The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-24
VACATION SCHOOLS WILL OPEN JUNE } Free Night Schools Will Be
 Conducted Also TEACHERS TRAINING
Board of Education Announces Teach. ers' Training School Will Be Con ducted Again This Summer
 in Central Building

l The board of education announces thai
 public vacation schools will open this summer on June and continue one month.
 1 Elementary vacation schools will be
 conducted at the Powell school, corner
 Sixth avenue and Twenty-fourth street
 at the Paul Hayne school Avenue E
 and Twentieth street, at the Bush school
 Ensley, and at the woodlawn school. l These schools are intended primarily
 to afford an opportunity to those pupils | of the elementary schools above the
 fourth grade who were promoted con. | dltlonally to remove those conditions.
 Pupils weak in certain subjects and
 wishing additional instruction, as well
 as those desiring to strengthen with the | hope of being promoted over grade should also avail themselves of this
 opportunity for one months extra work
 Free Night Schools l The board has decided to continue the
 night schools at the Paul Hayne school.
 Avenue F and Twentieth street, and al
 the Bush school in Ensley, and to open additional schools at Woodlawn and |
 | North Birmingham.
 1 These schools are intended for those
 unable to attend the regular day schools,
 and. like the day schools, will be entirely
 free
 l School will be held three evenings each week, on Monday, Wednesday and Fri
 day from 7:3o to 9;SO D. m. The summer training school for teach
 CTS which was so successfully conducted last summer will be opened again in
 the Central High school.
 l This school is designed primarily for the benefit of those teachers who, hay l ing met the state requirements regard | ing certificates, desire to better equip
 themselves along professional and acad- emic lines for the work in their par | ticular schools
 Classes will be arranged especially for
 those teachers who wish to review the
 subjects required for the several state crtlficates. In addition, work will be offered in what are commonly called spe- cial topics, such as music, manual arts
 and domestic science. now taught in many of the schools of the state. Instruction will be given in the follow ing subjects: Arithmetic. algebra, geo. metry, English grammar, composition, literature. geography, agriculture, phy- sology, physics Alabama history, Unit ed States history, civics, school laws of Alabama, theory and practice of teach ing, psychology, primary methods, vocal music, drawing, manual training and i domestic science.
 I Conferences and round tables on school i and class management and on methods of teaching will be held from time to | time during the month.
 Registration and Tuition Those who propose to enter the sum-
 mer training school are requested to send in their enrolment card at once or call at the office of the board of educa- ton in the high school building, between | the hours of and 5 D. m, any day prior to the opening of the summer school, where they will fill registra- tion form, indicating the subjects they wish to pursue, and stating the spclfic purpose they have in view. tuition charge of four Cs40O) dollars will be made for the session of one month, pay able upon registration.
 The summer training school will be organized under the immediate super vision of Charles B. Glenn, assistant superintendent of the Birmingham public schools, He will be assisted by a corps of competent instructors, all of whom are specialists in their lines of work. For further information, inquire of or address Charles B. Glenn assistant su- perntendent Central High school. Bir- mingham, Ala.