The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-03

That Is what Mrs. Charles J. Sharp | told splendid crowd of Birmingham 1 women and men who gathered at | the home of Mrs. J. A. Coker at Edge
 wood when the Edgewood study cir
 cle assembled recently for it's annual
 meeting.
 Many Representatives Representatives of numerous clubs all over the district were present, an
 other big subject taken up being the coming bond issue for the building
 of adequate schools to house the city's children.
 l.. Fraser Banks was present to flash before the absorbed eyes and minds of spectators numerous mo- tion pictures showing crowded school conditions, frame dwellings, which
 are fire traps in which at least 5000
 of the city's children must be housed
 and taught--and to ask the audience
 not only to vote for the bond issue.
 but to work for it's passage.
 Prof. P. P. Burns, teacher of Eng fish at Howard college, made a com
 prehensive address concerning great
 dramatics. In this he stated that between 1890 and 1915 was the most productive era for good drama since
 the days of Shakespeare. In turn. he
 took up at least Is to 25 dramatists
 American. French, German, Irish
 and in a brilliant way paid tribute
 to Ibsen, George Bernard Shaw and others.
 Things Worth Reading
 He named to his audience num-
 Der of interesting things it's mem
 bers would find well worth reading.
 He did not mince matters when it
 fA foa Ar a Ia
 not be accused of being the kind of
 critic who says that everything is
 magnificent because it bears the
 name of so-called Successful
 author" He made great impress
 sion upon his hearers who, at the
 close of the program, hurried for
 ward to shake hands with him and
 congratulate him upon the vast
 amount of clear-cut thought he ex- pressed Although his subject was one which could have been dry, he
 held the attention of the audience for at least an hour.
 The program included some beau tiful songs. sung by Mrs. A. J. Gre fenkamp. "The Sweetest Flower that
 Blows" and "Laddie." Clear and sweet were her tones. The lovely ac- compartments were brilliantly played
 
 very skillful and artistic performer. Mrs. Hugh Walthall also sang, and most entertainingly. April" and .I Wonder If Ever The Rose." also accompanied by Mrs. Ferguson. Mrs. L. C. Frazier played the Beethoven Sonata" Mrs. Sharp got great ap- plause when she announced that
 lover in California the Chamber of Commerce and woman's club occu- py building jointly. The men and the women thus work together. Much Depends on Women Alabama has wonderful natural assets-of history and of romance, and while we rank low In education. I believe our progress lies strongly in the women's clubs of our state. There surely Is no doubt that the future of any state depends upon the present. And we must make the present just right"
 The latter sentence was seized upon by MT. Banks to drive home the bond issue for schools. If we don't get better educational
 facilities and housing for our chill
 dren it will mean that they will be handicapped very greatly in their progress. We must give them the
 best possible chance so that our fu- turo men and women will have mig htier and more fully trained in- tellects to think out the problems of our state and nation"
 Mrs. Sharp went even further into this subject.
 "Education has not reached, in Ala bama, the high general standard at tained in other states. Whatever we do we should familiarize ourselves with conditions. and if we do not lvote adequate bonds for needed work. the time will come when we will