The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-04
SCHOOL CHILDREN
| CALLED ON TO AID
TAKING OF CENSUS
Teachers to Stress Impor-
lance of Correct Census
and to Discuss With
Pupils Method of
Taking Census


Believing that through the children the
J:omesNsf communities can be reached il
/ WY that will create interest, the cen
Nus authorities have appealed to th(
schools to disseminate census informa-
ton
This is done not only to create interest
get help and teach the value of the cen
sus now. but have the ground thoroughly
prepared for the next census. 10 years
from now, when many Of the school at
tendants of today will have homes OF
their own.
GeorgeA NJ. Crukshank. local census SUI
.pervisor. has secured the aid of the scisc OF
authorities through J. II. Phillips Super
iltendent of schools, and has sent to
teachers throughout the district fun IN
formation on the census subject.
One way of creating interest has been
the request that the children prepare
compositions on the subject. after the
teachers have explained the value of the
census and what it means, and these. it
is requested the children read at home
to their families. This is to be done dur
ing this week. 1t is believed that in this
way more general information about the
census will be disseminated and in
more interesting way, than is otherwise
available, save at a great. expense.
The taking of the census has started
Ii will be concluded by the middle Of the
month The people in charge of the work
need the cooperation of every man,
woman and child in the district to bring
about this end. 49,
The authorities stress the Importance
Of thoroughness and accuracy in the work
because the rating of Birmingham during
the next 10 years will be based on the
work done in the next two weeks. The
information TO be published about Biz
mingham will effect the city's securing
more business, its growth and rank
among the municipalities of the nation.
The message to the teachers and chill
dten of the schools is as follows:
You can therefore perform a service
to your city as well as a patriotic duty TO
your country as follows:
DISCUSS with teachers and pupils un-
Ger your charge the meaning. purpose and
methods of taking the federal census.
Request teachers during the first two
weeks in January 10 give their pupils
special lessons on the Importance of a
correct census to our city and state.
Request teachers and pupils to find
: nd bring to the school for practical use
such printed articles as they may find
on the subject. The leaflets sent by the
department of commerce should be in the
hc-ds of the teachers. Any further in
formation will be gladly furnished BY Mr..
George NJ. Cruikshank, census supervisor,
postoffice building, city.
During the second week in January
every pupil in the schools, from the third
grade through the high school, should
prepare as class exercise a composition
which should be taken to the home and
read to members of the family.
ttIse every possible means, through the
children, to bring to the homes Of Bir-
mingham correct information, so that
the census takers may be helped in their
difficult task The census is impersonal:
the names of the people are not published
with the information given. 1t has Moth
ing to do with property assessment or
lsxes, army CONSUMPTION, school attend
ance child labor law or other measures,
local or national II is strictly statistical
Make this clear to the children.
THE authorized census enumerator will
carry an Identification card signedt by
the director of the census, Sam l.. Rog
ers. If you think the person taking the
census is an impostor ask to see his card
before answering the questions, then help
all you can by correct answers. Uncle
Sam wants our help; let us all do our
best"