Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1921-10-13
COMMUNICATED

LEoNARDTowN, Nd, OCT. II, 1921.
Messrs. Editors of the BEACON:
Permit me space in your columns TO
reply to the communication OF Mrs.
II. I. Hammett, published in your is
sue of October 9th. inst charging the
school officials with neglect OF duty to-
ward the Hermanville school.
The school officials have not been
derelict in their Efforts To- find a teach.
er for Hermanville school, neither Is
Hermsnville the last school TO be pro-
vided with q teacher. We have two
other vacancies and our efforts to find
persons with u fair degree al compe-
tency to fill these schools have thus
far been without avail. We expected
the Young lady who filed this school
last year To return for the current
year. We were not advised until late
in the day of September 10th-(o
schools opened September l2th) that
she would not be able To take the school
this year. Since the notification that
the teacher of last year could not re-
turn to Hermanville, We have spa red
no effort tai fill this school, as we'll as
the other vaca ncieS. The only definite
application we have had for Herman
vile Is FROM young lady who. &C.
cording To the application she filed for
Q provisional certificate, is under the
legal aRe-eighteen years-apd the
State Department of Education would
not grant her the necessary provision
al certificate. Your correspondent
states that there are several applicants
for this school, but no appointment
has been made. No application for
Hermanville has been received by as
except the case cited above.
We have great difficulty in getting
teachers. The teacher shortage all
over the State Is as acute this wear as
IL has been any year since 1917, when
there vas general exodus OF teachers
to engage In more remunerativa 0ccu-
pations:"
A word about the building and the
opening OF o school at Hermanville:
Some years ago the school patrons
around Hermanville petitioned the
Board to open a school at Herman
Vile, repre- enting that the distances
To Park Hall and Cedar Poi 4. the
schools the children Of Herman willie
section had been attending for wears,
were too great for tie small C. dren
and. III cauSe the SCHOOL population
vas top >ina u Iueet the Isg alrTauire.
nifnt fnF The est4hlishnlent of . new
school III ric', the pslrHns Offered ia
furnish y building. fucl, etc, Il ths
Hoard would pay the TEACHERS salary.
The Hoard secs ptcd the propn = or
and the hniiding provid d a. that lime
is the same ore in u~c todaI. The
condition OF this building Is Just a.,pui
she same now as when the school open.
ed. il has never been fit for ,riIooI
purposes. A L'w trurS ago -" pro.
posed To the chalrikiu Of thr i'Ica
board of trustees uiat ti.i> Scho D.,
abandoned aud that the Children bt
transported. at TIC expense nf the
Board Of Education. tn Cedar Pint,
where thei'A j. two-room buildiuy ia
fair condition aud ample rona. The
gentlemen heavily eoneui red in our
plan ald undertook To obtain Tie ap,
prevail OF the patrons, but with signal
failure. They preferred the Scho,,l al
Hermanville, under most unfa vurah le
conditions, 10 the only relief We cnul6
offer.
Tie average enrnllment OF thi.
school for tho nast i've wears is t~,.Gty
iwo puptls. RI'h an aSerape daily at
tendance during thiS period OF four
teen,
IL tn canniY had owned a sChoo
plant her Letorc the change in the laW
relative t0 the creation of now sciIoo
districts. SchUol could 10 mainta ineG
un such an rolimenI and average AZ
tendance hot tho school population %
Hermanvlile il far below the require
mens- The requireme under the Law
| tar the cleation OF new school /:
ffty cl,iIdrrn of age within the propOs
ed new districtl, which would warran
the county in acquiring . siIs anC
erecting q building. notw hstandin.
the opinion OF the author OF the com
munication In question 10 the contrary
Very respectfully,
GEO. W. JoY,
Superintendent OF schools