The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-12
COUNTY TEACHERS
| IN ANNUAL SESSION
AT CENTRAL HIGH
State Superintendent Feagin
Delivers Address on Local
Tax Amendment
BOWIE AND PHILLIPS
WILL SPEAK TODAY
Over Twelve Hundred Teachers At
tending Five-Day Session-Diver-
sified Programme for To-
days Meetings


tute opened at the Central High school
building yesterday morning for a five
days session. The attendance for yes
terday passed the 1900 mark, and follow
ing the opening exercises in the audi
torium at 9 O. clock the teachers were d.
rected to their rooms, and active work
started.
Mr. Feagin was the principal speaker
of yesterday, and told the county teachers
o. Alabama's deficiencies from an educa-
tional standpoint. He quoted statistics
showing that there were $4,000 white won-
in the state who could not read and
write, 1900 of whom are mothers and
all of whom are over the age of q years.
According to figures quoted by Mr..
Feagin there are 277oO boys and girls
over the age of 10 years who can neither
read nor write, and 1900 out of $4,000
voters in the state are illiterate.
These are conditions that we must
fight to eliminate" said Mr.. Feagin, land
those of us who are in the work are MAX
ing fight against illiteracy in Alabama.
These are the facts that confront us,
though: Alabama pays only little more
than IS per capita for school maintenance,
while other states pay more than $40 per
capita. The solution of the educational
deficiencies lies in providing for more
school facilities and more money to carry
on the educational work.
| Opening exercises of the institute are to
be be held at 9 o'clock each morning.
At lis each day a general assembly will
be held, at which time prominent speak
ers will lecture Dr. J. H. Phillips, super
intendent of Birmingham city schools, will
lecture at that period today, while Sgd
ney j. Bowie will be the speaker for
Wednesdays programme.
One of the features of the high school
will be the conferences held at PAS each
afternoon. The following programme for
today was compiled under the direction of
the heads of the various departments.
For the Central High school they are:
DR.. c. A. Brown, English; Miss Mae Ha--
mis-, home economics; C. S. McGlathery,
science; II. B. Graves, manual training;
D. G.. Chase, history; Miss Annie Boden,
modern languages J. S. Counselman,
anu MISS tcIiSt uOIIl-
ton. Latin. Following are the complete
programmes for these conferences, for to-
day:
ENGLISH
Today. Miss Bessie Merriss. pre-
siding 1.-THE Protest Against the Pre-
scribed and Suggested Readings of the
Course" a. Is the reading too limited
in amount and range?-Miss Ella
Henzel. 1.-THE gravest problem of Eng
lish teaching is to train in the broad
appreciation of all kinds of MATERIAL
C. H. JUL. b. Are the works read too
remote from adolescent interests and
from modern life? Miss Capitola
Moody. The illumination of the
things of serious Importance in the
everyday world of human affairs
should have large place in the read
Ing work of every school."-Bobbitt.
MATHEMATICS
Specimen final examination in high
school algebra for work covered in
second and fifth semesters. Questions
to be written on the board. for the
purpose of inviting discussion, criti-
cism and suggestions: Math. 2-Mrs.
Long, 20 minutes; Math. 5-Mr. Coun-
selman. 25 minutes.
The Place or the Modern Lam
guage in the High School," Miss Elsa
Henzel Should a odern Language
Be Taught in the Grades?" General
discussion
Following is the general programme
for today:
9-Opening exercises, auditorium.
9:10-Roll call.
9:15-''Methods of Affiliating High
Schools Among American Colleges and
Universities" Prof. ]. s. Thomas
10:15-"Co-o operation in Teaching
English in High School" Miss Claudia
T. Cruinpton.
11-Discussion led by Mr.. c. r. West.
11:15-General assembly, auditorium
12:I5-Lunch.
The Relation of the Grammar
School to the High SCHOOL,"
From the point of view Of:
lib. The elementary school
Principal T. c. Young. Principal E. E.
Smith.
1:45--2. High school-Clarence j. Co
ing, Miss Anna Boden.
2:15-Discussion.
2:45-Departmen conferences
! 3:3O-Adjournment.
Division for teachers In the high
schools of the county:
1:15-Home economics-How it will
benefit the community-Miss Jennie
Mae Rosser.
2.-Boys' Pig club--Illustrated talk
i. c. Ford, state pig club agent.
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