The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-30
Newly Elected President to
Take Up Duties There
November 20
BUSY WORKING ON
HIS ANNUAL REPORT
Curriculum Will Be Enriched From
Time to Time With Subjects Most
Especially Adapted and Useful
in Training School Teachers

MONTGOMERY, October 29.-tSpecial)
That the, state normal school at Flor
ence will in a few years offer facil-
tiles and opportunities that will BRING
to it annually a thousand men and
women to constitute It's student body
is the opinion Of President Henry j.
Willingham. who resigned as state su-
perintendent of education Wednesday
to take the presidency of that institu-
ton
Mr.. Willlngham will leave for Flor
ence in a few weeks. For several
weeks he has been busy preparing his
annual report for the governor and
Just as soon as that report is COM
pleted he will move to his new field of
endeavors. His resignation becomes
effective November 90.
Comments on Possibilities
In speaking of the policy of the
Florence Normal school, President Will
lingham said the curriculum would be
enriched from time to time by the ad-
dition Of those subjects most especial
ly adapted and useful in the training
and preparation of school teachers.
After the close of the present ses-
sion arrangements will be perfected TO
keep the school open for regular work
during the entire year. according to
President Willingham. The summer
term of three months will maintain the
same high standard as the regular ses-
sion.
In speaking of the possibilities of
the Florence Normal school President
Willingham said:
Just as soon as I can complete my
annual report for the year ending Sep
upon my duties in connection with the
state normal school.
For many years the general subject
of teacher training has been recog-
nized in most of the states as the most
vital single function connected with
any system of public education. Inter
est in this subject has developed rap
idly in Alabama during recent years.
1.-The state normal school board is in
the most hearty accord with the evil
dent purpose of the legislature to make
of the normal schools a suitable train
ing ground for an ever increasing 8
number of highly efficient teachers for
the public schools of the state-teach-
ers who will be equipped for commu-
nifty leadership in the preparation OF
our youth for lifes duties and respon-
sibilities. s55sB .a.ta7s5sl
THE faculty of the Florence Normal
school will strive to keep In the closest
possible touch with the needs of the pub
lie schols with view to meeting the
fullest extent their requirements in the
way of teaching supply.
1.-The curriculum will be enriched from
time to time by the addition of those SUBJ
jects which are especially useful in the
training and preparation of school teach
ers 1t will be the purpose of the in
stitution to appeal to that class of young
people who desire to fit themselves Tor
teaching and to that large class of older
people who have already entered upon the
profession of teaching. but who feel the
need of better preparation.
This school, in a few years. conf
IDENTIFY expects to offer such facilities and
such opportunities for the preparation of
teachers as will bring to it annually a
thousand men and women to constitute
its. student body. After the close of the
present session, and following the sum
mer vacation. arrangements will be per-
fected to keep the school open for regu-
lar work during the whole of each year.
The summer term of three months will
offer the same high standard of work
as that done for q corresponding period
in the regular nine months session.
Teachers employed during the winter
months will thus be given the privilege
of study for a whole summer in most de-
lightful surroundings without leaving
their own state.
"The record already made by this in
sttution from its very foundation up to
the present moment is a most enviab' ,
one. The high favor in which 1t is uni
versally held is monument TO the splen-
did services of the men and women who
in the years gone have constituted its
faculty and shaped its destiny. The de-
voted loyalty of the thousands who have
gone out from its walls has also con-
tributed much to its success. and with
their continued cooperation a strong
faculty will build in solid worth upon the
good foundation already laid -