The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-01

ground Is the most important means of educating the child Here he runs and jumps, and uses his heavy muscles freely and vigorously. The use of so much muscular tissue stim- ulates heart and lungs. and all the vital organs on whose full growth life and vigor depend. On the play ground the child learns to get on with his fellows, learns selfreliance, self-control, fair play and many other fundamental virtues.
 some one has said that play is food but that gymnastics are medi cine. If our schools are to be insti- tutions of power and efficiency, as well as of learning, we must sec that the child plays well and cultivates his body as well as his mind.
 Thursday at our regular monthly meeting We had the pleasure of hav- ing Commissioner J. Ellis Brown speak to us on the development of playgrounds in our city, and we feel very grateful to him for what he has done for the playgrounds and parks in and around Birmingham.
 We are planning a Halloween party and hazar on the same even ing at the school to help pay for the Keystone GOO set of pictures and SllutS lp bt bScN III tliV SNiiNpi-
 Tn the spring we hope to present our pupils in one of the most spec tacular pageants ever witnessed in our city. We have just the setting for our efforts in our new acquired grounds, and nothing appeals to the child, teacher and parent more than pageantry
 Prof. T. n. Moor says the solution of the playground proposition has been the splendid cooperation of the parents No association in the state has more wideawalle CO., operative membership than Mar tin school and we shall keep our school graded A No. 1 at all times. We love Martin, our community ana their achievements. Our people 1eel the importance of the school ana home working together, for when our association meets we have room brimming full and overflowing, for we are like one family working for the welfare of each other.
 "Another plan we hope to develop is that of having in our schools the visiting teacher. which will mean so much to the progress of the schools. We must through the home and the sc hool drive hard at the moral dis- cipline if we would restore the nur- turing and character building func- ticns of the whole family.
 "A great advantage arranged thls week at our school was the combin- ing of three seventh grades into two, leaving Miss Lucille Jones free to act in the capacity of assistant to MT. Smith, librarian. visiting teacher and lunch room director. Miss Jones IS one of Birmingham's most consclen- tious and capable teachers, and no change could be made more satisfac- torily to the development of our school than this one. Martin IS blessed with splendid faculty hay ing among her instructors some or Alabama's most experienced and tal- ented teachers.
 eve feel very fortunate in having Prof. II. C. Smith as our principal this year, for coming directly from I.akeyiew school. where that asso- citation has just equipped magnih- cent playground he can be of great service to us with helpful sugges- tons and plans.
 Our programme committee mas arranged number of educauonai features for us. so with our past record we are looking forward to- wonderful achievements for Martin school this year,