The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-24
EDITED BY MYRTLE MILES

The teaching Of mere academic subjects
to children of school age during a few
hours of the day has long since passed
into history in the Birmingham public
schools. Community service is almost
as great consideration in the planning
of work as class room instruction. In
this scheme the parents again become pu-
pills of the schools, and by the co-opera-
ton of organizations and professional
men and women the schools become So
cial and cultural centers for the entire
community. The patrons in organized
school improvement associations give time
and study to furthering the interests OF
the various schools, and the schools IN
turn, under the direction of the superin-
tendent and the board Of education, give
the patrons afternoon and evening lee
lures, educational entertainments and
musicales, In the various school buildings
and districts Thus the school buildings,
Instead of being used a fraction of the
day for boys and girls only, are used both
day and night and become open institu-
tions In the way of social and cultural
centers, rendering real community ser
vice This extension work extends from
lie kindergarten to the adults. There
re more than thirty district school i'm
rovement associations assisting the board
education in the city schools. Twenty
indergartens are maintained with 500 kin
srgarten pupils. Afternoon and evening
ofures, debating clubs, Fairgrounds and
.udy clubs constitute a system of con-
nuation work for parents. Night
.hoois with several hundred pupils, are
Maintained for those who find IL neces-
ary to work during the day. In this
ay the school buildings are used both
ay and night for both children and
dults.
OF these special activities one OF the
lost unique is the lecture extension
purse planned by a special committee
z teachers and principals under the au-
oices of the board of education. 1t is
ally by the hearty cooperation of a num-
or of organizations and philanthrspic
tizens of Birmingham that this course
possible for it is entirely free to the
lublic and it does not draw upon PUBIC
unds for its maintenance.
A series OF health and hygiene lee
ures, involving instruction TO mothers
My, will be given by number of prom
1ent physicians at ten selected centers
overing Greater Birmingham. This par
ocular phase of the extension work was
tanned at the suggestion and as a result
II the interest of the Council of Jewish
Women. The details of the course was
tanned by Dr. ]. S. McLester, medical
Inspector of the city schools. The course
onsists of 40 lectures and DIR. McLester
ell be assisted by special lectures given
7 II rIar INr
Dr.. Cabot Lull, DR.. T. D. Parke, DR.. f. A.
Lupton, Dr. Il. p. Hogan and DIR. ii. S.
Ward 1t will require four lectures to
make the series complete. and each physi-
clan will make his address at FIVE differ
ent centers of the city.
In addition to these, the lecture extern
sion course will consist of a series of AZ
evening lectures, ON sanitation and health,
landscape architecture and city beautiful
plans, musicales, educational moving pic
lures and stereopticon views. DR.. George
Eaves of the Jefferson County Anti-Tu-
bereulosis association will supervise the
health and sanitation group, and the mu-
steal numbers will be given under the SUI
pervision of Miss Leta Kits, assisted by
the musical organizations of the city.
The entire course as now scheduled con-
sists of 81 numbers, which will be free
to the public The Lyceum course and
the Teachers Study Course will add about
10 more lectures to the special activities
for the school year
The lectures comprising the afternoon
courses ON sex hygiene will be. as fol-
lows: No. /. 1.-THE Relation of the Mother
to the Child from Conception to the Age
of Entering School, by DR.. j. r. Sny-
der and Dr. #. A. Lupton: No. O. THE
Normal Phenomena Adolescence by DIR.
Frank z. Nabers and DR.. j. S. McLester;
No. 3, 1.-THE Hygiene of the Home" by
DR.. Cabot Lull and DR.. Il. p Hogan; No.
4, 1.-THE Problem of the Child" by Dr. r,
ID. ParSe and DR.. II. S. Ward.
The following schedule of dates and CEN
ters has been adopted by the committee
In charge. the general lectures In the
evening series including as topics places
and dates:
ANTI-TUBERCULOSI LECTURES.