Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1881-12-02
state Association OF school Com


missionefs.-lThc Association of Public
School Commissioners of the State of Mary
land met on Tuesday last at the Estate Nor
NAL School, James w. Thompson of Queen
Anne's county, in the chair, Daniel T. Lakin,
of Frederick, secretary.
Nineteen ofthe counties of the State were
represented in the meeting. This county
was represented by A. b. Davis and S. r.
White
Professor Newell read summary of the
school statistics of last year, as compared
with the preceding year, as follows: Num-
Der of schools, 1919, no change; number of
scholars enrolled, III, 861; decrease, 1904 !;
average daily attendance, 5O,315; decrease,
4,3S5. The decrease in these items is explain
ed by the exceptionally severe winter, which
prevented young children and girls from at
tending school. Number of teachers, men,
1885; women, 1,l21; total, 1856 increase,
30; number Of months schools were open,
8 and 20 days; amount received from State
treasury, 1888, 1874 "A; increase, $7,4O2 10;
and $79, 441 Sc for colored schools, same as
last year, amount received from county
taxes, $685., 240 rs; increase, $34,1sS "a !;
amount paid for teachers salaries, $685.
BAT 90; increase, $23,S05 II; paid for build
ing, repairing and furnishing schoolhouses,
$Ss, 56s II increase, $3,S93 81; total expen-
penditures for public schools during the
year, 1922, $3.50 ~ increase, $42,2S1 81.
A committee was appointed to prepare
suitable resolutions in reference to deceased
members. A motion to change the time of
meeting from the last Tuesday in Novem-
Der TO the second Tuesday OF December WAS
lost. Mr.. A. B. Davis called attention to the
propriety of forming a close connection be-
tween the State academies and the primary
schools. Mr. Wilmer explained how the
Hagerstown Academy was changed into the
Public High School of Washington county.
A similar change was effected in Talbot,
Queen Anne's, Somerset, Worcester and
Wicomico. The discussion was continued
by Messrs. Newson, Squier and Price and
laid over informally,
On Wednesday the following business was
transacted; The report of the business com
mittee was made and accepted. 1t embraced
the following subjects for discussion, which
were passed Resolved, That in the opin-
ion of this association, the whole proceeds of
the public school tax Of ten cents on the
hundred dollars should be given as formerly
to the support of the white schools, AMI that
an appropriation of not less than 300, 900
should be made for the support Of the col
ored schools from the general treasury, AS
formerly" "Resoved, That in the opinion
of this association, the Legislature should
direct the Comptroller to pay to the public
schools that portion of the free school fund,
amounting to $4,000, which was derived
from the one-ffth revenue Of the Wash
ington Branch of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, and which was with
held in 1877 on the ground that the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad had not
then paid it; the said sum having been
afterwards recovered from the road" Messrs.
Jas. W. Thompson, p. A. Wilmer, of Wash
ington county; DIR. w. w. Duvall, of Prince
Georges county; A. b. Davis, of Mont
gomery county; DIR. j. Price, of Dorches-
ter county, were appointed committee to
press these resolutions on the Legislature.
The whole morning was consumed in dis
cussing questions, prominent among them
the resolution of Mr.. p. A. Wilmer looking
to uniform distribution of the public school
tax in various counties according to the
white and colored population between the
ages of five and twenty years. Thereof
luton offered by Mr.. A. b. Davis, looking to
an arrangement between the academies and
public schools in the State, was passed.
Resolutions were passed in memory of DIR.
John p. II. ellis, of Worcester county,
former member Of State board of education,
and John Douglass, formerly president Of
school board Of Caroline county.