Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-01-18

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for more extensive operations IN this
line could hardly be justified. In amy
case, academic instruction Of better
kind Is more essential at the present
stage and Is the imperative prerc-
| quIsite for vocational or manual train
Ing. The radical difference between
this class Of our fellow-citizens and
the Anglo-Saxon Is 50 pronounced
that an individual Of the latter class
can never fully comprehend and there
fore can never get far enough into
the inner circles of the negro race 10
be Of any special help to them. A
supervisor of their own kind, one HAY
ing their sympathy and respect and
who would be eXaeting IN requiring of
the teachers more faithful service.
would be a decided advantage to these
schools and would accomplish results
which would more nearly Justify The
money spent on them.
Agreeably 10 the decision of the
State Board of Education Of June last
year, that the School Commissioners
should take charge of the Annapolis
schools and conduct them as others
of their kind are conducted. our
School Board decided to separate The
High School and Grammar grades AMI
appoint a principal to each school
And as the male principals employed
heretofore had not been uniformly
satisfactory, il was determined to APP
point women principals from amongst
our own teachers. The persons So APP
pointed proved themselves fully equal
to the responsibility imposed upon
them, rs they have conducted their
charges In such a manner as to merit
the hearty commentator of their
superiors.
In the matter Of the chemical and
physical laboratories for the County
High School, we have more than met
the requirements of the State Board
in that we have expended between five
| and SIX hundred dollars in fitting mp
this laboratory. 1t is a great acquisi-
ton to the school and the pupils take
an enthusiastic delight in the work.
Last year Domestic Science was In
troduced into the High School for the
first time, and all grades were given
the benefit Of the course which fol
lowed in general outline that pre-
scribed by the State Board and in
cluded the cooking of fruits, cereals.
eggs, meats, vegetables, soups, bread
and cake making, and table setting
and serving. and likewise house-clean-
ing and general sanitation. Monthly
tests of the instruction impaired were
given throughout the year
instruction in sewing was given I'm
the eighth and ninth grades. Pupils
were taught the elementary stitches,
darning, patching and the making of
buttonholes and fastenings. These ele-
ments were later employed in the max
ing of small garments, which served as
models for those afterwards made by
the pupils for themselves. In the
making of models the use Of patterns
was taught. During commencement
week an exhibit of specimens of
cookery and sewing was made and was
largely attended by patrons of the
school.
The work in Domestic Science at
the Stanton colored school was con-
Quoted along similar lines, the teacher
being we'll trained for her duties. In
this connection also it is proper e
state that, under the efficient direc.
ton of Miss Drury, the industrial
work done at this school was very
creditable. An exhibition at the end
of the year Of the articles made
elected high praise from the many
persons who visited it.
1t is to be regretted that this train
ing can not be more generally ex.
tended TO the colored schools of the
county, but it is not possible at pres
ent. Your suggestion that a super
visor gather the colored teachers into
groups in certain convenient centers
for purposes Of instruction was not
| found to be practicable, because but
few of these teachers have convey
ances and the roads are too bad il
winter to make walking to any exten
possible. Moreover, in the shor
period Of four months during whicl
these schools are kept open but lit
tie Of such instruction could be given
and even if they could be trained i
this way, it would be Of little use, a
but very few Of them return TO II
the following year, thus making th
efforts Of the supervisor in this re
spect fruitless.
Since making our last annual repor
we have been experimenting in on
: rural schools with convection heater
Of the Smith and Waterman-WateI
! bury types. The experiments made
solving as they do so thoroughly, th
problem of ventilation and heatin
: without endangering the health of To
pupils and teachers, as does the oil
: process of windows and ordinar
l stoves, were so very satisfactory tia
our Commissioners will endeavor
introduce them gradually into all on
! schools, as funds become availabl
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