Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1919-03-01
OCEAN CITY
SUMMER SCHOOL
Fifth Annual Session Will Open
Monday, June 23rd, and Con-
tinue for Five Weeks.

The Fifth Annual Session of the
State Summer School for the training
Of Public School Teachers will con
vcnc at Ocean City on Monday, June
23rd, and an unusually large attend
ancc Of students is anticipated Fol-
lowing the precedent established las.
summer, the session will continue
only five weeks instead of six, closing
on July Goth, with regular school
sessions on Saturdays This arrange
mcnt affords the same number Of
choo days as the regular siNweeks
cssion, and at the same time. saves
the students attending the school con-
siderable expense. As there is no
tuition charge to Maryland teachers,
the entire cost of attending the ses-
sion should not exceed $4,000, and
might be made even less.
The Ocean City Summer School is
one Of the State Summer School Cen
tors conducted under the direction Of
the State Board Of Education. for the
purpose of providing the necessary
professional training for the public
school teachers of the state. and on
abling them AT minimum Of expense
to fulfill the requirements of the new
educational law in respect to the
securing and renewing Of teachers
certificates. Other summer school
ccntcrs are established al Towson and
t'rostburg. 1t is apparently the idea
and policy of the state Board TO have
each of these summer School ccntcrs
so organized in respect to courses and
methods of instruction that it will fit
the distinct needs of a particular class
of student teachers, the special func-
ton Of the Ocean City school being
the training Of beginning teachers
who have had no previous profcs-
sional training, and also teachers in
service who have been employed in
emergencies to fiji vacancies during
the past two years, and whose acad-
cmic and professional preparation are
below the minimum requirements of
the law for regular teachers, ccrtifi-
Gates. At the session of 1918. meth
DDS and plans were perfected and put
into operation which were designed
TO produce the most practical results
in getting ready for efficient service
the particular classes of teachers
named above. and from all accounts
an unusual degree of success was
achieved by the instructors in charge.
4 checking up of results during the
present school year shows that with
only one or two exceptions, the 1918
students of the Ocean City school are
making a splendid success Of their
work in the various rural school, of
the State to which they were assigned
in september last Tho Director and
his a.sociatcs. all of whom have been
rcupuointcd for 1919, are already
making extensive plans for the COM
ing sion. which /; j. expected, will
oven improve upon and exceed the re-
suit Of last year The state Board
has recently evidenced its interest in
the school ~ making an appropra-
ton providing for teachers profcs-
sional library for the use of the stu
dents. This library will be the per-
mancnt property Of the Ocean City
School
The school last summer had go
students, which was about double the
number Of the previous year, and eN-
cccdcd By so, any previous enroll
ment in the schools history. The
enrolment for 1919 is expected to
reach 100 students.
The corps of instructors, with their
subjects. is as follows: f. Clarke
Fontainc, 4. NJ, Director, Theory
and Practice Of Teaching and School
Law" Hannah a. Kicffer, A. NJ.
Rural School Management and
Sociology Frances II. Clarke, y. s.,
Educational Psychology" Mary B.
Hamilton, A. b.. "Thc Teaching of
Elementary School English"
Teachers expecting to attend the
session can obtain any desired infor-
nation by addressing the Director,
f.. Clarke Fontaine Pocomoko City,
Nd.