The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-03
NEARLY THOUSAND
WILL TEACH HERE
NEXT SCHOOL YEAR
Efficiency Expert Place Gre
ated In System, DR.. Glenn
Announces

of the Birmingham public schools
will lead the children of this city
through their school year beginning
September, 1928, contracts to 999 in
struetors having been mailed from
the administration board Saturday
morning, when the announcement
of the appointments was made by
DIR. c. b. Glenn, superintendent of
the Birmingham school system. The
appointments showed that a number
of changes had been made.
Chester Bandman, principal of the
Paul Hayne school. who has been
connected with the Birmingham
school system for number of years,
as principal and instructor in high
schools, has been appointed as prin-
cipal of the Woodlawn High school,
to succeed F. A. Gallups, who did not
apply for reappointment Mr.. Band
man will be succeeded by N. B.
Hendrix, assistant principal of Cen
trail High.
1. r. Obenchain, principal of the
Kennedy school, was transferred to
the new Glen Iris school. Mr.. Oben-
chain, it was stated. will assume the
duties of efficiency expert for the
board of education The efficiency
expert is an entirely new feature.
Mr.. Obenehain has had special train
ing along this subject at Columbia
special course there this summer.
His duties will be to give intelli-
gence tests throughout all the
schools While the system is en-
tirely new in Birmingham, it is
stated that it has proven most sue
cessful in other cities of the coun-
try and is most beneficial to chill
dren. helping them to get through
school as rapidly as their mental
ability will allow them. While at
h e ba DO ~ ma ant p
Obenchain will also be principal of
the new Glen Iris school. This work
will be made possible because there
will be only few grades in this
school at the beginning of the year.
Other changes in the school heads
will be that of L. II. Dunlap, science
instructor at the Central High
school, who will succeed Mr.. Oben-
chain, as principal of Kennedy
school F. H. Chappelle will be made
principal of the new Norwood school.
1t was also announced Saturday
that the work study play plan would
be begun in fifteen of the Birming-
ham elementary schools next fall.
During the summer months the
board of education will be kept busy
working out plans for the school
year of 1923-24 which Will bring
several changes in the present pro-
gram.
Personnel of the teaching corps for
BIRMINGHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Principals OF schools. o
Phillips High, N. B. Hendrix; Ensey High.
E. e. smith; Woodlawn High, S. G. Band
man Acipco; W. 7. Snoddy; Avondale.
ker. r. {. Johnston; Barrett, Foster Ans
ley; Bush. NJ w. Harris; Central Park
DAYTON Robinson cgnn Ing j. -, f.
view Fl. b. johnson; Gate City e. NJ
Meadows; Gibson. j. V. Pogue; Glen Iris
l. r. obenchain; Graymont, E. J; Laneyi
Wright Kennedy, Il. H. Dunlap; Lakeview,
J. {. Orr; Martin. II. 6. smith; Minor
birmingham. R. a. Duvall; Powell Rosa
strickland; Pratt e. o. Sanders; Robinson
II. b. Norton; Seventeenth Avenue and
lands T. c. Young; Ullman. c. p. Under
wood. Woodlawn. J. d. VILLAINS, Wylam,
w. y. Reagan.
Department Supervisors
Music Leta Kits home economics, May
Eldred; manual arts V. j; Douglass; phy,-
steal training. Homer l.. Thomas; medical,
DR. j. $. McLester; primary, Lula Brad
ford; penmanship. Mary Poore; vocational.
r. F. Jarvis; attendance, e. j. Hudnal;
industrial rehabilitation. Robert 7; How
lett lunch supeoeyisoor' o Florence Mather'
Department Instructors: u.
Musc-Elementary. Sophia Stamberger;
elementary vera ROBINSON eIenIehtdiy'
Ida Tonlinson: orchestra, Helen Warner;
orchestra, Mrs. Isabel Barton; orchestra
Helen Mckinley: orchestra. Edgar Allen
Poe band elementary, Harry Gottheimer;
band high school, Arthur d. Davenport;
Secretary seer, ii to supervisor, Frances Norton;
supervisor of negro schools,
Bowers Mary l.. Findiay, Annie Miligan.
Drawing Elementary, Gladys Kerr;
r,.anreiina Ftlv
Nasnai Arfs-Elementarv. Lawrence
1TnIifpSton n Wardre G r. Wood
Evans m., - ,,,.. p,,,..r
Bette Gross FADE T. T Ssrns nsFrG Robert
son; white instruct2r l.. T.; Jenk ms n wI
49, II 7 IIadnaii, assistant. Mrs. Wal
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