The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1916-05-26
DR. MAURICE $. Il. UNGER,
THE NEW sUPERINTENDENT,
A FORTUNATE CHOICE.


As soon as the new school law wal
brought to its attention The Advocate
could not close It's eyes TO the effect
that q new era In public school ad.
ministratlon had begun. II realized
that the new law exacted now profess
sional attainment9 In the superintend-
enI. The Advocate Is convinced thai
Professor Morelock should be afforded
the amplest opportunity in the public
schools OF Carroll County to employ
to their full extent his talents as an
educator but II coud not blink the fact
place for him to occupy under the
new school law.
With training obtained under :
system abandoned by the last Iegis-
laIure the present County SuDerin-
tendent Of Public Schools for Carroll
County did not measure up to the
standard established by the new
school law. He Is not a graduate OF
standard college or university. nor
has he had the equivalent In scholastic
preparation, and he has never COM
ple1ed one years graduate course
IN education at a recognized uniyer-
sity. including public school admins
tration. supervision and method of
teaching. Whatever his other quail
fcations might be. the present superin-
tendent obviously did not have the pri-
mary and essential qualifications pre-
scTIbed under the new Law. Nor was
there single teacher IN the public
schools of Carroll County who did. In
Carroll County there was but one man
IN the judgment of the Advocate who
fulfilled all the demands of the new law.
and Who might be available. He was
DR.. William II. Mcdaniel. the vice
president and one of The most potent
factors in the successful admInistra-
ton Of Western Maryland College.
Tho Advocate Is informed that DR..
Mcdaniel would moi permit his name
To he considered. and 81 the selection
Of superintendent had 10 be made
outside of the residents Of the county.
II the standards of the new school
Law we're to be met In this situation
the action OF the school Board Is sin
gularly fortunate.
While not a resident of Carroll
County. Maurice s. Il. unger spent
the first twelve years Of his life Al
Harvey. and his youth Was occupied.
when not at school or college, as a
salesman travelling over the entire
northwestern part of the county and
becoming acquainted With its people.
After his graduation At Franklin and
Marshall College, he conducted a
private school at Manchester. where
he married into one Of the Oldest and
most prominent Carroll County fam
lilies. Since then he has spent every
year several months Of his vacation
time IN Carroll County, and is well
and fayorably known 10 many Of Its
citizens.
Mr.. Unger was graduated from
Franklin and Marshall College with
the degree Of bachelor of arts, and
later received that of master Of arts
from that institution. He afterwards
took special courses In physics at the
University of Syracuse. and In educa-
tional and allied topics at the Johns
Hopkins University and at Columbia
University. New York City. He first
taught In elementary schools In Lit
tlestown and NeffsYille. and in Man
chester. and, for the next five years,
was principal of the public schools of
Laurel. Delaware. He then was made
the supervisory principal of the pub
lie schools OF the city of Cape May.
Nex Jersey, where the excellence of
his work caused him 10 be made the
headmaster and director of the edu-
catIonal work of the great school at
ManIius, New York, where he remain
ed for thirteen years. and then be-
came. and has continued to be, the
headmaster of the Berkeley School of
New York City.
n the prime of life. devoted to his
profession, equipped by education,
Temperament, experience and charae-
ter for his work, Dr. Maurice s. II.
Unger will bring to The discharge OF
his important duties zeal, knowledge
and capacity; and TO the teachers of
the county skilled leadership, compe-
tent instruction and a sympathetic
and helpful spirit In the administers
ton Of the new law.
The Advocate eongratnlates the
School Board upon It's course and II
believes. with the State Superintend-
enl Of Public Schools. that DR.. Unger
i fortunate choice
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