The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-17
INSPECTION TRIP ID
 COUNTY SCHOOLS IS
 MADE BY THE BOARD
R. E. Tidwell Conducts Them to Some of the Best of COunty's Educational
 Institutions

ihe county board of education spent Friday in visiting the schools under the supervision of Field Superintendent R. sF iiowell. The members of the board. J :. ". Minor, I. ". McAdory, County Su- perintendent P. M. McNeill. T. Snow Rog- CTS and c. R. West, accompanied by Mr ildwell, left Birmingham early Friday morning in touring car, and spent tbe ent're day at schools in the county.
 tne nrst school visited was the negro school at the Ensley steel mill quarters. mere they found a modern building. spiendidly equipped, and a school that
 "s modern in every respect. There are
 'i eeaehers, with an attendance of 25o pupils
 ines drove from there to Docena, where mere Is new building, one of the few ana probably the first in the county built V" the unit plan. Two classrooms. pas- sages and a we'll equipped domestic sci ehce room are in the school building. 'he primary department being in inc church nearby. School building and church are civic centers and contr,n,,to 10 make the town one of the most deN slraole In the county They are SIT. iouhoed by extensive and well cared for eiouhos, on which is equipment for nlav- sround and general recreation. Tho ,,;s ieofs witnessed a demonstration of ,,,a,, srouno work under the direction of Mice ward who has this work in charge The Schofeld. 'ie'. ana MISS
 MT Tidwell took the party from po cena to Mulga, where both school ana own are new. The building is wei p'anned and its material equipment for a good school is strengthened hv an
 Acehent corps of teachers. MT. Sn;aIa MISS Crawford. Miss varnon. Misc Hoe .etier and Miss Tolle Miss Crawford ,s in cnarge of the department of do- raa, q, sciehce' which is taught in house near the school building. From tb;s as partment the members of the hoard ,,,os- oe served hot coffee and sandwicbes rh,s senooi IS raising the standard of seo,,- munity school life. in every resnect its oohestic department being one oe ;ts several strong features. Another is its Moodwork, another it's playground .nd .ne scnooi garden that is being started r,a.,s .ne actual classroom and textbook "ork IS of a high grade
 Edgewater was the next scboo, ,,,.,.s me school building there is probabl,, ,,ot equaied In the county It is perfac+ i,, every detail, clean, sanitary. nronor,,, f> neated, lighted and ventilated lie f,,r nishlngs are in keeping with the bniId .ns' Tn the above-ground basement n TO e"o oepartments. an assembly room ana household arts room. The first ;s TOT civic meetings and is furnished ur,+,, enairs "a piano, and with an oil stove , ,ol preparing lunches. The other is snne piled With ideal arrangements for tesep- Ing household subjects 'eaeh-
 m building nearby is the kinderg,,. esn one of the two in the county o,,t siue or Birmingham and Bessemer Tho attractive furnishings and decoratiors sne equipment particularly for tbis wor,s ana the arrangement for the vonn, o,i, uren snow the success of this '.fte,,,,. .o provide training for the children n,,a oer ( The room is open, too, for Ia d;as, eiups ana assemblies of that kind
 Leaving Edgewater the party dro,,o .o IoWderly one of the three largest sohoo,o ,o m the county. The enrolment is soo ouS seven teachers are employed. Mr Mn' Kenzie, principal, is assisted by Mrs Mo Renzie. Miss Ware. Miss Tubbs Mn. Dodo, Miss Jones and Mrs. Newman modern building is greatly needed, as tha present one handicaps the work of this