The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-20
AUTHORIZE
VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS
AT MONTEVALLO SCHOOL
PLANS FOR s12aQO INFIRMARY,
NEW POTTERY KILN HOUSE,
CAMPUS IMPROVEMENTS AND
ELECTION OF SOME NEW
TEACHERS FEATURE MEETING
OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES
by RALPH n. SILVER

by RALPH n. SILVER
Montevallo. May i9.--(Special.)- )-Plans
for new infirmary ocost about $12, 600.
| for a new pottery kiln mouse, for elaborate
improvement of the campus, an Is acre
park at one end of the campus, appropria
ton of 5000 to inau9urate an extension
feature, and election of some new teach
ers of we'll known ability were features
of the meeting of the board of trustees of
the Alabama Girls Technical institute
here today.
Governor Emmett O'Neal presided aad
after the meeting made the statement hat
he believed an appropriation of s5o,o0C
could be made by the state before the ox-
piration of Iris term of office for new
class room building to replace the present
old and delapidated academic building -
the institution.
The trustees convened in executive ses-
sion this morning at o'clock, took a re.
cess at II o'clock until and adjourned at
3:3O this afternoon. The extension course
as planned and chamrioned by DIR. Pal
mer, president of the Institution. and Su-
perintendent of Education Henry j. Will
| lingham. is considered one OF the most
important features OF the trustees meet
ing.
| resolution introduced oy Mr.. Bloch
| of the board of trustees complimented
| President Palmer upon the anniversary
| of his birthday and his connection with
the school. Fifty-three years ago today
DR.. Palmer entered this earthly sphere
and six years ago today he became presi.
| don't Of ba Ia |, .i,lof in
stitute.
| 1Dr. Pamer's report was to the effect
that the school had spent one of it's most
prosperous and success-r. years, with a
total enrolment of 525 students. lie
stated the health os the students had been
exceptionally good, as there had not been
a case of serious Illness among the girls
during the entire scholastic year. lie
stated that many girls had to be turned
away from the school on account of the
| lack of room.
Another important feature of the trua-
! tees meeting was the increasing of the
course of study one yaar. Heretofore the
graduates of this institution could enter
the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa
as sophomores with credits covering half
of the year; they will now enter the uni
versity as juniors with credits towering
half the years work, SO that they can
graduate from the university the high
est standard institution of education IN
| Alabama, in one year and a half after en-
| tering.
| The plans for the improvement of the
grounds were subuit,ed by Landscape
Architect Charles ". Leavitt of New
York and were approved They are very
artistic and when carried out will estab-
lsh here one of the most beautiful land
scape effects in the south. A committee
composed of Mr.. Bloch Mr.. Mallory, II
Palmer and Mr.. Parker was instructed
to secure plans for the new 1900 infrm-
airy and erect it this summer. The plans
for this building were submitted by Arch
! itect w. 7. Warren of Birmingham and
have been approved.
The extension work urged by the presi-
dent and by Superintendent Willingham
| is to employ teachers to travel about the
state and carry the teaching of the
Alabama Girls Technical institute to ths
! people who cannot come to the school.
| This plan will be worked out gradually,
but to inaugurate an appropriation of $500
was authorized for next year to pay the
travelling expenses of teachers of the in
stitution to make trips to other parts of
the state and lecture and teach some OF
the courses of the insntution
During the year a member of the board
of trustees In the person of Hurieosco
Austill of Mobile dled and President Eai-
mer introduced the following resolutions,
which were adopted
May 49, 1918.
ITO the Honorable the Board of Trus-
tees, Alabama Girls Technical II q
stitute:
"Sirs-On July 8, 1912, about six
weeks after your adjournment, a mem
ber of this board, the Hon. Hurieosco
Austill, at the age of II, passed away
at his home at Spring Hill, near Mo-
bile. His remains were laid to rest on
July 5, 1912. Hon Sol d. Bloch at
tended the funeral as a representative
of the board and President Palmer the
faculty of the Alabama Girls Technical
institute.
Chancellor Austill had been men,
ber of the board since the beginning
of the school and had ever taken
deep and abiding interest in its well
fare The records show that he was
very regular attendant at all ses-
sions and also at committee meetings.
He not only had a just pride in the
past history of the institute, but had
great hopes and ambitions for its tu-
ture welfare and development. His
counsel was always wise and his de-
votion and attachment for the school
was without limit.
His services to the state are too
well known to you to call for any COM
ment from me. Suffice it to say that in
his death our commonwealth has lost
one of its most valuable and enterpris-
ing citizens. this board wise. faith
full and jealous member the president,
| faculty and students truly sympa-
| thetic and cooperative friend.
while his departure is indeed a
great loss, yet the work he has done,
the high ideals for which he labored.
will ever serve as an Inspiration to all
connected with the institute. His in
j fuence viii abide for many years to
come and will help, encourage ana
| strengthen all in their efforts to at
| tain the ideals which he at all times
| held up to us. | respectfully suggest
| that before your adjournment suitable
| resolutions commemorative of his life
| and work be adopted, and that a spe-
cial page in your records be set apart
! to his memory
Several weeks after the death of
Chancellor Austill, Governor O'Neal an
pointed the Hon. John 7. Cochrane of
Mobile to fill the vacancy on the
board.
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