The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-31
SCHOOL AFFAIRS
Commissioners Abandon Consollda-
tl0n planS-ShaMnah School
To Be Re-opened.
MANUAL TRAINING EXTENDED.

The School Commissioners of
Cecil county were in session at Elk
ton on Tuesday. Bills amounting
to $1S1 .62 were passed and ordered
to be paid.
Mr.. Carey offered the following
resolution:
WHEREAS, The Board of School Commissioners
of Cecil County being fully convinced that the
consolidation of schools is better for the pupil and
| saving of expense for the taxpayers, these ad-
vantages having been clearly demonstrated
wherever tried in numerous other States; and,
WHEREAS, The Legislature of Maryland by the
Act of 1904, having specifically authorized the
introduction Of this feature of school work in the
State, and there being other counties planning to
put the same in operation, and the Board being
desirous of making practical test thereof in this
county. had, at previous meeting, ordered the
closing of school No. s, Dist. 8, commonly known
as "shawnah School," and the pupils thereof
transported to the school at North East, ,eand,
WHEREAS, Since the passage of said order, the
patrons of the school thus proposed to be consol-
idated with the larger school, have made oppo-
sition thereto, and the Board not wishing to act
counter to the expressed wishes of the people in
the conduct OF their Schools hereby rescinds its
former order in regard to the closing of the
school. While abandoning the original purpose
and plans in connection with school Number 6,
the Board does not abandon the principle of con-
solidatiOn and transportation and its desire to
make practical test of the same. Which was
adopted.
The following appointments were
confirmed:- Misses Laura j. Ward,
No. z, Fourth; Ethel Hopkins, as
sistant. No. z, Fourth; Elva Reyp-
olds, No. 8, Sixth; Miriam Row
land, asst, No. 3, Seventh (when
needed; Lydia Terrell, asst, No.
1, Seventh; Ella G. Lynch, No.7,
Seventh; Clara Mannon, No. 6,
Fourth; Mary Terrell, No. Z, Thirds
Frances Cleaves, No. 6, Fifths
Gertrude F. Braxton, No. /, col. . /
Seventh.
Miss Bessie s. Thompson resigned
from No. IL, Sixth, and Miss Clara
Mannon resigned No. IL, Fifth.
The following were appointed as
trustees: No. 6, Fourth, W. R.
Mahan, T. Frank Foote and Uric
Conner; No. 8, Fifth, W. j. Clark,
A. J. Rntter and Edward Wingate.
A petition was presented from p.
q. Lort, Andrew Anderson, J. L.
Moore and thirty-two others to use
the balance of the fund due from
the State to the Industrial School
to open a Manual Training depart
ment at the North East School.
DIR. Jenness offered the following
resolution, which was adopted
"Inasmuch as petition signed by the Trustees
and numerous patrons of the North East High
School asking the School Board to establish
Manual Training department IN said High School,
and in view of the fact that there is residue of
the fund appropriated by the State for the Colored
Industrial School, he 1t
Resolved, That such department be estab-
lished in said High School, and the expenses OF
the same to be paid out of, and not to exceed the
residue left from said Colored Industrial"
Messrs. Carroll Edgar, E. B.
Fockler and George Biddle were
appointed a committee with power
to act.
The colored schools at Rowland
vile, No. /, Sixth, and No. 2,
Sixth, Porter's Bridge, will not be
opened until October l, 1906.