The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06

1 tion will mean better health and clearer l brains for study.
 The department of household arts has | only recently been added. It will be in
 charge of Miss Elizabeth Woodhead a l full graduate of the Thomas Norma Training school, which means that she | has the highest degree of proficiency that can be obtained. She will give a tive
 years graduate course in sewing, nursing
 cooking, detetics and serving Care of | bedrooms and clothing and the duties oi
 hostess will be included in the course. l Adjoining the domestic science labora- l tory is dining room. especially for en- | tertainments. There the girls will have breakfasts, teas and dinners. taking turns as cooks, hostesses, guests and maids. In this way the girls who take this work will have really practical knowledge of housekeeping and home making. Margaret Allen School
 Summer has passed quietly at the Mar garet Allen school, and now preparations are being made for the opening of the new term. The ivy, brought from Eng land by Miss Willie Allen; the Madeira vine. and the ferns which grow at the foot of the big oak on the lawn are beau tiful, and close by this big oak is the primary room that is soon to be the school room of the little girls. Its pretty brown and yellow walls, the flood of sunlight and fresh air that pours in through It's 10 windows, its little low desks and the tables in one corner for luncheon on in- element days all bespeak the comfort that these little folks will have. They are making their first venture into the world beyond their homes, and there such a happy beginning awaits them.
 Their teacher will be Miss Elizabeth Mcdonald Mcintyre, a graduate of the Birmingham Training school. She was chosen. as is every member of the Mar garet Allen school faculty, with a view to her preparation and her adaptability to the work of which she will have charge. Across the hall is Miss Mary Weisel's intermediate department. Everything possible is done that at this stage-where the girls are first assuming some of the | responsibility for their school work, and, changing from primary to independent students are learning to rely to some extent upon themseves-the right begin ming may be made The room is an att tractive and very quiet one, the class IS small, there is adequate equipment ana library, and teacher especially skillful in the work of those grades Then when the girls reach the advanced | grammar grades, where the work must ! be thorough if their high school course
 be strong. they will be with Mrs. Rose l Garland Rives, who. through her personal
 endowments, her preparation and her ex- pertence, is ideally suited to directing the
 work in these grades.
 Miss Louise Long, high school assistant
 Is at present one of the numerous Ameri-
 can travellers stranded. on foreign shores,
 as Is Miss Jones, art teacher at the semi
 nary Both are expected back before | the opening of school.
 MT. and Mrs. Gussen will be at the head of the music department of the
 Margaret Allen, which, of course, assures its success.
 The department of domestic science is new. A room in the annex is being fitted
 with tables. gas burners and cooking utensils. The teacher Mrs. Mary Hill
 Rogan. is an exponent of tho Nashville
 department of domestic science.
 Domestic Science Department It is an advantage to Birmingham that
 the girls schools have added these de. partments of household arts. The two l teachers are the best that could be se- 1 cured. These courses are needed every \ where, regardless of the social position ol those who may study, and it is only an
 other indication of the standards of thess