The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-13
SIDNEY ]. BOWIE TO
MAKE AN ADDRESS
ON TAX AMENDMENT
Assembly Hour of Teachers
Institute Attractive Part
of PrOgramme-Special
Lectures Scheduled

| The public at large is invited to attend
at the lis p. m. assembly hour to hear
Sidney ]. Bowie speak on the tax amend
ment An invitation was extended yes
terday to the city commission, county Of
ficials, boards of education and school
trustees to hear Mr.. Bowie The assem-
bly, hour of the teachers institute is
made the most attractive of any part of
the programme. Yesterday DR.. j. H.
Phillips, superintendent of the city
schools, talked on the requisites of the
teacher.
DR.. Phillips advice to the young teach
ers yesterday morning was listened to
with unusual interest by the teachers.
He asked what made the teacher inter-
esting, and proceeded to answer the
question with various comparisons and
Illustrations He said that it was not
good looks, nor the jewelry, or the cloth
ing. You cannot force respect from the
American child. neither can you COM
mand it to obey and respect you. The
thing that you must do as teachers is to
earn the respect and win the interest
of the child in your classroom. This you
must do by Kindness cheerfulness and by
cultivating the human side of the child,
instead of by compulsion.
Il do not advise you to be weak; be
firm, but there is human interest in
the classroom just as there Is human
interest in the newspaper office. Re-
Gently L visited one of the daily papers
in our city, and 1 saw the city editor
hand a story back to the reporter with
H. l. marked in big, heavy, blue lines
across the page. l wondered what it
meant, and on inquiry found that 1t
meant that the story was to be rewrit-
ten with more human interest injected.
This is what we need in the classroom"
DIR. PHILLIPS SPEAKS
Dr. Phillips was introduced by Spright
Dowell who is in charge of the insti-
tute. Mr.. Dowell paid DR.. Phillips
fine compliment, stating that in his opin-
ion he was one of the ablest educators
in the state, and that he had worked
under his supervision, seen and hea1
him in conventions both local, state and
national, and he was always peer
among peers in the educational world.
After starting his appreciation of the
compliment DR.. Phillips asked all teach
ers who were going to do class work
for the first time to stand, and q re-
sponded. The teachers who have come
from other places to teach in Jefferson
county for the first time were asked to
stand and they numbered II.
Approximately 100 teachers were regis
tered at the high school yesterday aft
ernoon and the work Is progressing
smoothly, according to Professor Dowell
who stated that this was the most sue
cessful institute ever held in the county
in point of attendance. Lectures and
classroom work continues to go on with
out our interruption. and the teachers
are said to be prompt in attendance.
In addition to the address from Mr..
Bowie which will be for all grade teach
ers and the public, the high scho
partment will be favored with a num-
ingame will talk on 1.-The Social Rela-
tons of the High School," THE Infor-
nal Life of the High School, will be
discussed by Prof. Frazier c. Banks
Superintendent P. M. Mcneil will talk on
The High School and the Community
These topics will be discussed in the
morning hour, before Mr. Bowie's ad-
dress in the general auditorium
Prof. Zebulon Judd will discuss Amer
lean Ideals and High School Training
after the teachers have assembled from
lunch. He will be followed by E. A.
Pritchard, who will talk on physical
Training VS.. Athletics" r. E. Tidwell
and Prof. N. R. Baker will talk on the
methods of grading in the high schools.
and Prof. N. o. Scott will talk on How
to Secure Equipment for Manual Train
Ing in the County High School,"