The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-29
Greater UniUersity Growing Out of Work Of Recent Years
New Departments and Extensions Are Rapidly Placing AIabama's Big School Among the Best
 in the Country
nr GEoRGE U. wATsoN

the Alabama Sunday School Assosl@1, 1,ou has announced that a course m sufus.' . school methods will be offered at me ulll- versity beginning next Septeinoet, Denny is expected to make an A,'lelsse nent before long uf new unner'aNiilS x of the federal government here Tn con neotion with the reserve officers uainirs corp. .t ,,,,s,,
 The new school of commerce ana pusi' raus aSxnsnaafratIou which ts in charge ~s na.n Lea Bidxood, professor Of eco nornscs. meets A distinct need In the eau cational system of Alabama at began les work in mid-term and IS browns m, mensely popular. The course IS oesis isne. 2, "a meet inc needs of the large numoer ol s.,,dsy,ts wbo ultimately take up business ss ha,r nrofession. It aims to prepare r,an for positions of responsibility m til dustrv- commerce and finance. some. v tb., cos,rses in the department whicn ar- @ dasieTea to train students for puslhess sIa,se, Isrqe lines are accounting, stasls- tics economies, money and oankins. Ds .. u Van der Westhuyzen, wno unu recently had charge of the coiilhl,yl ,,,l.s..
 course in a large college in cape tomlt .t South Africa, has been secureo sv ns. .S,o tscbniral subjects of the new ae .a,t eno Dr. van der Westhuyzen IS i,-aS,,ata a,rs s of London University and LeI 5,.s., Ir, tba Institute of Commerce' AAs land. x.ropE
 r,x a~+areion division recently lnausu
 .,ad ia in charge of pr. James S- Inoln, aa whosa work as an educa.oI |. ae' sA,,r., over the state. Gr. Thomas -ssassor If secondary education Tn tns r. ,,., ,,ysrsitv. and in addition IS stale ms
 -chool inspector. Perhaps no man A s.sa bama is In better touch with the ss m tionaI needs of the state. A sum '. ~ annually was appropriateo 1ol s. sessloy s,nl sarartment tathe summer sessiol s.o.. .,, ieeisJature. The aim of the new .N Sa,,artment which has been htteo UP a, w.,i oSsices on the first floor of Many z, ss tbraefold: CD Community servioe. VI .~tansion teaching service, anu e'
 spondence study. .. heaa in spUs.e0.s 1C..e service under the first neao i
 .,,,das collecting and lending hol q, .c.' ,raking surveys, organizing as gsyirs ;ng institutes of various hiiiu, ,nf . distance to boards and coInni,ss,a f, co-operatiag with all forces ys,im co.vpe, = ,,a,nm,,nity life. Already nun pul'. .p .l,o,irs 2 picture films have been sen , ,4 to bieh schools requesting tnenl' - oeos,d design is to help the teiow m., .,,ot attend school, and VIII pc Voi .,sl oss. ,,s, means of extension scnoois n, oesrasnordence study. Several eA.1i.s-s, q, oo.. .ss win much success have aiIeaa' ,,ean een astablished in Birmingham, ana sYs n, erai rs other larger towns of the s'a.e s.,,,..., third purpose of the extension oepal s',.J, ,,,, ;s to meet the needs of those personS VII desire home instruction unuer ,,r;,1 ~ co ead teachers. The department "nl v nsu aarata fIllv in carrying out the extra ols op.n ssror, ~s activities of the state mgr schools. .a,~e
 To meet the needs of an ever-increasins lu women student body the three-story, ~ room anex is now being added to Julis Tutwiler Hall, the girls dormitory In' edifice is being constructed by Superin