Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-11-15
PATRON REPRIMANDEO
Board OF School Commissioner:
Take To Task Offender For
Interfering With School
Discipline.
MONTHLY MEETING OF BOARD.
Teacher OF Domestic Science To Pur-
chase Machine For Local School.

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chase Machine For Local School.
The Board of School Commissioners
met yesterday in regular session. with
| all the members present, and after
hearing and approving the minutes,
transcted the following business:
The resignation of Miss Blanche
Arnold, principl OF School 8, District
5, was accepted by the Board to take
effect November IL.
Miss Blanche Parrott, teacher of
School 6, District /, reported she had
raised $40 for a library fund, and a
like sum was voted and said school as
provided by law.
tor of the Brooklyn school, was fix ed
at S35 per month, beginning with
Dece mber !.
The treasurer was authorized to
pay the Misses Marie Jacobs and Lii
lie L. Stotler one months salary dur
ing the periol of their sickness rom
typh) id fever
The request of the principal the
High School for a subventiol of
500 to assist in buying a piano for
said school was refused, the oard
taking the ground that. as mt ic is
not part of The prescribed course of
the school, the financial condition of
the treasury would not justify the
expense.
The superintendent was directed to
purchase suitable stove for the Shady
Side colored school and the primary
room of School 6, District 6.
Miss Bessie Rupert, of Jessups.
was appointed to the vacancy in the
Maryland Institute vice John Tauber,
who failed to qualify.
The superintendent was told to. Sc
cure from the Rev. H. P. Richards
further information in regard to the
mission school he proposes to estab-
lish in the northern part of Anne Arun-
del county for colored children.
The resignation of VIM. Norwood
Burton, trustee of School ID, District
a, was accepted.
The superintendent was directed to
arrange with Miss Tate about the
purchase of sewing machine.
The superintendent was directed to
send the following letter to the person
addressed with the request that he
answer. and to inform him that a COPY
of the said letter had been sent to the
trustees and principal of the school:
Annapolis, Md, Nov. Is, II
Mr.. Murray Letherbury. Shady Side,
Md
Dear SIR
1t has been reported to US that, on
certain occasion recently you went
to your local school and, against the
authority and the wish of the teacher.
Miss Eolin Witt, you took from under
her charge one of your children, who
had been kept in for misdemeanor.
Allow US to say that. in so doing, YOU
violated Chapter 377, Section so, of
the Public School Laws of MARYLAND.
which says that ANY person who
shall disturb any public school in ses-
sion shall, upon conviction thereof,
before justice of the peace, be deem
ed guilty of misdemeanor, and shall
forfeit and pay twenty dollars, to be
collected as other fines, to be paid to
the board of district school trustees
for the benefit of the schoolhouse
district; or said offender shall be i'm
prisoned not exceeding thirty DAYS, or
both, in the discretion of the Justice of
the peace.
We assume that the teacher had a
sufficient reason for her action, and
we do not think it lies within our
province to discuss her motives, but as
the guardians of the school system, we
feel called upon to protect our teach
ers in the proper discharge of their
duties. While we do not intend to in
sist upon the enforcement of the law
for this first offence. repetition of
the offence will compel US to take such
action.
1t is also currently reported in the
village that you have been sndeavor-
ing to bring the teachers of the
school into disrepute by talking about
them and saying that you ''intended d
to have the whole bunch discharged. 4"
You should understand the gross
Improperly of such conduct on the
part of any patron of the school, who.
instead of so acting, is rather under
moral obligation to cooperate in every
way with the teachers. The bylaws
provide that all rules made by the
principal for the government of a
school shall be obeyed by the pupils.
If you wish to continue your children
IN the school you must require them to
behave themselves properly.
We are also informed that one of
your children left its textbooks out in
the rain for day or more and that
they were thereby rendered almost
unfit for use, and that when Miss Witt
SEM you a bill for these books as re-
quired by law, you made no reply to
her letter. We have instructed her not
to issue any more books to that child
until you have paid for the books de-
stroyed.
Yours respectfully,
SAMUEL GARNER.
Secretary.