will draw a large num- Der of teachers and prospective teachers | to this convention, will be the state eX- aminations, which will be held at the county courthouse in this city on De- cember 1921. Arrangements are being made at Oxford and Annston for the entertainment of over 200 delegates. | Will Hold Open Session
 An open session will be held by the | board of Calhoun county road and reve- nue commissioners at the circuit court | room in the county court house on Tues | day at noon, when D. H. Winslow of the department of agriculture will deliver an address on the subject of good roads and methods for securing better highways. | Mr. Winslow comes to Anniston at the l instance of Commissioner M. B. We'll born, who asked that he be sent here to address the commissioners alone. There | is marked interest in this subject in An | niston just at present, however, and it | was as the result of public solicitation | that the commissioners decided to make | the address open to all and hold public | meeting as stated
 Eulogium Is Eloquent | The eulogium of the Rev. Dr. w. T. l Allan of Jacksonville at the Elks mem- nial service here Sunday was an elo- quert and feeling discourse, upon which pr. Allan was warmly congratulated. He | paid high tributes to the memory of | R. P. Thomson, Eba Scarborough. and Judge J. T. Greene. The vocal solo by | Mrs Carthew- Yorstoun was also fea- | ture, a further musical and reading pro | gramme being enjoyed.
 Travellers Optimistic | Manager c. H. Mitchell of the Alabama | hotel says that there has been 0 marked increase in travel during the past few | weeks to and from Annston, there being | 50 or GO drummers registered at his house every day, and he says further that they are very optimistic over the business outlook. He quotes one commercial trav- | eler as saying that he sold more flour in | one day here recently than he sold all | last year.