The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-06-13

Meeting of the School Board-Omcere
Re-elected.-The School Board held meet.
ing at Towson on Wednesday when the old
officers were reelected. as follows:
President-Thomas B. Todd.
Vice President-G. Herbert Rice.
Secretary, Treasurer and Superintendent
Albert s Cook.
Assistant Superintendent John T. Hershner.
Attorney-Z Howard Isaac.
Miss Jeanette Brown of Towson, was re-
appointed clerk to the Board.
The faculties of the high schools at Towson,
Gainesville and Reisterstown were reappoint-
ed, as were also the trustees of all the schools.
Bids for the Randallstown school building
were opened and referred to the architect for
tabulation, to report June 18th.
A delegation appeared before the Board and
asked that Columbia school, 4th district, be re
| opened. The subject was referred to Commits
siOner Russell
Messrs U. H. Tarbert, Daniel s. Pearce and
Harry M. Matthews presented 30 days option
! to the Board for seven acres of ground for
81 900 on which to build an agricultural school
for the rural districts and to consolidate the
schools of Philopolis, Verona, Belfast and
! Glencoe. The matter was referred to Com
missioner Scott and the building committee.
The Patrons Association of Garrett Heights
school and the Hamilton Improvement Asso-
! citation, through Messrs. William McCallister
and James II. Mitchell, offered to donate $50
toward decorating the walls of the school
building provided the Board give an equal
sum- They also asked for drinking fountain
| for the school. The requests were referred to
| Commissioner Arthur.
| A lot was purchased from DR.. Josiah s..
| Bowen, at Mount Washington, to be used in
/ enlarging the school building at that place.
! The Board announced the appointment of
Miss Ida Lee Tall, of the Teachers Training
School, Baltimore, as supervisor of the gram
mar grades in the county schools. The ap-
pointment is to take effect August 1st
Messrs. Carville D. Benson and @. II. Jones
| impressed upon the Board the necessity of a
school building at Wilhelm Park.
4 Mr.. Elmer r. Halle, representing number
| of residents of Baldwin, 18th district, asked
4 the Board to reopen the school there, which
J was consolidated two years ago with the Fork
1 school, or build new school house. he was
informed that the Board would give delega-
| ton from Baldwin hearing at the next meet
| ing if desired.
The Board took 81 900 option on lot at
Howard Park, the residents of the park having
donated two lots.
The Walter E. Hill Company was awarded
the contract for heating the Canton school
building at $l,O75.
An offer of the Towson National Bank to
| pay the Board per cent. on the balance Of
cash to the Boards credit in the bank was
| accepted.
| LETTER TO THE SCHOOL BOARD.
| TO the Board of School Commissioners of Bait
more County tIenen From information OBJ
| tanned from the papers and other sources am
| informed that your Board is about to erect sew
| eral school houses in the county, contracts to
erect which have been entered into by your
of the city of Baltimore, the said contracts being
awarded on the percentage plan and without
! competition.
| AS taxpayer for more than thirty years in
| Baltimore county desire to register my protest
against this proceeding, it being without prece.
| taxpayers and citizens of Baltimore county. l
| do not know by what authority public board
can without inviting DIGS AWARD sncn a. large rye
| confers on your Board the power to build school
| houses without inviting proposals on same but
without doubt to the best interests of the tax
payers of the county to at least give our build
ers in the county, who are competent and able,
an opportunity to compete for said work.
Your Board, in doing such acts as these, can
not hope for any other than adverse and severe
criticism of your administration, especially
when, as am informed, the contractors who are
favored have relatives on the Board.
In closing 1 desire to further emphasize my
protest by saying that in my opinion your ac-
ton in this matter is not in accord with the
modern methods of the administering of public
duties, and should the law permit, l as citizen
and taxpayer in Baltimore county, will certainly
take legal steps to prevent you spending the
peoples money in such a manner. / shall give
copies of this letter to the papers of our county
so that the people may be informed as to the
manner in which you are conducting the affairs
of the people, and also that they might, if they
ture pass some law regulating these matters.
l am respectfully, JOHN HILTz.
