Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-01-28
Prof. Fox's Address

Prof Fox on his splendid address on
the public schools
Prof. Fox'S Address
Prof Fox spoke as follows:
The activities of the American
school systems are conditioned upon
the collection and disbursement OF
public funds. the public school is
borne upon the shoulders of the tax
payer. From this intimate relation
ship between taxes and education it
follows that financial, as we'll as edu-
cational problems, must be considered
by The school authorities. Indeed
every educational problem is. on com
plete analysis, financial problem. and
every financial problem pertaining 10
\ the schools an educational problem
/ The members of the Board of Educa-
+ ton must decide how much money is
I TO be spent for the operation and main
/ tenance of schools and for improve
ments in the school plant; they must
I secure, through taxation or by other
methods the funds needed for school
purposes. In directing expenditures,
and in collecting and managing school
funds, they should avoid waste and
should seek to obtain for each dollar
paid out the largest possible educa-
tional return.
"A county's resources determine
what it is able 10 spend for school
purposes; its educational needs deter
mine what il should spend. The
amount spent considered in relation to
resources. reflects the communitys
generosity value which its citi-
zens place or public education.
In the last four years the cost Of
the average commodity has increased
over 100 percent This means nearly
everything purchased by the Board Of
cost twice as much as the same article
cost in 1916. Repairs such as glass.
lumber. paint, fuel and stove supplies.
have more than doubled The cost OF
labor has increased accordingly
Teachers Salary Increases
Teachers salaries in Anne Arundel
county. which amount to 65 percent OF
all the Boards expenditures have been
increased about 50 percent. The aver
age salary paid in 1915 was S452 90.
while the average salary paid in 1919
was $65300 The per capita cost Of
education in the same period has adj
vanced but ~ percent
Materials And Labor Soar
In brief. supplies. materials and
labor have increased 100 percent:
teachers salaries have been increased
80 percent Janitors have been pro-
vided for rural schools, whore hereto
fore the teacher has acted as janitor
New Buildings
New buildings have been erected in
stead of repairing ramshackle affairs:
school attendance has been increased
. percent. while the total per capita
cost OF education has increased but AZ
percent. The Board has accomplished
this by practicing strict economy. Ii
is doubtful if any other business in the
county from the management of a farm
/ to the running of bank has been con
Quoted with "a less increase during the
same period.
| School Next To Home
Next TO the home, the school should
/ be place of comfort and beauty,
cleanly sanitary. we'll heated, perfect
/ ~ lighted-a place in which the chill
/ dren and the entire school community
/ should take pride, and which should
stand forth as true index of the
/ social. civic, and even moral standards
Of the community.
Budget OF Expenditures
THE Board Of Education of Anne
Arundel county several years ago map
ped out a building program for the
county. The idea was to take care of
the school needs OF the county as
rapidly as funds would permit. There
are now number of modern school
houses in the county The following
list will give some idea of what has
already been done:
Cost with
Name of School Furniture Rooms
Dorsey .....$ 100000 ,
Glen Burnie. .. 100000 6
Linthicum Heights. 100000