The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-04
By MRS. J. II. REID

f now the school has been brought to him,
 and every neighborhood center has a l schoolhouse
 l Inglenook is one of our near neghbors, connected by the street railway and sitn- | ated on the macadam4zed driveway. The 1 business section lies In the valley. with | residences scattered, built on elevated I lots. presenting very attractive land scape to sightseers. The young city | boasts of it's own municipality, and this I independent government is an incentive to | push to greater things Mayor John | T. Rives never tires of building and plan
 ming for Inglenool1; he is on the alert for
 every progressive plan, and points with pride to what her people are doing. In l looking over the schoolroom we asked. 1 This patronage represents how many | families?'s and the reply. We have
 about 200 pupils and about 90 families. l Think of the possibilities of so many
 heads and hands with their hearts bound
 up in their new school building; so many
 active home makers, all pulling to make l the town bigger and better. This spirit
 marked the day, and a report from the secretary indicated the committees were
 busy with new ideas and plans for spring
 activities.
 l We know from experience that these l women are on the alert for things worth 1 while They appreciate the fact that 1 their duties are not limited to making l their city alone, but they are active in | personal service. During the period Of the 1 Birmingham emergency relief committee l we had on several occasions to call member of their school board of women l to do some personal visiting, and the re- 1 sponse was cheerful and immediate They 1 know the value of cooperation, the test
 has brought them their success.
 l Two hundred boys and girls are in
 factory at Inglenook as it were, creating | f11aits iyldc n 1 men and women for tomorrow. Education l makes the world broader and better. The 1 schooroom is furnishing the opportunity | parents the cooperation; there is no
 reason for continued ignorance or indo- 1 lence in our country and shops today
 The arts are taught in the modern school; the application is all that is needed for | tho pupils today.
 The united country the state and the parents have begun to realize that the
 worlds future rests upon educating and training the present generation, that
 the health, prosperity and better gov
 ernment of the people are dependent
 upon the teachings and examples of in- stftutions and individuals from whom they absorb the good or evil of their lives.
 1 The school is the training room of heart, mind and hand; thus It's offices penetrate each era of the present and redCn Tar Into the lHHueHce oI buc- cessive generations. The mothers now l feel more their grave responsibilities than before. Today the problems con
 fronting the home life, the demands on her influence make 1t necessary for them to study the causes. conditions and the remedies. This demand for their attention has invited organized effort for public service.
 1 Community welfare means better | homes, and better homes make better people. The home nursery Is the hot | house where tender human plants are given the warmth and nourishment for
 their existence, until they are beckoned out into the real atmosphere of life The
 school takes these plants. fits them to
 bloom into life of fragrance and use fitness, prepares them for the sun
 shine or storms, the blessings or dis appointments that flesh Is heir to. Moth CTS meetings, school improvement as- 1 sociations, reinforce the methods and efforts of the school and give that CO., operation that is needed to bring out the best in nature; to create the man
 or woman whose worlds service will
 be for the best interests of all. Op-
 portunities are made, we create or mold our own destiny by utilizing the day light. Schools are the factories, CO., oper-
 ating with the parent for character and
 life building. Shall their wheels lie idle