Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-01-22
Says Arrogant Experts In All Lines
Who Have Defended Upon Us
Should Be Spurned.
"The despot's heel, is on thy shore
maryland, MY Maryland"

cut the State, and the people of this
proud and self-respecting old COM
monwealth should rise and spurn the
northern scum" of arrogant experts
ic all lines, who have descended on us
end who day after day, are publicly
insulting all of the old-time tradi-
lions of manhood, if there are many
left among the people. Instead of
spurning with indignation the false
and absurd statements which these
conceited and half educated theorists
are giving out in their highly paid for
reports, the city newspapers are pub
fishing them with approval. Who
are these men and women, who are
coming here with their gold bricks,
which they are disposing of to the
public officials? Where did they Sc
cure all this extraordinary wisdom
and knowledge for which they charge
such high prices? Is it the result of
experience, or is it merely theoretical.
which with brazen impudence they
are imposing on lot of gullible Of
ficials, and an equally gullible press?
And in this search for wisdom what
has become of the experts of our own
great University? Has the magnif-
cient foundation of Johns Hopkins,
fostered at such great expense by the
State, ceased to function or has it be-
come afflicted with mental and physi-
calparalysis since its two create It
men President Gilman and DIR. Will
lam Bullock Clarke have passed
away. 1t is enough to cause President
Gilman and DR.. Clarke to rise from
their graves in indignant wrath. at
this invasion of so-called educational
and professional experts, from inst
buttons of less reputation and worth
that the one which they spent the
best years of their lives in building
Up.
And what returns is the State of
Maryland and its people receiving for
all the great sums of money eXepnd-
ed to enable the Johns Hopkins to
perform the very work for which our
state and city officials are now pour
ing their gold in floods to men from
New York and other places. 1t is
true that our boosted Maryland civil.
ization, after two hundred and fifty
years is played out, and all will haze
to be cast aside while men with Prus-
sian and semi-barbarous names must
be brought here to teach us how to
carry on our schools, build our school
houses and other public works, while
Northern females mostly ancient in
looks and of sour, vinegar aspect
must be brought here to teach Mary
land boys and girls how to cook.
sweep, make beds, and wash Dishes
Have all our teachers and professors
in the past been frauds and fakirs
and are all the Industrious and able
men and women who are teaching
our schools now frauds and hum
bugs? Is our new school head Pro-
fessor Cook an ignoramus and hum
bug? Is Professor West, who was re
Gently taken from the Normal School
and placed at the head of the City
School system, an ignorant charla
tan? Are all the teachers in that
magnificent two million dollar enter
prise, the State Normal School, a
lei of ignorant humbugs? One would
be led to think so, upon reading the
almost daily criticism and attacks
published in the Baltimore papers, an
especially in the Sun.
And no one has arisen to resent
these attacks and repel the glazing
insults, to the fair fame of Maryland.
Even the Johns Hopkins is silent, and
the smaller institutions are mute. Is
this silence confession of guilt, and
is all this criticism true and have the
people of this state been humbugged
and fooled all these years by lot OF
shrewed but ignorant charlatans, and
have We never had anything but
worthless system of education both
public and private all these years.
The very thought is absurd and a
look at some of these high priced ex-
perts would at once belle their claims.
So far as looks go they are not to be
compared to most of our Maryland
educators. Their chief characteristic
seems to be gall and brass, and greed
is their predominant desire, two of
these We're heard comparing notes
and calculating how much they could
work out of a certain town upon
which they were about to make a
professional descent. The names of
many of them indicate that the steer
age of the immigrant ship is not far
behind them, and as for looks of gen.
tlemanly and social refinement, they
have none.