The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-11-27
State school Officers.

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fessors report as State superintendent
public instruction. 1t was based upon re
ports made TO him from all the counties
the State for the school year which ended
last June, and from the city Of Baltimore
for the fiscal wear which ended on the frs
of last January.
The total number of pupils enrolled II
, the public schools of the State was shown
to be PIG, 1862, of whom 80. 752 were III the
city and 1919 $40 in the counties The in
crease in attendance over the previous
wear was l4,6lS children. The average
daily attendance in the city was oo,6So
and in the counties 72,547.
In the city there are 1S5 schools and IN
the counties 2,204. This shows the estab-
lishment of tifty-six new schools during
the year.
The number of city teachers was 1867
and of county teachers 1919 total OF
4,6l6, which is an increase OF 1O3 over the
previous year For the salaries of these
teachers there was paid 1870, 140.s2, of
which 1855, $40 60 went to the city teachers
and $S35. 4OO.22 to the county teachers.
To educate these el9, 1852 pupils cost the
city and counties 81, $50, 4s7 .26, or slightly
more than $la for each child.
THE Best Way of Executing the Free
Text Book Law" was subject introduced
for discussion by short paper read by
DR.. James l.. Bryan, of Dorchester county
Dr. Bryan congratulated the commission
ers upon the passage of the first free text
book law by the last Legislature after an
agitation extending over thirty years. He
stated that State Senator John Walter
Smith, of Worcester, had been the friend
and champion of the measure for many
years before its fin Il pas age.
Mr.. U. G. Palmer, of Garrett, complain
ed that his county had not. in his opinion.
received its fair share of the text book APP
preparation. The total amount of the
State appropriation was $150,O00, or an
average of Is cents per pupil His county
was given 81 800 for 1000 pupils. an aver
age of less than 80 cents.
| 1t was stated by several commissioners
that their county's share of the appropria-
ton was inadequate for the purchase of
all the books needed. Mr. Charles B
Rogers. of Baltimore county, said that his
| school board had made careful estimate
of the cost for the first year and had then
asked the county commissioners to make
up the deficiency of $1,000
| Mr.. George G. Pearson, of Washington
county, asked if any of the money appro-
priated for text books could be used for
keeping of the books in the separate
schools. Professor Prettyman replied that
the law clearly permitted this to be done
| 1t was also stated by Mr. Pearson that
his school board had lost number of
text books which were burned by the State
board of health because scarlet fever had
been discovered among the pupils of one
school. "Quite right to burn them; quite
right" came the answering echo from sew
eral quarters of the ROOM
| Others who took part in the discussion
were Messrs. Cooke b. Luckett, of Mont
gomery; John D. Worthington, of Hartford,
and Thomas s. Stone, of this county.
| Mr.. F. S. Everest, of Cecil, second vice
president of the association, presided, in
the absence of Mr.. Samuel Dutrow, of
Frederick, president, and Mr.. John s.
Wilson, of Baltimore county, first vice
president. Mr.. NJ. B. Stephens, of Caro-
line county, was secretary
| Governor Lowndes made spicy adore. S
to the Association of School Commission
ers and Examiners of the State of Mary
land just before the adjournment of that
body at the State Normal School Wednes-
day afternoon, in which he administered
a blunt rebuke to those who had engaged
in an adverse criticism of Comptroller
Graham's method of aprortioning $3.50, 900
under the free textbook law. The matter
was brought before the association in a
paper entitled What is the Proper
Method of Apportionment of the $3.50, 900
Annual Appropriation Under the Free
Textbook Law" which was read by Mr.
| George &. Pearson, of Hagerstown.
Governor LOwndes, who attended the
session and heard the discussion, arose,
and leaning against a manteI behind the
chairman: Mr.. Gushing is generally
| bright and to the pOint-mOre so at Il
banquet between eleven and twelve at
night that he is in the daytime. His ad-
dress Wednesday was not plain. | take
issue with him, and with all here, except
| MIR. Ash. | believe that the comptroller
distributed that fund according to law.
There is no use for you people to sit here
and discuss what has been done by Mr..
Graham or any comptroller of the state
The law is there, and you cant change it
except by electing a legislature thinking
according to your views. You sit here
and discuss weighty and important ques-
lions, and you send out your published
reports How many outside of your mem
bers read them? Why don't you let the
people know what you are doing. All
the country people do not see the daily
papers. Why don't you issue pamphlets
and send them to the people. Ityou want
a remedy, get the legislature to pass law
there is no earthly use of criticising Mr.
Graham. He is following the advice
given t" him by the attorney general OF
Maryland, and he will cont to do so. y
MIR. Thos. $. Stone, the Secretary and
Examiner, and Dr. " W. Duvall and Mr.
}. Selwyn Sasscer, of the School Board
attended from this county.
Another RiSP Ia " neat.
| Another advance was recorded Tues
1aIr in L. IL.