The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-29

blessing and relief, and lessen needless anxiety. Besides the hospital would save the institution a great deal of money. Literary and Elementary Department This department carries a course of study practically the same as the Bir- mingham public schools ,and embraces all the work required for entrance into any college in the south.
 The principal, John H. Carr, in speak ing Of the school work, says: "The gen. eral average in attendance class work | and department has been fairly good For the past year the average attendance was S5 per cent, that of class work was 8 per cent and that of department 90 per cent.
 The Printing Shop Special mention must be given the printing shop. Here, with the use of type that is set by hand entirely comes | forth semi-monthly the school paper, called the Boys Banner This inter- | esting little sheet has all the makeup ] of an up-to-date magazine, containing | stories, essays, pictures, quotatis poetry. l an honor roll, department notes and com pany notes from the military department A little sheet called 'The Devil is the 1 free lance of the printing shop. This IS gotten out without supervision and Is interesting and clever. Local notes, ads and jokes make up most of the sheet. The OrlRlnal1ty IS unique.
 "The Devil' is printed and published by six of the printing class. distributed to the boys of the school and entered at the A. B. I. s. office as second class l mail matter.
 How is this from The Devil: "Swicegood-What have you in your hand?
 Swicegood-Quit your kidding. I know 1 they can't read
 'It did Jack no good to marry his | stenographer, for she continues the habit | of the office at home. When he starts | to dictate, she takes him down. | One small boy, the chief "compo." on | this little sheet, came to the school not ready for a literary course at the uni | versity. Sixteen boys are at the Ala 1 bama polytecnic. Boys that play in the | band are especially in demand in military colleges. If the printing shop is popular the machine shop goes them one better l Over the entire school from 80 to 90 per cent of the boys want to work in the shop. Somebody presented the schoo 1 with several old autos decidedly ths worse for wear One in particular, how I ever had been made presentable and also | made to run. It's rather chance one l takes to go into 1t, but it does work, fl we believe the taxi ad. of the A. B. l. s..
  1 where we start
 Few Foreign Boys
 The majority of the boys in the A. B I. s. are native Americans and 80 pei cent native Alabamians. very small number of foreign boys are sent few Poles, Russians and Slavs are now al the school.
 Crowded Condition
 Every large institution in Alabama is now complaining of the overcrowded con dition and urging more space and more commodious accommodations. Why does this condition exist? The economic stress of our civilization forces such conditions to arise and with the dawn of civi. conscience we see that 1t is essential to consider the conservation of the child
 and with this awakening we realize tn,
 necessity of taking the child from un-
 satisfactory surroundings and environ'
 ment Such school as the Boys In [. dustrial school becomes the solution and
 boys are sent to the schpol for a number of reasons. Delinquentl dependent in