The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-16
CONGESTION IN EYEGLASSES IS ANTICIPATION \
Double Sessions Announced
 In High Schools Expected To Relieve Crowded Condi-
 ton To Considerable Extent REGISTRATION ROUTINE IS TO CONSUME TWO DAYS
New First Grade To Be Of Kindergarten Classification, 0ccaSioned By Pupils Be- ginning Their Education

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 ginning Their Education
 Vacation days will be a thing pf the past. at least or the present year, the public schools ring out Monday morning, marking the opening of tne 1923-24 session of school days in Bir- mingham. School officials believe approximately 45.00O children will be enrolled for the coming term by the end of. the first week.
 So grea. is the anticipation or crowded conditions it the schools, especially in the high schools that announcements were made Friday by Dr. C. B. Glenn, superintendent. that dot ble sessions would bo held in the Phillips high and the Woodlawn hi sh schools for the coming term. Alp proximately l ,000 teachers of the city schools completed a five-day teach CTS institute at the Phillips High school Friday afternoon, where plans and new methods to be used were thoroughly discussed.
 First year pupils of the high schools will attend the Paul HaynS schools. while students of the sec ond third and fourth year will be recommended at the Phillips Hig school. Pupils of the third semes-  from 12:3O urtil 4:30 o'clock each school day, while the other grades will be in session from S:30 to 4;50 o'clock. First year pupils at the Woodlawn high will he in school from 1920 to 4:30 each afternoon, while other grades will be taken care of from S;3o until l;40 o'clock.
 New boundaries were named by the board of education for the Barker school, north Birmingham and Nor wood school, owing to the conn ietoh of the new Norwood school To ac- conmodate pupils in the grade schools. fifteen of these schools Wil4 be organized this session on tho platoon, or duplicate plan.
 Friday afternoon and SaturdaN morning all principals of the Vari- ous schools. with q corps of teach CTS were brsy in handling childreu who received conditioned cards at the close of last semester.
 During the first two days of tle new wear most of the time will be consumed in the issuance of boot~ slips and classification of the pupils, and it is not expected that schGol work will, be under way until the latter part of the week. Officials aic confident that the changes from the seven to the eight-year plan In thH schools will not cause much coniu- sion during the first few days, as the
  structions al the institute as to how the new system will be handled.
 So after three months of vacation and play, Birmingham's school chll- dren will trek their way to schooi for the coming nine months Monday morning. Official figures on the to tai enrolment of the schools will be announced by the superintendent Fri day afternoon.
 Kindergarten Added
 Because of the great number of children starting school this year Tor the first time, many or most Of them years old CT but a little olderl au added grade will be started. For merly the seventh grade was thu highest. This year there will be an eighth grade. The new first grade will be of kindergarten elasstLica ton.
 The platoon system will be another feature, grouping children in the schools for the work-study- play pldH that is going into effect in many schools.
 departments this year cost in the neighborhood of $2e,000. Much of this goes to manual departments and de- partments of domestic science.
 The indicated additional accommo- dation of 40 more rooms, through
 
 old ones. will be almost entirely available in few weeks. Many Of the added rooms are ready, but some few are yet to be finished.
 Printing Class Planned.
 The city board of education an nounces the introduction of a new vocational class in printing at the new Phillips High school. The equip ment is adequate to care for class of % students. It is expected that approximatcly 120 students will pass through this shop daily. The equip ment is modern in character and wiE permit this shop to do work of q com nercial character. The vocational class Tn printing will he six hours ia length per day and viii run during a period of two years, Three hours printing experience. The remainde- of the day will be taken up with English mathematics, science and design.
 George $. Hunt a printer of years experience and well known In Bir- mingham has been engaged as teach
 While the vocational class Is tak- ing the other subjects, the shop will be open ito manual training stu dents.
 Attention Is called to certain changes in school districts boundaries in the Baker. North Birmingham and Norwood school districts. due to the opening of the new Norwood ele- mentary school Through an over sight the change was not given for the Seventeenth avenue school dis trict boundaries The corrected bound aries for this district are SIS follows:
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 Seventeenth Avenue District
 NORTH-Vlllage Creek from Nine teenth street extended to the South ern railway near the Huntsville road.
 EAST-S0uthern railway from Nil- iege Creek to Seventeenth aVenl c extended.
 SOUTH-SeVenteent avenue ana Seventeenth street extended from southern railway to Nineteenth street extended.
 WEST-Nineteeuth street extended from Seventeenth avenue extended to tn Village Creek,
 Nete; Last year th.s district iu- c'uded territory north of Village Creek which is fer the coming year placed in che North Birmingham dis triet II was included territory east of the southern railway which Is now placed ir tho new AeFw0sS | School district,