The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-14


school teachers and the kindergarten
ers.
Work and Preparation
! In every department there was an at
mosphere of work and preparation and
expectancy for the school term which
Will begin for almost the teachers
some time during September.
The library was set aside for infor-
NAL conferences and as a sitting room
and the teachers dropped in by twos
and threes for visits and conversation.
The dining room was fun of teachers
for an hour every noon. as the ladies
from the Central School Improvement
| association furnished lunches. This
save an opportunity for relaxation
from duty and saved a trip up town.
| Supervisors and teachers, principals
and superintendents and teachers In the
making bought plates of lunch and a
glass of tea and like the school chill
dren, carried them to the tables. where
they ate their lunches. Everybody
chartered and laughed and balanced
| their plates and glasses till they found
seats and thought that a school dining
| room was, in many ways, a delightful
addition to the school.
Shortly after l o'clock all the teach
ers were upstairs again. Roll was
called and the afternoons work begun.
On Friday there was only one ses-
sion, the institute closing after the au-
ditorium period. All the teachers We're
together for this final assembly in
which work was laid aside and diff
ferent programme was carried out.
= Seated on Stage
The instructors in the institute and
the principals of many of the county
schools were seated on the stage and
several addresses were made One OF
these was by Mrs. S. f. H. Tarrant, who
was a pioneer in the public schools of
Alabama and who taught for 10 years.
After the talks Mrs. Tarrant and Mr..
McAdory. county superintendent of ed
ucation, were presented with loving
cups. Mr.. McAdory's was engraved ::
presented to Isaac Wilmington Nc
Adory from the Teachers of jefferson
County, in Appreciation of his Services
in Behalf of Education, September IL,
1913"
The presentation and the replies were
the closing features of the institute
The teachers repaired to the various
departments which they had attended
during the week and were given GER
tificates of attendance, after which
they left for their homes or for the
towns in which they will teach.
To outline the years. work and to
give adequate instruction for so large
a scope in so short a time, to give each
conduct satisfactorily an institute
which almost a thousand teachers as
sembled. to have it marked by earnest
work and to separate the nonessential
from the essential is a heavy responsi-
bility. Mr.. Glenn, the conductor, had
the work system4tized and well ar
ranged beforehand that there was the
least possible time wasted and the
greatest possible amount of helpful in
struction given.
Mr. Dimnlit relieved the conductor of
the clerical work and kept an accurate
record of attendance without wasting
time during the instructors periods.
There were only 66 out of the 961 who
did not attend four days or more and
many of these had doctors certificates
or were visitors who were present for
only day.
The institute was held with the sin
gle object of preparing the teachers to
do efficient work during the next year.
1t will mean better prepared teachers
and better conditions in the public
schools of the county