The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-06
DR. Hubbard Writes Again
About The Neck Schools
Mr.. Editor

/ l am sorry my last letter was Of
fensive TO any member Of the School
| Board. | Will now try TO be more
csreful In the FIRST place, | Will re
/ peat what some OF our own people
! Say about some OF our SchOOlhouseS.
! Mr.. Ben Wilson says, My boss
wouldn't let me winter his sheep in
siich cold room as our Cook : Point
| srhoolhouse is
DR.. Stokes says, Our Beckwith
schoolhouse is unsafe"
! requested Mr Parrish. Il contrac-
tor and builder, 10 examine the
Ieckwith schoolhouse. and he report
ed that il was not lit for anything
sut a barn.
Mr.. James Richardson tried TO get
The roof of the Castle Haven school
House repaired TO prevent the teach
/ or from moving all the children on
one side of the house when ii rdined
or showed, and was told there was
no money 10 repair the Castle Haven
sehoolhouSe. When Mr.. Richardson
insisted that the broken stove pre-
vented a good fire. and the children
we're in danger OF Il serious sickness
from the wet and cold, he succeeded
in getting the repairs only when the
Sinter was nearly over.
| want these three temples of sci
ence to have the careful conSidera-
lion of the offended members of our
School Board. Not only are we get
ting none OF the $4,000 special fund,
but out of the common treasury we
cannot even get repairs. The school
houses We now have originally cost
about $500 each. OF these we have
six, all OF them of the lowest graded
class. Ii we were getting our share
Of the taxes We could not complain. l
wish every one interested would send
to some real estate man and get Il
map of Dorchester county; then get
q copy OF the Cambridge Record of
August 3lst, in which is the list of
teachers and schools for 1917. Be
ginning at the mouth of the Honga
river, travel toward Golden Hill; on
the HOoper's Island side, a territory
ten miles long and one mile wide
isee map are three schools, with
three principals and three assistants.
On the opposite side of the river,
there are five principals, with five as
sistants. In about 35 to 40 square
miles OF territory, beside the one
teacher schools, there are Is extra
paid teachers, principals and as
sistants.
Again look on the map, at the
Eighth, or Neck, district Here are
between 40 and so square miles OF
territory, and not single principal
nor assiStant-l6 to none. Imagine
the sensation of a principal trans
ferred from the Honga to the Chop
This hnu
be far less pathetic if the other parts
sH the county were treated as We
are. Between the Nanticoke and
Marshy Hope rivers, lie Eldorado
and Galestown, about five miles apart,
each with principal and assistant.
Secretary, on the Warwick river. but
two miles from New Market, has one
principal and two assistants. With
D son. an active center. with no
SCHOOL in or near, and not principal
or assistant in the entire district,
doesn't it look as though the chill
dren from Secretary seeking grad
ed school, might walk the two miles
to New Market, until Hudson might
have had some kind of school?
When the children from Hudson
go to any school in any direction, they
must lTdNel InuQ ROADS. IL the law
takes our money and uses it for 9TH
ers, and there is no appeal, being
slaves, We must submit. When pa
tience ceases to be a virtue, and duty
demands an uprising, it is fittingIy
named, revolution. We are not beg
gars; we have recently builded two
community halls, for Sunday Schools.
Epworth Leagues, educational con-
ventions and any other thing for the
uplift of the youth of our district
We can build a schoolhouse at Hud-
son, and repair the others, but don't
want to do it. At this time we de-
sire to test our rights to the money
we put into the county treasury.
1t is our firm conviction that when
the people of the county understand
our situation, they will refuse to rob
us of our share of the school money.
Already warm assurances of sympa-
thy and support are coming our way
from all over the county.
Sincerely,
+. l.. HUBBARD.
1917