The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1921-01-21

state, showing the resatiyc rank q
each school unit IN each Of these ter
points.
IN discussing the teAative financial
program Of the State Hpard OF Educa.
tl0n. which would require probably al
additional appropfiatlon ,of 81 .25O001
ii was pointed ont that b equalization
fund OF, perhaps. 100000 Of this
amount, would be set aside for dis
tribution among the paorer counties
and would be apportiolaed 10 them
upon this principle a county, hy
paying local tax rate 50r schools Of
say seventy cents. Is MOI able 10 carry
the new State minimum salary for
teachers and meet other necessary
costs OF running the 3schoSls; the
state Equalization Furt viii be used
10 make up the difference between
what seventy cents en- the taxable
basis OF the county briggs IN and the
amount necessary q support the
{ schools. In other words the Equaiiza-
fion Fund will be used 80 that no
county In the stats viii be required
Ia pay more than eeRensg cents local
? " for school maintenancc. provided
seventy cents 10 the afA0lnt agrccd
lpon as proper mayimum tax rate
for schools, and any county willing 10
pay q higher rate can ~ 30 much cx.
ceed the minimum salary prescribed
~ she law so As to compete more
equally with the weaithlcr counties
which usually exceed tho prescribed
minimum.
IN discussing what are some 0f the
elements of 3 good county school
system the foilowius points we're
made
There must be 30 intelligent
public interest in the schools o, the
county and a county lNlard nt oduca-
tlnu tiaal represents this interest
9 There must be competent lehd
ershsp on the part of the Superintcpd.
eni of Schools. snneFsieprs. hplpiRs
teachers. and prlnoipal, w such a
system of schools the teachers them
selves become leaders Supervision
is a teacher training proposition and
is especially needed lg the State
school system because such a large
proportion 81 She teachers have had
comparatively little professional tfRln'
ting n "A also the best means f0r
kceplnE we'll prepared teachers grow
ing IN profession interest and 'n
ulaRsruufn accomplishment
3. There must be- pphiit feo0gtd
ton of the worth ot such 2 CORPS .!
teachers iu adequate salaries. con
sidcrahly above The Nero Habs4st-
enet" poini. and 10 puplic a2prstia
tlon of the vaiae of aaeh q CORPS u
t,arnera ard ~ auch school system
td the County State and NailOn
E A. A good school system tests va
wnfs sclentsncaliY n knBws what -
taught and why Il ls taa@h, W. dlaE
noses iia own weakHessez and applies
the remedy
5. a good school hfstem. BY reason
~ ita competency. r8Insa 10 he housed
In we'll lighted. wsil heated school
buildings that are a. veil adapted td
tho purposes " tho school "a n good
home " - the purposes OF the home
Since 4 good school system costs
money, what iH Carroll County doing
Tor 80 schools financially as cUmpnr
"a with other counties ~ the Staie1
Fourteen Countt0s u The Stass have u
higher tax rnts for schools lhun Cnr.
roll County. sixteen counties pf the
State Hhow n higher expenditure pet
pupil iu average attendance than Car
roll rbUniy. aud only six counties pay
iesa per pupil tn average attendance.
namely. Caroline Dorchester 81
Mary'a. Somerset. Charles aud Calvert
aud only usx counties 81 the State
show q higher iudsK ~ wealth than
Carroll County namely Baltimore.
Montgomery Howard Cecil. Hartford,
and Queen Aunes Since carroll cniin
~. therefore. Ia one ~ the wralthief
c0unties ~ ihn State t Reons
that Il should do more for the achools
in ihe Nay ~ financial support IN
comparing the composition as the
teaching corps Of Carroll county with
the other counties OF the State. Agr
Cook pointed out that Carroll County
has the third largest number % teach.
ers teaching on provisional cerii6
Gates, namely, aixty.tRo. being "a.
ceeded only 10 this respect by Garrett
County with l07 and Frederick C0un-
~ with se Twenty eight per cent 0t
carroll COuniy's teachers hold only
provisional certificates. while in the
State at large less than twenty pee
cent Of hhe teachers have provisional
certificates
Il seems reasonable 10 suppose that
there is some definite connection be-
tween the amount Of money spent for
schools Ia Carroll County and the
very large percentage OF teachers
working on provisional certificates II
Is q we'll recognized principle iu
school administration that 10 the long
run State. city or County school
system gets Just about what IL Is will
ing 70 pay for in education as IN ey-
erything else.
In this connection Colonel Ayers or
the sage Foundation says We can
not prove that the higher paid teach
er is individually more skilled than
the lower paid one. but Il can be
shown that as salaries increase. at
tendance improves and more pupils
are found IN the high schools u can
further be shown that as salae Is in
crease, expenditures for D pOsos
other than salaries also increase, and
this results IN better buildings.
and equipment. Il is further eyi-
dent that. in general, the pure
~ educational items OF the index
tend 10 increase rs the financial itenis
grow larger. even where there Is no
functional connection between the