The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-11
COUNTY DIVISION 'OF TEACHERS ENDS
 SESSIONS TODAY
Institute for City Teachers Continues Until Noon To- mOrrOw-War Veterans
 Featured Yesterday

The county division of the Teachers institute, being held at the Central High school this week will come to a close this afternoon and the out-of- town teachers will leave for their re- spective charges this evening. The county schools will open tomorrow morning, so that pupils may secure their book lists then and get their books for the formal opening Monday morning.
 The closing of the institute for the lefty teachers will be tomorrow at noon when a conference of the individual schools will be held.
 The teachers will give a community ''sing" at Woodrow Wilson park to- A band will accompany the singers and Ed F. Shumway. the sing" lead- CT. will be on hand to direct.
 Yesterday mornings opening meeting was devoted to former teachers of the district. men and women. engaged in war work and those actually in the army and navy. Dr. J. H. Phillips, superintendent of the city schools, in- Itroduced the former army and navy
 
 every branch of the service and all ranks from Major Frazier Banks. prin- Icipal of the Martin school to Buck Private J. F. Bryan, principal of the Cunningham school.
 Major Banks, who participated in three of the major operations in France, talked of illiteracy in the army and told of the work of an American uni lversity in France in educating the sol- HiarC after tbA armiStice had hann signed.
 A total of % men and seven women who were engaged in war work or were in the army and navy during the world war were introduced at the meeting. Lieut.. R. E. Mammack, who was sta toned at Camp Pike for while. told of the illiteracy among soldiers from Alabama, including some from Jefferson and other northern counties. He said that this made him more determin ed than ever to return to Jefferson coun- ty and help to stamp out illiteracy here.
 w. l. Pittman, principal of the Lake 1 view school; J. F. Bryan. son of the Rev. J. A. Bryan; Mrs. J. E. Davis. Miss Anna Green, Capt. Hugh Craig, formerly of Central High school: Lieut. I. R. Obenchain, principal of Kennedy school. and Lieut.. w c. Petty, of the county schools were introduced by Dr. J. H. Phillips and told interesting exre- riences of life in camp in the United States and France.
 1 High praise was given the French people for their treatment of the Amer | ican soldiers in France by ex-private ]. F. Bryan, who talked of conditions surrounding the American soldier in France and Germany. An interesting and instructive pro- | gfamme has been arranged for the teachers today The programme for the day for the city division of the in- lstitute is as follows;
 PROGRAMME FOR TODAY 1 9.o0-Roll call, Room 2. | 9:15-ASsembly
 1o:oo-"Report of the Educationa Commission as it Relates to Higf Schools" R. F. Tidwell
 1 10;45-"Some Problems of Social De. lmocracy in High School" n. c. Chase
 11:30-"Aims. Values and Relation ships; Their Importance to High School Teachers" T. w Smith.
 12 12;O0-"Student Organizations in High School" c. c. Moseley.
 12:30-Lunch and recess.
 1:30-"Drawing and Design in Higt
 School" Mrs Lenore A. Eldred. | 2:00-Department conferences. 1 3:00--Adiournment
 ] It was announced yesterday that al. though the county teachers are leav. ing the city this evening for their va.
 rious schools the art exhibit beins held by them in room 27 of Watt. building will be continued throughout the week.
 The programme for the county di vision of the institute for this after noon is as follows:
 1:30-"Teaching Classics in Higf School Grades" to be supplied. 2:20-"Report of Committee on Pro fessional Study for High School Teach
 CTS of Jefferson County"