The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-14
By FLORA mILNER HARRISON

I domestic arts Director. talked on home economics, especially foods
 Kennedy School
 The improvement association of the | Kennedy school at Woodlawn has been l interested in social service and has done some good work in this direction. Lunches are served at school, the serv- ice being, as is intended, just self-sup- porting.
 The lunch service is supposed to maintain itself with all it's receipts | expended in turn on the lunches. Tine | lunches that are served are palatable and wholesome and are attractiyely served, and in practically all of the schools provision is made for chose children who are known to be un- able to carry lunches from home or to buy them at school.
 Besides it's lunch service, the Kennedy association has had the walls of the classrooms in the old building cal camined and the wainscoating painted and has had part of this work done in the new building. It has placed piano i'll the kindergarten and is pay ing for it.
 Seventeenth Avenue School
 Improvements at the Seventeenth avenue school. on Twenty-fift street north, have been on both grounds and interior. There have been two enter tainments and sale of candy and suf- ficient funds were secured to have pictures framed for the school room walls and to buy art books. medicine and lumber to use about the garden. The garden was fenced with wire aud the flower beds protected.
 This school. as is the case with sev- eral others. is a smaller school near some larger school or between two large schools. and many of the com munity ceuter activities are earned on n the larger schools. Under thcsc cir cumstan.es the improvement associa- tions of the smaller schools may con fine their activities to the school it. self, improving the grounds, walks, gardens, library rest rooms, class rooms and other points within the school.
 Elyton Association
 The association in the Elyton school has taken a broad range and has done excellent work. It has succeeded iL getting d sidewalk laid by the city along a street near the school and where such walk was needed; and 1t also secured the purchase for the school of one and a half lots adjoin- ing the school property, to be used as a piaygro dnd. This has been surveyed ready for grading
 The association has done extensive
  stress caused by the unusual circum- stances of the past winter. It has also furnished school lunches for children unable to provide them from nome, the ladies of the assoication giving the lunches and enabling the children to do better work than would be possible without this thoughtful provision.
 Improvements as such have reen on the exterior. The garden was kept up through the winter. 0 tree was plant cd. strawberry plants were planted. onions were raised and seeds and bulbs were purchased and are being planted. The playground equipment has been added to with balls for different games and 4S supplementary books were brought for class room use.
 Three health and hygiene lectures were given by physicians, and were we'll at tended. A lecture on '"rhe Child in the Home and in the Schoof' and one on Home Economies" were also in the ex tension course, the attendance being good at each of them.
 Other smaller conveniences in the line of improvement medicine, pencil sharpener kindergarten material, burlap and laundry.
 Barrett School Association
 The women of East Lake have done, and always doso, many things in the line of improvement and progress that it is not remarkable that their school improve ment association should do good work.
 The association of the Barrett school numbers 70 members ,and six meetings were held during the past term. Through thelr activities, IS families were aided and the children were assisted so that they might attend 'scnooi regularly. Three orphan children were sent to the fres- byterian home at Talladega and their ex penses borne.
 The lunch room paid expenses and served palatable lunches throughout the winter It served 315 lunches without charge, at cost of $l5.75.
 Beside keeping this up, the association assisted in the expenses of employing maid and in the care of the playgrounds, bought shade trees. had several win dow shades mended, and equipped the library at an expense of $2S.
 Under the auspices of the association a musicale and health lecture were given in the school building.
 Robinson Association
 At the Robinson school located in the northern end of East Lake, the associa- tion has turned it's attention particularly