The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-18

1 individual efforts. Surely, their request for assistance, at least advice, deserved I cOnsiderat ton.
 The committee was advised by the
 board to employ a teacher for these ad-
 vaneed pupils and to bear among them selves the expense of employing a high school teacher. This would cost less
 than II would to send the children away to school The patrons became more and more interested in their school They sent the children to school. The 1 enrolment and daily attendance in- l creased so that there were more thar enough for one teacher and Corner was entitled to two teachers as the num- Der of teachers Is based on the number of pupils in attendance The salary of the second teacher could now be paid from public funds It was the belief or the board that this would be the case, but until this was made certain the patrons stood ready to employ the second teacher at their own expense.
 A New Era
 This was at the opening of the school in the fall of 1912. The patrons ex- pected to make this final effort to there was little probability of their trying to continue what seemed a proven failure.
 It did not fail
 It marked the beginning of a model school in an awakened community From that time, in brief two years Corner school has won first place among the country schools of Jefferson county.
 Before school opened for the winter term of 1912. the school room was di- vided by partition making two rooms. On the opening day numbers of the parents were at schvoI and all were eager for good school. The first months attendance was larger than had been anticipated. The work of grading the school was difficult, as seven years work had been taught by one teacher. and some of the chil- dren were very irregularly advanced making 1t hard to assign them to one specific grade Two teachers for nine grades was an Improvement, but the work was heavy.
 As it increased more and more chill dren entered, the county board al- lowed another teacher provided that 8 room could be secured. The use of the fraternal hall on the second floor was offered, and the high school classes, eighth and ninth grades, were placed upstairs. Obviously, this room was not suitable for a school room, for 1t was quite cold, and the school equip ment and furniture that had been used in the one room now had to do service for three. as4 r.
 It was unnecessary to, say they needed a better school building. That fact was self evident MT. Hewitt paid the school visit and talked of the possibilities of the school. encouraging the patrons not to give up the ground they had gained, but to go on toward perfecting their school.
 The New SchOolhOuse
 The patrons had had five school buildings besides using several dwell ing houses after the cyclone. First was the little church, then the little log school house. next the one that was burned. then the school house which was destroyed by the cyclone, last the building they were outgrowing. The sixth school building was begun last year and completed In the fall. It is a modern, four-room house built on state adopted plans, which provides for proper lighting, heating, ventilation, and points of that kind. It is this building and the very excellent school of the past summer that have been its crowning honors.
 Summer Term
 The summer term began in July with Charles E. Harrison principal, with three assistants. Four teachers, and a modern building. where two years ago there was one teacher and an old sdllap- Hated house. Is indeed an improve ment W
 Miss Tillie Alexander had the primary grades and taught dra wing In all grades. Mrs. Ethel M. Cook taught the fntermedi- ate grades, and Miss Rena Lea had the sixth and seventh grades and music for every grade. They were at work the long days of summer their work ably seconded by the patrons. The trustees, s. R. Mayfield, J. A. tiillman, and A. w. Tarrance are one of the schools assets, for they are so loyalty interested In it's welfare. While a teacher doesn't work for glory, it is good to feel there is such a spirit to- ward the school as is manifested by the trustees and parents at Corner, and to know that ones work has such sup port as they give to their school.
 It is good to be out there. The air Is as pure as it is only on the noun tains, and the days are perfect from sunrise until the last long shadow falls and the day ends to be followed by perfect night. The community Is prosperous one; the school Is evidence of that and of its being progressive 
 Living out in the country on farms, he lives of the children are quiet, ana happy. too The older girls had to- nato club which proved, to be quite
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