The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1921-11-17
PATRONS CLUB MEETING
At Which Some Proposed School
Legislation Was Outlined


The meeting of the Patrons Club
of the Oakland Grammar and Garrett
County high school was held last
Tuesday night according to schedule
in the beautiful assembly hall of the
high school building. The meeting
was attended by an unusually large
number of interested citizens. A
short program was given by the
students of the high school which in
cluded a musical number, "a Merry
Life" by four boys and girls, as well
as reading pantomime of "The
Courtship of Miles Standish," in
which the following five students
participated:
Reader Miss Virginia Duvall
Evangeline -. Miss Marie Maroney
Miles Standish Mr.. Edward Pollock
John Alden Mr.. Swan Weber
The pantomine was very excellent
ly produced and displayed histrionic
ability on the part of those who par
ticipated. Following the pantomime,
piano solo was rendered by Miss
Elizabeth Dixon After this enter
tainment, Mrs. E. Z. Tower. as
President, Mrs. James Wilson, as
secretary and Mrs. Julius Renninger,
as treasurer, took charge of the
meeting
Mr.. F. E. Rathbun, the county su-
perintendent of schools, was asked to
address the meeting upon the States
new educational program which is
to be submitted to the next General
Assembly to be incorporated into
law. Mr.. Rathbun distributed a small
pamphlet bearing upon the States
school system as we'll as two other
papers prepared by him, bearing up
on the Misunderstanding and prepare
ton of those teachers now in service
in the county as well as another pa
per bearing upon the financial pro-
visions for the schools as already
made and yet to be made for the
current school year. In presenting
the financial part of the county's ed
ucational costs, a paper was distrib-
uted to each person present, upon
which were set out: /. The asses
sable valuation of property of each
election district in the county; (2)
the amount provided in each dis
trict from the 31-cent tax levied last
April to provide the $4,000 for
teachers salaries; go the amount
still necessary from each election dis
trict under an additional 31-cent tax
rate necessary to provide the amount
of $45,015.36, still mandatory to pay
the teachers their salaries for the
current school year; (4) these last
two amounts We're then totalized by
districts; 90 then was given a COL
umn in which were set out the total
amount of money necessary to pay
the teachers in each of the election
districts; co. from the amount of
county taxes paid by each district and
the amount necessary to pay the
teachers in each district, a column
was given setting out the percentage
existing between these two items
the revenue from each district and
expenditures by districts for teach
ers' salaries-and they run from LOT
per cent in small district to sos
per cent in one of our most impor-
tant districts. From this paper it
can easily be seen in how so far
each district is paying the salaries
of the teachers in any particular
district so far as county taxation is
We hope to give those
facts full in a near future issue of |
The Republican. The county super
lntendent states he will mail a copy |
of the districts taxes and teachers
report to anyone upon re-
quest. The county superintendent |
further pointed out how the new
State educational program would help
the financing and teach
er-training phase of the local school
system and concluded by advocating
its passage by the next General As
sembly as well as stating that a
bonding bill for new school buildings,