The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-22
BOARD INSPECTS
 NIGHT SCHOOL
 SYSTEM OF CITY
Superintendent Glenn and the Board of Education Make Tour of Four Night
 Schools

Members of the board of educa- ton, accompanied by Dr. c. B. Glenn, superintendent of schools, and Dr. c. A. Brown, associate su- perintendent of schools, made a tour of inspection of the night schools of the city last night in order to gain an insight into the workings of the schools while they were in progress. This was the first opportunity that the board of education has had of seeing the work of the night schools since they have been in session, &C., cording to Dr. Glenn.
 The board met in the office of pr. O. c. Carmichael, principal of the night school being conducted at Gen. tral High school. pr. Carmichael will be principal of the new Woodlawn school upon its completion.
 Four Schools
 There are at the present time four general schools under the night school system, Central and Ensley for white students, and Industrial and Council1 for negroes. the latter in Ensley. All four Of the schools are under the regime of the city schools superintended by Dr. Glenn. Central has as its principal Dr. Carmichael. Ensley is under E. F. Smith. Indus- trial under A. H. Parker. and Coun- ell Is supervised by w. R. Hood. R. F. Jarvis Is in charge of the voca- tional work that Is being conducted in the schools and which forms large part of the curriculum of all four of the schools.
 Two. Semenferx
 The school term is divided Into two semesters of six weeks each. Three nights a week, Monday, "Wednesday and Friday nights, are thus far the only nights that the schools are in session, beginning at 7:30 o'clock with three 45-minute periods. Due to the large increase in attendance and the great number of students and small seating capacity of some of the classes, 1t has become necessary for some of the classes to hold a fourth l session, so that the class in this case begins at 2 o'clock.
 Added to the four above mentioned l schools there. are two schools de- voted to vocational training. one at Acipco and the other at Avondale | mills, both of which are under the | direct supervision of MT. Jarvis.
 Central school has 16 instructors | who preside over 24 classes during | the three sessions of the night | school. There are at the present timo 450 students in Central and this number Is increasing daily, according to Dr. Carmichael.
 Americanization Glasses
 Three of the classes at Central are devoted to Americanization work with an enrolment of about 100 stu dents from all parts of the world. The Americanlzation classes offer the students a general course In the study of English and American gov ernment. A basic knowledge of the | English language Is offered. Prac- tically all of the members of these classes have taken out their first pa pers and some few have already se- cured their final papers granting them citizenship to the states.
 Academic Course
 The general academic course as of fered to the night school is com posed of courses in arithmetic, alge- bra, geometry, business English, public speaking. Spanish. spelling and mechanical drawing. In this connec- tion Dr. Glenn stated last night that regardless of the course desired, If enough students should request a cer- tain course not in present curricu- lum, the course would be added If 1t were possible to do sv.
 In the vocational work under Mir. Jarvis the courses offered are all | practical courses. composed of boiler making, electricity, machinist, under which head comes the study of math- ematics as applied to mechanical drawing and the study of machine tool operating.
 Under the head of commercial work under the supervision of Frazier Banks comes the study of typewrit- ing. bookkeeping, shorthand. spelling and penmanship. Tuition for all of the courses costs the student $1. which, in the event he or she attends 90 per cent of the classes during the course. will be returned.
 Negro Schools
 The negro night schools offer the students elementary grade school work and vocational training. such as automobile mechanics for negro chauffeurs, tailoring, cleaning and pressing, and sewing. Cooking will be added, according to the present plans. The negro schools have been well attended since their installation. so much in fact that 1t has become necessary for the adoption of rule that in the event student misses three nights of work. he or she will be dropped from the roll and placed on the long waiting list of appli- cants.
 Improvements will be made in the night schools as rapidly as finances and teachers and room can be found to continue the work, according to Dr. Glenn. Members of the board were enthusiastic concerning the work that is being done and concern ing the great amount of interest that is being evinced by the classes.