State Board Meets at Sparrow's Point
Guests of Mr.. Wood.-The State Board
of Education held meeting on Wednesday in
the club house at Sparrow's Point all of the
members being present except Governor
Crothers.
It had been the intention of the Board to
make such departmental changes in the State
Normal School as were deemed necessary, in
Guiding the filling of vacancies in the faculty.
The teachers, including the principal of the
school, were also to have been elected for the
ensuing year. When this business came up
for discussion the members decided to defer &C.
ton until Thursday when the Governor was
eFpsStsd to be present e0 e at the meeting Hhs
views before committing themselves.
What the Board did was to dispose of all the
routine work before it and to place on the
teachers pension list the names of Miss Rose
Marshall. of Pocomoke City, and John w.
| Gilbert, of Cambridge.
After the meeting the members were enter.
tanned by Mr.. Rufus K. Wood, of the Mary
| land Steel Company, who is also member of
the Educational Board, and then took trip to
Bay Shore by trolley.
A Seven Year-Old Boys Story of R.
| R. Accident.-Henry L. Bowen Parlett, son
| of Mr.. r. w. j. Parlett, superintendent of
| Towson postal station, wrote the following &C
in the June No. of the Atlantic Educational
| Journal:
"a wreck on the Md. Penn. r. r. August
| r. 1907 happened back of Mr.. Neligans home.
/ A coal car in charge of a colored man was ON a
siding at Shepherd, when they tried to move
the car little and it got beyond their control
and the eight twenty train Just left Towson,
! and the collision occurred. The colored man
was tossed into corn field. He was uncon-
| scious for about one. half hour, and he was
/ bruised about the body, scared and shaking
/ up The engineer and fireman climbed over
the tender upon the baggage car ana Jumped
| off. The engineer was cut little about the
head. The fireman was not injured. The coal
! car was coming at full force. The train was
| coming very fast around the curve, so the en-
gineer could not see it. He was just letting OF
sand. The coal car was thrown into the boiler.
| The car was broken to pieces. The engine was
broken beyond repairs
Franklin High School Commencement.
/ The annual commencement of Franklin
| High School, Reisterstown, will take place in
| the Tabernacle at Emory Grove on Thursday,
| June 18th, at SPIN. The sermon to the grad
| yates will be preached in the Lutheran Church,
| Reisterstown, Sunday, June 18th. at 1870 A.
M, by Rev. A. P. Heilman, of Baltimore
| Wednesday, June 18th, 8 P. M, Glass Night
exercises at Emory Grove; Friday, June 10th,
8P. M, alumni reunion at Landstreet Hall.
The graduating class is composed of the fol-
| lowing: Jacob Clyde Baker, Arthur Edward
Brooks, Nellie Beckley Burke, Daniel Howard
Bollinger, Naomi De Sylvia Chew, Charles
| Atweli CLANCY, Franklin Oscar Gorsuch. Mat
tie Elizabeth Hipsley, Cameron Hoffman
Laura Elizabeth Keyes, William Beck Kemp,
Mary Elice Kinsey, Charles Leslie Oursler,
Lillian Beryl Owings, Margretta Pearce, John
Campbell Reese, Edith Freeman Tracey, Mary
Grace Upperco and Alice Lillian Wheeler
The officers of the class are President, Jacob
| CLYDE Baker; vice president, Cameron Hof-
man secretary, Alice Lillian Wheeler; treas
urer, Margretta Pearce.
June Nuptial Events That Are to Be-
Mr., and Mrs. Montgomery B. Corkran, OF
| Lutherville, have issued invitations for the
marriage of their daughter, Miss Edna Louise,
to Mr.. George William Evans, Jr. The mar
| riage will take place at the Chapel of the Holy
| Comforter, LutherviIle, June 18th. Rev. W.
| Il. H. Powers rector of Trinity Church, Tow
| son, will off1ciate.
Mrs. Amelia " Henderson, of Monkton, has
issued invitations to the marriage of her daugh'
ter, Miss Lula Virginia Henderson, to Mr.
| Edwin A. Zimmerman, son of Mr.. Henry
| Zimmerman, of Ruhl. The wedding will take
| place Wednesday evening, June 18th, at the
home of the brides sister, Mrs. Herbert Young
of Monkton.