The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-11

CTS whatever arrangements are most sat isfactory, either directing their teaching or drawing and music or exchanging rooms one period of day and teaching these lessons for them. This plan has the triple advantage of grading the music and drawing from room to room, of cen tralizlng the work of the supervisors, and of relieving the difficulty of the teacher who is thoroughly competent in other subjects, but is less capable in music or drawing. The teacher who has made a study of these is qualified to take charge of this department throughout the schol. under the direction of the county supervisors,
 Appropriation From Jeanes Fund
 For this year, Superintendent McNeil has secured an appropriation from the Anna T. Jeanes fund for negro rural schools.
 The Jeanes work has been in existence for six years, with the single purpose of reaching the remote schools fer negro children. Most of these schools have un- trained teachers, no supervision poor pay and short terms The houses are bare and with little or no equipment, the very poorest of all plants passing for schools.
 The Jeanes fund pays or. helps pay the salaries of trained teachers of indus trial subjects who have the twofold task of showing the negro patrons now to inn
  roundings and of directing the teachers in better instruction in the negro schools. TEese supervising teachers visit the coun- try schools, give lessons in industries, plan subsequent lessons for the teachers to give, and go to the homes of the negroes to improve conditions there and to arouse them to an interest in their schools. Eleven counties in Alabama have such supervision. The appropriation for Jefferson county provides for an indus- trial teacher for the negro schools here. The teacher appointed is B. A. Huckabee, negro woman, who has taught sue cessfully in negro schools of the county and in qualified to conduct this work of improving conditions of the negroes in the county and of directing the teaching of industrial subjects in the negro schools. This will do much toward mak ing the negro schools of real benefit, as it will teach the children at least the foundation of trades whereby they can support themselves.
 These are the plans now in operation in the schools throughout the county. MT. McNeil has devoted the entire sum mer to plans for the present year, and the arrangements he has made are sure to mean that the year will be success full one.
 Improvements have been made on the school property in many places. At AL lance, where campaign was made Tn August for a new building. the timber has been cut and the new schoolhouse will probably be ready for occupancy by the first of the year. The timber is from the patrons land cut at patrons saw mill and the house will be built by the patrons.
 At Porter, on the Frisco, a three-room schoolhouse has just been completed. The mining company there is a strong support of the school
 At Republic $500 school building is under construction. Another house in the upper end of the county, has been finished within the last month. It was built almost solely by the patrons. to replace ilapidated building. Similar improvements are made in different parts of the county, and teachers and pupils are more comfortably settled for the win ter.