The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-24
DISTRICT SCHOOL
 SURVEY PLANNED

Howard College Considers Ens-
 ley As Location For Techni-
 cal Division Of School {,
 The citizens school survey commit tee for district nine which includes Ensley, Wylam, Pratt City and terri tory adjacent, will make their survey Tuesday. The party will leave the. of I flee of M. H. ,McDowell at 9 80 o'clock and will be served luncheon at the Ensley High school. MT. Mcdowell is chairman and the others on the com mittee are: Mrs. Leo Oberdorfer, Mrs. Louis Mackenzie, James Freeman, Dr. L. P. Hanna, W. R. Crane, Phares Coleman, Ira F. Randall, F. M. Pat ton, R. O. Gladden., W. H. Spaton and J. R. Kennemar.
 The committee will spend practically all day visiting the schools and will in- quire into the physical equipment now in operation and undertake to ascer- tain reasonable requirements of the schools. The report will be given to Rev. W. R.. Hendrix, who is general chairman of the citizens committee, and this committee in turn will deliver the findings to the voters by announce ment in the newspapers and otherwise.
 The committee will make no distinc- tion between the white schools and those used by the negro children of Birmingham, but will try to anticipate the requirements of the various schools for definite time in the future. It was pointed. out that Ensley and the district west of Fairview has fared badly at the. hand of the board of edu- cation since the absorption of Ensley by the city of Birmingham.
 Plan Technical School.
 In connection with the establish ment of Howard High school in Ems ley, it was stated Saturday that school authorities have in view the establish ment also of technical division of Howard college.
 President James c. Dawson of How ard, in connection with the location of the Howard High in Ensley, said that this part of Birmingham is the manu- featuring part of the state and that the need for technically trained boys and men would become greater as the plants here were increased and en- larged. In anticipation of the prob able necessity, Dr. Dawson, said that Howard would fill the utmost needs here and if a technical school were needed as many think that the school would be- arranged for.
 It was understood, in Ensley Satur- day that officials of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company are much pleased over the location in Ensley of the Howard High school and are not less interested in the report they have received as to the establishment of the technical division of Howard. The lat ter has been wanted by the industrial men for some time and it is believed that the fullest measure of co-opera- tionse will be given the educational. di- reetors when the final decision is made.
 Expect Big Glass. '''
 Overs1251 men are expected to at tend the Wesley Bible class of the Ensley Methodist church Sunday morn- ing to hear Professor Gands and his singers and later to hear Clark Will Hams of Birmingham interpret the les son. Tom s. Pippen and associates have planned for one sof. the largest crowds ever recorded at the class and a fine. program has been arranged by the officers. The class meets in the dining hall of the church building. .
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 The address of William Jennings Bryan at the Ensley Methodist church Sunday afternoon at 2:3O o'clock is expected to attract the largest number -of persons that have attended any event here in some time.' The lecture that Mir. Bryan has announced for his Ensley appearance does not contain any political references, it is said, and there will be no offering asked. Mir. Bryan will be introduced by Rev. Will liam H. Mansfield, an old friend of the visitor. who will also preside at the meeting. Mir. Bryan will come to Ems ley from Bessemer, where he is sched- uied to speak in the morning.
 To Get Contract
 A contract will be announced during the next few days for the erection of the First Baptist church of Ensley. In- formation to Athis effect was given out Saturday by the committee. it being stated that he architect had extended the time for filing bids at the urgent request of the contractor who are en- gagged in making an estimate of the costs. It was stated that the exact price has not been determined but indications are that the building will not involve less than $150,000.
 The new church will be erected on the corner of Avenue E and Twenty second street and will take the place of the present structure which has been made part of the community dona- tions for the Howard high school.
 Arrange Dance
 The dance committee of the Ensley Shrine club IS arranging the most elab- orate dance of their experience at the armory for March. In addition. to the appearance of the imperial potentate and members>of the official divan, there will be Shriners present from many of the clubs of Birmingham including a large delegation from Bessemer. The committee announced Saturday that the plans for the reception at the hall was in the hands of 12 women selected from the various sections of the district.
 Road Work Progresses
 - The curb and gutter on the link of the Eighth avenue, road now being con structed was completed Saturday to a point near Owenten crossing and it is stated that some of the excavation work is also completed on the new highway. Howard N. Bowdry, the contractor, is making every effort to complete-the job as soon as possible. The road has been enc of the most seriously delayed of any in this section of the state and in Ensley as well as Birmingham there will be unusual interest manifested over its completion. For two years a link about one mile long has held up the use of that road, the other part having been long ago finished The new road