The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30
NEWS OF BE SSEMER
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Bessemer. November 29.-(SpeciaL)-
That the student body of the Bessemer
High school are anxious for the estab-
lishment of lunch rooms in the schools
of the city is demonstrated by the long
article appearing in the November is
sue of their paper. The Hub" which,
includes an entire column in the pub
lication The idea is discussed at
length. and a strong argument in IA
vor of establishing the lunch rooms is
made in the article.
The Clarendon Avenue Parent Teach
ers' association attempted to provide a
place at the building where the chill
dren could be served hot lunch at
noon, but on account of not being able
to secure even room for a kitchen in
the building, the idea was abandoned
The members of the Culture club have
also taken some action in providing
lunch rooms but the lack of space in
the school buildings has prevented any
definite plans being made.
To illustrate the conditions without
lunch room, The Hub" gives the fol-
lowing description of the lunch hour:
Imagine yourself leavig home on
November morning. The sun is shin
ing and you do not carry an umbrella
or raincoat, but at lunch time the rain
is pouring down in torrents. The boy
or girl whose mother prepared a lunch
for them stands in the corridor jostled
about by the hungry, impatient crowd
Often they give up the attempt at eat
ing and throw their lunch in the waste
basket. Others who have no lunch run
to town in the pouring rain, hurriedly
buy an indigestible hot dog, and re-
turn wet and cold to eat and sit down
two and one-half hours until school is
out
I'VE have been told in our psysiol-
gies that the meal time should be the
most pleasant time of the day in or
der to aid digestion. We have no place
to sit down and enjoy a lunch. Can
you conceive anything pleasant in hold
ing your lunch in one hand, all crowd
ed in stuffy corridor or walking up
and down the pavement, shivering in
the north wind?"
The establishment of the lunch room
is strongly urged by the paper, and the
teachers state that providing the pu-
pills with a proper lunch would in
crease the efficiency of the pupils in
their afternoon work. The question of
establishing the lunch room has been
discussed at the meetings of the board
room will be provided as early as inn
provements can be made for a lunch
room at each school The club women
and the parent-teachers' associations
will assist in starting the rooms when
the necessary space has been provided
in the school buildings
Y. w. C. A. CAMPAIGN
The Y. w. C. A. campaign that will
take place in this district from Decem
Der to is is attracting the attention
of all women who have been in any
way associated with the activities of
the association. Mrs Fred benson has
been appointed as director of the cam
paign of the second district of the state,
as laid off by the managers, and this
district comprises the unorganized sec
ton of the following IA counties: JEFF
ferson. Marion, Lamar. Fayette, Win
ston Walker, Blount, DeKalb, Chero-
kee, Etowah, st. Clair. Calhoun, Gle
burne and Talladega.
Only two cities in this section have
the organized Y. w C. A. work and
those cities are Birmingham and An
niston. Each county has been visited
by an expert organizer and a chairman
appointed for that section, who will
in turn organize her helpers for the
campaign The quota for this entire
district of IA counties has been placed
at SIT, and the campaign will be con-
Quoted for educational purposes as well
as the raising of the money.
Speakers from distance will visit
| the towns where the drive is being
made, and will tell of the recent
achievements of the association and
! the plans for the future. The publicity
| for the campaign will be given largely
| through the pulpits. The money raised
will be devoted to "helping women the
| world over" and ito back Alabama
girls and the local fund will be ex-
| pended in safeguarding girls away
| from home, and in providing homes
| recreation, training in business and
! other educational classes for the work :
| ing girls.
POULTRY SHOW
| Much interest is being taken in the
poultry show that will be given in the
city from January IL to II, inclusive, at
the Dixie theatre, and a meeting of the
| boosters was held Friday evening. Dan
| A. Dean was appointed as publicity agent
| for the show. and an effort will be made
| to advertise the exhibition of fine poultry
and pet stock, and to bring exhibits from
all parts of the country.
| Already entries have been engaged
| from St Louis and other northern cities
| Mr. Lovejoy has contributed the use OF
I the building for staging the the show
and the mayor and aldermen have agreed
| to waive all license charges. This Will
| be the first exhibition given under the
auspices of the Southern Poultry, Pigeon
and Pet Stock association recently
| formed in Birmingham with about 10C
members.