The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-03-25


al destruction. We, as public officials,
solved from the responsibilities Incl
dental to dormant public opinion and
conscience until by various means of
both words and deeds, through bring
ing attention to the demands, we have
aroused them concerning the pressing
needs of the hour and the restricted
sources of income. These labors by
both words and deeds on our part are
the more tremendous when we recog-
nize that both an informed public
opinion and an alert conscience are
born of training and education, which
opinion and conscience on the other
hand will never exist if they are not
created through an educated citizen
ship. 1t is far easier to slip backward
and less noticeable than to climb
higher.
1t is not to be denied that schools
can be run" in some fashion on
greatly restricted financial receipts.
However, even this form of school adj
ministration is becoming far more diff
ficult from day to day, as the State
school and legislative authorities
make more evident their participation
therein. However, in order to carry
out in good faith the spirit and con-
tent the minima practically of the
State school law and the regulations
of the State Department of Educa-
ton, the amount requested from the
county is necessary in order for the
same to be strictly adhered to. Fur
thermore, the total amount of STA
066.33 requested, will be necessary in
order to meet the growing demands of
the public generally as made upon
governmental authorities for a clean
and progressive public school system,
adequate to the demands resulting
from World War; demand for
school system that shall be source of
pride to every citizen, which source of
pride will be jealousy guarded
through the financial support which
may come from sacrifices through
taxation. Into the hands of govern
mental authorities have been reposed,
however, the care and keeping of the
present and future welfare of the pub
lie schools, from which fact there
grow responsibilities incidental to
providing adequately for a public
school system of the highest type.
From inadequate financial school
support, students of school admin
stration find, among others, the fol-
lowing destructive results, which re-
suits we justly may expect from such
cause; on the other hand, however.
through adequate financial school sup
port, the contrary of the ten undesi-
rable results mentioned below, follow:
% Late opening and early closing
of schools.
(2) Schools without teachers, re-
sulting in part from there being very
few recruits to enter the teaching SER
vice, as well as from many teachers
leaving the work for greater remuner-
alton in other fields of activity. This
condition creates the very awkward
situation of taxing all taxpayers for
schools and not providing schools
where the needs therefore exist.
90 Unframed teachers, with the
evils that accrue therefrom, among
these evils being:
(a) A misconception of the teach
ing profession
(b) The absence of educational
leadership and of community service
(c) The besmirching of commend
able ideals.
Id The ultimate failure of all
other forms of community improve
ments and of all other public plans
and service.
(e) A prejudice against super
vision, whereas unframed teachers
make supervision more necessary, vet
less effective.
(f) A rich field for creating wor-
Shipping of agitators and demagogues.
(g) The injection of the rule or
ruin" policy, giving birth to some
form of bolshevism and the confusion
and discomfort resulting therefrom.
(h) Widespread opposition to all
public education in general
All of these eight evils mentioned
above lead to the positive conclusion
that there are many travesties COM
mitted by unframed teachers in the
name of education that work against
the public welfare.
(4) Restricted requirements for
growth of teachers in service, the stu
alton growing out of lack of jealous
ness upon the part of many teachers
to be retained as teachers, many of
which type of teachers hold their posi-
tons only by virtue of the exegeneies
of the pressing need therefor. On the
other hand, by providing higher sal
aries, it follows that more evident
and energetic efforts for self improve
ment as teachers must be made by
teachers in order to compensate the
public for the additional revenue pro-
vided in their behalf.
go Severe limitations in providing
supplies, furniture, general working
paraphernalia, and in making abso-
lutely necessary repairs and altera-
lions in the school plant now consid-
cred by students of education and of
public health as necessary in a school
planned to meet the requirements of
the growing modern conception of ed
ucation, saying nothing in reference
to consolidation of schools which is
being debated as one of the means of
solving the great problems inciden-
tai to financing adequately a public
school system.
go From penuriousness on the part
of school officials, there results a re-
strieted policy in regard to school
attendance Of pupils which gives
birth to the following incongruous pub
lie romorc.