The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-10-05

ing and Needed-Present
Appropriation not Sufficient.
Mr.. Z. l.. Boblitz, Secretary of
the Board Of County School Com.
missionerS and School Examiner.
has made his annual report to the
Commissioners of Frederick
County. Among the details of
the report are the following inter.
esting figures and items:
The total expenditures for
S9S-'99 were 9S3, S10.4S; for 1899
1900, sS0,034.29. Number of
months schools were open in 1898.
'99, 81, 1S99-19O0, =. Teachers
employed 1898 100. 243. 1899 1900,
253. OF this number for last
year, 219 were white and 81 col
ored, OF the white teachers los
were male aud Ill female. Male
principals. 100; female, 30; male
assistants, s; female, 81; colored
teachers, male. 20; female, IA;
male principals, 20; female, 9;
female assistants, 5.
The enrolment for lS9S-'99 was
II, 015; lS99-1900, 10, 100.
School houses built by the
County Commissioners during
the year: Lime Kiln, Troutville,
Mt. Hope and WalkerSville, all of
frame, costing respectively,
S769.4S; $799.23, $736.G9, $492 10.
New houses being built or ad-
ditions being made: For Fred
erick Female, twelve class rooms,
which, with proper connection
with buildings left standing, will
make sixteen rooms In all. with
seating capacity for eight hun
dred pupils, and give proper ac-
commOdatiOns to the female pu-
pills for at least a decade; an adj
ditional story to the AdamstOwn
school house i'll Buckeystown
District; new frame buildings at
Tyler's and Valley View in Mid
dletown District, and at Edge
wood in Tuscarora District.
During the past decade there
has been an increase of thirty
eight teachers, and an increase
of four hundred and twenty pu-
pills. In 1890 the average pro
portion of pupils enrolled was Is
pupils to l teacher, in 1900 ~ to
1.
During the period named the
State apportionment has been
slightly increased, and that of
the county to the amount of
So, 500. A study of the financial
statement appended to the report
will show that the receipts from
all sources is not sufficient for the
proper maintenance and contin-
uance of the schools for three
terms, and that more money is
required. The total cost of the
schools for all purposes, except
free text books, for which there
is special and sufficient appro-
priation, was, during the past
year $50, 034. 30. Divide this by
2G3, the total number of teach
ers, and the quotient, S3l6.34,
will represent the average ex-
penSes Of each school, which in
cludes teachers salaries, fuel,
rent, furniture, repairs, super
vision and all expenses, except
text books, incident to their
maintenance.
AT the business session of the
Board of School Commissioners,
at which the above report was
submitted, the following matters
were also attended to:
Trustees were appointed as fol-
lows: William Engle, vice John
Engle, deceased, at Ballenger;
DR.. L. G. Kefauver, at Thurmont,
vice James Creager, deceased;
Richard Norris, at LinganOre,
vice r. G. Sappington, deceased;
Lewis Blank, at Shookstown,
vice Paul Klipp, resigned; FL. NJ.
Claggett, at Olive, vice Robert
Boteler, resigned.
The board decided to hold the
! Teachers Institute in the City
Opera House, January 2 to 4,
1901.
Ten dollars we're appropriated
for library at Adamstown.
Arrangements were completed
to provide for the increased at
tendance at the Brunswick
schools. The appointment OF
Miss Maude Dutrow as additional
assistant at Brunswick was con.
firmed. The appointment of Mr.
Calvin Page to the scholarship
at the Maryland Agricultural
College was confirmed.