The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-03-06
Bubble affairs,
state Board Of Education.

4 ut annual itputt VI tuc otsttc podtu
Of Education Of Maryland has been pre-
pared by N. A. Newell, of Baltimore, Su-
perintendent. From it the following facts
are CLEANED Tho number Of pupils at
tending the public schools of the city of
Baltimore and the several counties was
1854, being an increase of ), $50 on the
preceding year; the average daily attend
ance was 65,l6S, an increase of 1881;
the amount paid for teachers salaries was
S983,683.07, an increase apparently Of
S94, 206.50, from which, however, must
bedsdacsod s3l ,410.70, which was charged
last year to '.colored schools, making
net increase Of salaries amounting to S62,-
1850; the total expenditure for public
school purposes in tho State 81 ,53O,072.-
p, being an increase of s176,005.51.
The average number of schools in the sew
eral counties (excluding the city of Balti-
more) is 1850, az increase of 81; the total
number Of enrolled scholars is 90,305, an
increase Of 6,164; the average enrolment
is 66,745, an increase Of 1856, and the
average daily attendance is Al ,s06, an in-
crease of 3,l70. The number Of different
teachers employed was 2,02s, Of whom
1861 we're men and 967 women, an in
crease of 20 in the former, and 6S in the
latter. The amount received from the
State as school tax, free school fund and
Academic donation was $685., 467.71, q
decrease of s9,36933; the amount receiv-
ed from county taxation was $780,, 22S19,
an increase of s26, s56.75; the amount paid
for teachers salaries was s577, s73.57, an
increase of sI5, 97O17; the amount paid
for building and repairing school houses
was sl15,715.0S, an increase of s1,462.-
"A; the amount paid for books and sta
tionery was s4s,s97.7l, increase 1885,
55;) for supervision and Office expenses,
s40,I0S.93, increase 81 1876; for moi
dental expenses, s43,652,O9, increase
S303.46; for miscellaneous expenses, So
467.49, increase s365.9l; for interest,
s7,57S.73, increase s2,45l.46. The tx
penditure on behalf Of colored schools was
$40, 1922, an increase of SIT 1882; the
increased appropriation to colored schools
granted by the last Legislature did not
take effect until after the close of the
school year, The total expenditure was
$3.50, 440.69, an increase Of SOS, s62.65.
The report says 1T is very gratifying
to sec that the exceptional progress of last
year has not only continued, but has in
some respects increased No such activi-
ty has been witnessed and no such promise
Of increased usefulness has been given in
any previous year. Much still remains to
be done before we can afford to relax our
efforts, but the prospects Of the public
schools in the future are very encouraging.
The State Board win require knowledge
Of elementary geometry and physiology
from all teachers examined after the first
Of July, 1875. They have also published
code Of bylaws for use in all the county
schools, Of which one Of the most import
ant is a provision for uniform classifca-
ton Of the pupils in all the schools in the
State, and the adoption Of graded course
Of study. The State Board does not in
tend at present to ask for any changes in
the SCHOOL, law. They prefer that it should
be fully tested, and that the operation Of ,
the school system should be brought into
strict conformity with the letter and the
spirit Of the law before appealing again to
the Legislature. They believe, however,
that the schools need still more minute
and vigiiant supervision Reason and
experience alike testify that skillfal super
intendence is necessary to the efficiency Of
any enterprise in which the labors many
individuals must cooperate in order to
produce the desired result The man who
should set fifteen hundred hands to work
In cotton factory without any overseer
TO coordinate their labors would be con-
sidered unworthy Of the confidence aud
even H.. respec, ~ business man ana
the case i not altered when instead III
hands. Ne have heads. and ;us.e,a e.
..faetoryn We read sebool. The saner;1.
seudenee needed is Of two kinds central !
and local. For the first there sbooId h (,
State superiptepdept with no otbsr ,,,,,;.s
~. ,boae belons;n., i r. g. ~
$50 y "s o'A0e for |
eme'en' local supefmtendence there should
be one School Examiner or Inspector for