The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1909-07-31
Public School Matters-Number of p

Public School Matters-Number of Pu-
pills Increasing Rapidly.-SchoolS uperin-
tendent A. s. Cook on Tuesday announced that
the average enrolment Of the schools for the
year ending July 81, 1909 was 90S pupils more
than for the year ending July 81, 1908. This
is the largest increase in the history OF the
schools The total enrolment was 19, 1853 and
the average enrolment 1886. The average
attendance was 1852, or rs per cent. of the
enrolment, an increased average attendance
over 1908 of 996.
For the last month Supt. Cook and his as
sistants, Mr.. John T.. Hershner and Miss
Jeanette Brown, have been working hard to
finish the work of the year. By today they
will have all the reports completed and will be
ready to take UP the work of the school year
of 1909-1910 in September.
The School Board has ordered the office at
Towson closed during August and there will
be no meeting until September.
There are IL vacancies in the schools, 10 in
one-teacher schools and two principalships in
three and more teacher schools. The schools
in which there are vacancies are: Glenarm,
Rayville, Ruhl, Armacost, Arbutus,St. Helena,
Putty HILL Kidds School. near Middletown;
Blenheim, Loreley and Lauraville:
The Board has appointed the following high
school graduates to the four vacant scholar
ships at the State Normal School: Miss Alice
l.. Wheeler, Of Glen Morris; Miss Irma M.
Gill, Of Uppercoe Miss Emma K. Hanna, of
Garrison, all graduates OF the Franklin High
School, and Miss A. Olivia Hershner, of Tow
SOD, graduate of Towson High School.
The following have been recommended to
the State Board Of Education for scholarships:
Misses Ray Almony and Rachel K. Schaul, of
Freeland who have attended the State Normal
School for one year, and the following who
took the Baltimore county examinations:
Misses Margaret G. Seidel, Anna M. jacobson.
Sara E. Charles and Mary E. Sweitzer, of
Highlandtown; Misses Edith Shamberger and
Mabel d. Sitter, of Parkton; Miss Florence l..
Cassidy, Mount Washington Miss Odessa
Meredith, White Hall; Miss Bessie E. Penn,
Orangeville; Miss Irma Chef, Overlea.
The Board has decided to place six heating
and ventilating plants in the schools. one for
the districts in charge of each Commissioner.
Two Of the schools selected are Johnnycake
and Manor. For years complaints have been
made that pupils seated near the stoves are too
warm and those seated at distance are cold
With the new plants the heat will be evenly
distributed In every part of the rooms.
Estimates will be secured by the building
committee for new heating plant for the Ro-
land Park school, and the Board has given the
committee power to purchase the same.
Congratulations to a Minister on His
Twenty Fifth Anniversary The following
correspondence explains itself:
To the Congregation Of st. Johns Parish, Bal
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August 1st 1909, Rev. John Worrall Larmour
will celebrate his twenty ifth anniversary as
rector of st. Johns Parish, Baltimore and Har-
ford counties, and in ComMemoration of this
event it is hoped that as many members oft
congregation as possible, with their friends
will attend the services at II A. NJ. on that date.
The collection will be applied to the debt on
the new church, which now amounts to 81, $50.
A letter of congratulations from the vestry is
appended. u. sTERETT CUTTINGS,
Registrar.
The vestry Of st. Johns Church, Baltimore
and Hartford counties, extend to Rev. J. Wor-
rail- Larmour its hearty congratulations on the
completion Of his twenty fifth anniversary as
rector OF the Parish, an event which occurs on
Sunday, August 1st 1909 and wishes to place
on record its appreciation of the honorable,
digniied and conscientious manner in which
he has discharged the duties Of his high office.
With one exception his has been the longest
continuous rectorship in the history of the
Parish, q period OF over two hundred years,
and IL is worthy Of mention that the rector has
won the respect and regard, not only of his
own congregation, but OF the entire commu-
nifty, irrespective OF creed.
During his pastorate Of a quarter of a CEN
fury many changes have naturally occurred in
the membership of the church, and more than
the ordinary share of SORROWS has fallen to the
lot of his family and himself, but throughout
all adversities he has borne himself with reso-
luton and a resignation to the Divine Will
that has earned the sympathy of all who know
him.
In renewing their fluctuations the vestry ex-
press the earnest hope that many years of use
fulness and happiness are in store for him.
(Signed)
FRANK M. GoRsUcH, WALTER B. PLAT, MD.
EDWARD REYNOLDS, EDWARD HALL, JR.,
J. C. TALIAFERRo. HAROLD WALSH,
CABBLL Y. PEYTON, d. STERETT CUTTINGS,
Vestry.