The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-13
BIRMINGHAM INDUSTRIAL HIGH SCHOOL
 FACTOR IN THE CITY'S DEVELOPMENT
Excellent Work the Graduation Exercises Manual and
 rtofT Remark ScboolP
SOCIAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT
 By MRS. SIDNEY NJ. ULLMAN

sample of the remarkable work done in the school.
 In the spring of 1913 the mothers and teachers, seeing the need of more mex pensive method of dressing our giris, to- gether decided upon the adoption or
 uniform. Permission was gotten to en- force it and the next fall saw us donning simple dark dresses now familiarity known
 as High School Blues. relieved by white cuffs and collars. Besides these dresses came the rules permitting only one finger ring, no bracelets, no lockets and no jew elry of any kind save only simple pin
 securing the collar. No silk hose can now be seen and our color scheme has been
 reduced to black, white and blue. It's eff fects have been many, the greatest among
 them being the money saving; for a girl s
 supply of school dresses has been reduced to two per year which only cost from 4o cents to s1 .05 each, according to the size of the girl and the season of the year. What difference between this and for
 mer times when so many more dresses , were thought necessary and did not look half so we'll as our simple dark blues with neat collars and cuffs. No longer do we envy those who wear better clothes | than ours. Less time is spent in worry ing over what to wear, consequently tardl- ress has been greatly reduced. We have l also learned that good taste demands sim 1 picity and the jewelry not permitted
 during school days is often forgotten on
 Sundays. After becoming accustomed to our uniforms we are not so prone to rival l the rainbow In choosing colors for other l occasions. For all of these lessons we are grateful to our school.
 1 Throughout the various departments this same spirit Is constantly seen. In the sewing room girls are taught to sew all Of the ordinary thin things which must h ecl ,,, hf,,, -laa nct1 a . l for our annual musicales are always made l here and no girl can graduate until she makes her entire outfit the dresses of 1 which must come within the limit of $1. That this can be done and the result l pleasing alike to eye and purse you can
 oasily judge by looking at the dresses of the girls who sit upon this platform. Our emergency room is an instance of all working together Several pieces of
 furniture, including one of the beds, was made in. the carpentry department. The sewing room furnished the quilts, the art depa rtment made the placards over the | door and the Mothers Improvement as-
 socation furnished the medicines to go l into our school-made chest.
 Our superintendent once made the re-
 mark that our school was the least ex- 1 pensive one to the city in the system l Instead of having some one do things foi us, the only expense incurred is for ma. 1 terials as we do the work ourselves. The | only outsider who has done any work al our school for over three years was g l plumber, and of our city did not have | such funny plumbing rules our boy: 1 would have done that work.
 When books fall to pieces, as these cheaply bound editions are sure to do the bookbinding department resews ant binds them thereby often making then more durable than at first. These ar, 1 tEen put into book cases made by thu boys for our office contains but one pec,
 of bought furniture and that is the prn
 cipal's desk. Not satisfied with furnitur
 making, this year our boys went stel
 farther and built sanitary drinlSin
 fountain so that the health of all tn children can now be safeguarded b.
 drinking from a bubbing stream.
 In our cooking department girls ar taught to practice economy in the mos | needed place of all-the kitchen. Tn dining room contains an extension table
 buffet and chairs all of school manu lecture. The art department stenciieG in curtains which hang at the windows. Ou
 room lunch is offering most excelen opportunity for development of busi
 ness thrift. Ten girls of the senior clas
 were chosen last March to work in pair and serve one day In each week. The. were given the same amount of money