The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-17
By FLORA MILNER HARRISON

schemes and artistic arrangement that
 develops an appreciation of finer form
 and color and of harmony in home SUI : roundings
 Next IS a study of textiles, cotton.
 linen, wool and silk fibers, their prep aratlon Tor manufacturing, a practical course in weaving and experience In
 testing material to judge it's quality. After this is applied design, in
 "hicn each girl plans the furnishing or her own room, designs and wcaves
 her own rug. designs and makes her curtains. runners. scarfs, waste basket.
 lamp shade and other articles for her room. This is followed by the advanced
 work for the seniors. including the
 training in the model or practice cot tage.
 Buildings
 The school is situated on the curv- ing crest of a low hill. about mile from the boys school Connecting the two is a macadamized road built by the boys. 1t runs through Glenwood Grove, past the log cabin day school
 for the neighborhood children. and to the foot of the hill on whicn is the girls school The campus Is 10 acres and is enclosed by a rustic fence. The first dormitory. Louise hall, is now enc or four. Atlanta. Catherine and DOiOtny DelHS the others. "A Ua1rN, laundry. home science hall, the prac- | tice cottage. Sunshine Shanty, and a chapel are the other buildings of the | girls school. They were built by the | full-time boys. who were working to earn their tuition to attend the boys school. Each is equipped for the work that is carried on in it and the cot | tages are as tasteful and home-1ike as ctn be. The ceilings are golden browi pine beams, peeled and polished and 1 the floors are of heart pine. The fur | nishings, tables, chairs, stools, tabar- cts, built-in window seats, closets book shelves and other devices were
 made by the boys in their workshop at Berry school. The senior class of l 1912 contributed for the practice cot l tage a hat rack made of a young cedar tree, peeled and finished in hard oil | The same material, cedar, is used for | the framework of the fireplace in the sitting room of Atlanta hall. Another l quaint piece is a small table made from | cross section of pine tree, the top l showing the grained pine, and the
 edges and posts covered with the rough gray bark.
 This is the boys part in building and furnishing the buildings of the Martha Berry school. The girls have added many
 things that they will duplicate in homes of their own, rugs and carpets that they nave WONeH, ana DdSkelSi ana Jd1QlnleTeS from the basketry classes. Nothing is | wasted. Even the scraps from the sew 1 ing room are woven into rugs, in which blue is the predoninatng shade, as the | uniforms are blue.
 | Home Life at School
 | The home idea is a distinctive feature and is carried throughout the school
 The teachers and girls live in groups | In the cottages. No servants are kept for the girls are to be trained to be thor ! ough and competent housekeepers and tc
 know how to do all the work of home They cook and serve the meals. keep the grounds in order, do the work of the
 laundry and the dairy, and all the sewing | All this is of course under the direction oi teachers 5e.
 1 Some of the girls have had experience ir sewing when they enter school. Others have never made garment. They begin with two hours day i'll the sewing room and for the first few weeks every year | there is hard work and a great deal ol 1 ripping out, for it is rule in this depart
 ment that nothing is to be considered fin | ished until it is done properly. Between | the opening of school and December the | girls had made 61 gingham dresses, 20 blue serge skirts, 12 white shirtwaitsts, six white skirts, and two lawn dresses. Be- I side this work of the regular classes the l girls sewed for a family in which the