The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-24
ISSUE BULLETIN.
 ON HIGH SCHOOLS Thirty-Three Already Lo-
 cated in Alabama w A RN s COUN NTIES Delegates Desiring to Locate High Schools Need Not Visit Com
 mission Until Claims Are
 Investigated

Montgomery, May 23.-fSpecial)- l Thirty three county high schools have already been established in Alabama, according to information today given out by Chief Clerk w F. Feagin of the department of education. At the same time, attention of counties Is called to the fact that it will be inn practicable for the department to take up the work of locating other high schools until June 15.
 Delegations from the various towns desiring the establishment of county | high schools in their particular section are warned that it is useless to come to Montgomery to visit the high school commission until the commission has
 investigated the claims of each town
 or city seeking the school.
 An address issued by the commis- sion, setting forth requirements of the
 commission, Is as follows
 Letter in Detail
 q. Sections 1881, 1862 and 1862 of
 the code of Alabama were amended by
 the legislature of 1911 so as to allow | the high school commission to locate a county high school in each of the 1 counties of the state. The annual ap- propriation to each county high school
 was increased from s2000 to s9000, such l increase to become effective July, 191l 1 "2 The rules and regulations here | tofore governing the county hign schools and provided for by section 11S63 will be revised by the high school commission and ready for distribution l about June 15 next.
 l "3 Thirty-three county high schools l have already been established and the | county boards of education or those | counties in which these schools are TO- | cated should meet as soon as practlca-
 ble and nominate teachers for the com l ing year, making such recommendations | relative to salaries, etc, as are deemed | best and proper. These should be sent I to Superintendent Henry J. Willingham
 at Montgomery, who will submit them | to the high school commission for ap- proval or disapproyal.
 | A. It will be impra acticable for the High chool commission to take up the matter
 of locating additional county high schools l previous to June 15. 1911. After this date l the members of the commission propose l to visit every place in those counties de- | siring the county high school provided such places have filed applications in | writing typewritten if convenient set l tlng out Tn Iuil tue dihouHe oi | which will be given, the nature of the equipment proposed, and such other gen | eral matters as would be of aid to the | high school commission In selecting To- l cation Under the terms of the law, a, least five acres of land must be secured l as site for the high school building and l the deed to the same must be made In Tee | to the state; also, the high school building | must cost not less than 5000, not lnclud- | ing the necessary equipment for the high | school This is a minimum requirement | and the commission will in passing on applications take into consideration ln- creased donations of land and increased funds for buildings and equipment, also l tne healthfulness of the locality and the | school population accessble-the idea be- 1 inc to locate the school where it would | he of the "greatest good to the greatest
 number"
 n. The members of the high school commission will visit every place desiring the county high school and will give a | careful hearing to every delegation al l that time; hence the sending of delega- tions to Montgomery to confer with the high school commission at any time pre- 1 vious to the visitation of the commission | to the several localities will cause an un. 1 necessary expenditure of money anc 1 time Every place which has filed an ap'
 nlication. etc, in writing with the sec | retary will be given ample notlce or tht 1 coming of the commission.
 l "EMMET ONEAL. Governor, 1 "C. BROOKS SMITH.
 1 State Auditor. | HENRY J. WILLINGHAM, Supt of Education, 'IJigh School Commission"