The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-18

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aoihty IN debating, and in extempora-
neous speaking, and the club is in every
way credit to the school,
brary. Irondale school was ona If +he
first to take up the matter of libraries
and 1t now has 200 volumes. valued at sloo
with an additional set of reference works
| for classroom use 1t is not unused, but
is in constant demand and for several
| years has been a source of pleasure ia
| the students, from the little second grade
| folks, who find there books especially
| for them, TO the pupils of the high school
classes. They have learned TO feel a
sense OF pride in their library and to feel
that 1t Is something in which they have
a part
| On Friday the children desiring books
write on slips of paper their names,
grades and their first and second choice
Pupils from the seventh and eighth
grades are appointed assistant librarians
| They go 10 the classrooms. collect these
| requests. select the books from the cases,
and put the slips of paper in those desig-
mated. The books are then sent to the
| different rooms From there they are
| distributed in the afternoon, and are re-
| turned on Monday In this way the chill
dren are taught the titles of the books
they read, instead of having only a vague
idea that they want a certain book
aboul SuCn ana SuCn a subject. Iney
know what they are reading whose book
1t is. and the books in themselves have
some meaning.
Nth,
iaiuihess Ai"os' EhHinateu
The great, Troublesome problem of
hardness has been solved in very
happy way. Nearly every school has
| some pupils who are habitually tardy,
END some who are exactly the oppo-
site, while there are those who al e
occasionally late; and it is problem
IN every school to reduce these to the
lowest possible number. as hardness
eohtuses the days work and makes for
the formation of bad habits that are
hard to break later. The task is to
create a spirit Tor promptness, for the
prevailing sentiment largely effects the
success of any rules that may be
| MADE,
Inc plan used successfully at Iron
| Gale is based on strong school sem
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not matter resting wholly with the
teachers but the patrons and every
| pupil Is considered partly responsible
for its success.
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| Tarehts meetings
Another phase of the school that is
teachers Is the parents meetings that
are held on alternate Friday after
! moons
| AT O'Clock in the afternoon the
school assemblies in the auditorium ard
a. programme taken IN part from the
Classroom work and closely related to