The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-09

which impressed me as being one of the finest innovations that could possibly be
 made in school work, for it gives boise, confidence and assurance to the timid l girl or boy, and assists them immeasur- l ably to overcome any defects or delin- n quencies that may exist in this way; if i a boy is to be lawyer, minister, or ! a public man, this bit of training stands 1 him in good stead for the days that are i to follow; if the girl should happen to l choose a "career'-that of public speaker, 1 lawyer, lecturer, what you will-these
 first days of public speech making will always be an incentive and help in 1 later years; in other words. it isn't easy tc stand before an audience of nearly l 15O0 people and even say, "Howdy~ l 1 remember when I used to have to recite on Friday afternoons before 50 girls when I went to school. q don't know
 what l would have done if there'd been any boys present. I'd stammer and stut- ] ter and become so embarrassed that ! couldn't open my mouth-and 1 always l forgot my lines and made a perfect goose 1 of myself. Just see what the training
 would have done for me, and for you, if
 we'd had the opportunities that these
 lucky boys and girls are having today. l School assemblies at thet Central High ! at S:30-at least the students assemble;
 the classes are called at S:45; study hours obtain at stated intervals during the day l and all through the building quiet reigns 1 and the most beautiful order is observed
 until 2:3O in the afternoon, when school | is over.
 l When the luncheon hour begins, which ! is at Il :30 it is really a wonderful sight i to see the different classes coming and going, passing each other in hall and on
 stairway. without any noise or confusion,
 everybody thoroughly trained and abso- lutely punctilious as to demeanor.
 1 The lunch room, presided over by Miss Carrie Luckie, is a marvel of cleanli-
 ness and is most inviting. Here, for cents, a delicious luncheon is served; simple, but good and wholesome An average of 1925 lunches daily is the rec ord in the lunch room. A pupil is chosen 1 for each hour to preside at the door of
 the lunch room to maintain order. 1 l (althought I had known it long before)
 is absolutely worshipped by the boys
 and girls of the High school; they honor l and love him and he right royalty de-
 serves it, for his own splendid. sterling character, his influence and his genuine interest in his work are bound to inspire
 the sweetest reciprocity from those who are associated with him. .. Professor Brown, in response to my ob- servation as to the new methods of edu-
 cation and the modernity of the High
 school in all it's branches as compared with the old, said, among other things: | "The main difference as I see it is in the spirit and the development of the or ganzation The great number of social
 activities that are provided in the pres | ent day school systems and the numerous l opportunities offered in the elements of 1 vocational work. enable the boys and | girls to find themselves; the spirit of 1 government of the school is largely in [ their hands and feeling as they do. that 1 they are responsible and that they have a hand in the government, makes them 1 interested and quite as proud of the success or the school as the olilcers anu 1 teachers"
 | Professor Brown became affiliated with the public schools of Birmingham in 1893, l 10 years after the establishment of the
 same; he assumed the principalship of one of the elementary schools and upon l the occasion of the death of Professor ! Cunningham he became principal of the
 High school in 1907, which, with the Paul
 Hayne. forms the High scholo proper of