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

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5000 PRDsRAM AND ATTENDANCE OVtF
I 500 = IMPORT 80 OUT OF 2i1
TEACHERS MISS SIMPSON RECEIVES
SEED PEARL NECKLACE TEACHERS
PERFECT ORGANIZATION AND ELECT
PROF. ROHELOCK, PRESIDENT DHs.
I WARD AED COOK ADDRESS GATHER
I ING.
The Educational Meetings under the
I direction OF the Board OF Education
held in Alumni Hall on Friday, the
/ 14th, were exceedingly well attended
In view OF the most Indictment day
that Carroll County has experienced
this winter There were more than
i've hundred people present at each
session The music By the Westmln-
ster High School Orchestra and the
Community singing under the direc
ton OF Thomas l. GihEon. State Mu
sic Inspector, was well rendered and
much enjoyed The song. Everybody
Neighbors," was most enthusiastically
sung by the various audiences the
music program rendered Ia the even
lnp by Misses nrynn and 1ohnrtun
and Mcesra. Benson and Coleman 81
Western Maryland College, @aa vel
done and received enthusiastic aspire
ciation
The note address by the Sop
erlntsndent ~ schools outlined tn
educational character of the various
meelinra for fhe day. and incidental
ly gave some local color 20 the dis
caeslons, The various faets Sere
brought out by him that Carroll
county has had 20 import 80 teacher
fram without the county and state
that 81 teachers are teaching ON Pro-
visional certificates; that b5 have hud
leaN than three years experience and
rs who are under twenty years ~
age. that there are 2iT teachers in
the force n Carroll county this year
that the high school enrolment has
Increased from i5Q pupils ia 1915
Esg IN 1890. that the amount % money
In the budget gor teachers salaries if
1916 waa sa2 .0e0. and that the amount
allowed this year Is $4,000 not
quite tWiee as much, and that N view
ot the fact that the dollar ut 1915 Ntll
purrhasa 0niy 20 cents worth today
ana a. there ara more teachers II
Carroll county to-day than there wrrr
in 1918. TIE teachers are doing more
work wilh loEs pay than 50 lbia
which naturally accounts for the iac'
that We bgye 80 many FrnNisieHH
teachers IN the service
Br Ward spoke iu q facNtinns tei'i
tsklng the words of the SONG EFcfY-
body Neighbour
Let's have everybody neighbaT@
Let's have ey'ryUnr n frtehd
Let's an strive 20 help each other
And we'll have good times without
bud
For II this land ls inst good place
Tor some.
Then our pride Will take a iall
go iet'a Eat together. work together,
play together. pail together
And make a good place Tor an,
Aud incidentally Atatlug that he
wants the College 90 be % the great
est possible service 90 the people.
teachers. and pupils of Carroll conn-
ty
Nisa ida Lee Tain. principal q The
State Normal school, discussed very
interestingly the various phhhee aha
steps IN the tcnching nf childreh
In the afternoon meeting, } Peaffe
Wautx president Of the BOARD Of Edu-
cation. chairman. State Superiptend
ent Cook discussed "Maryluud'a iian9
and the Countys part in the state
Program for the bettcrment OF
Schools
@Dr cook said that Maryland
has Increased her index number
III such o way as TO show that AZ
much progress was made ~ The eight
years, iai0-l9is. a. IN the two pre-
yiuis decades, lBg0-igl0.
lie stated that the chief function of
the new Bureau Of Educational Meas
urements in the State Department 81
Education. made possible by an ap-
proprintion OF SIS 900 by the General
Education Board. will bC 20 make
continuous study OF the achievement
Of school children IN the fundamental
subjects OF the course of study, name
ly. reading, arithmetic. spelling and
writing. and 10 check up the efficiency
Of class room teaching aud classroom
supervision, 80 far as the standard
educational tests are valid for iudg
ing the quality OF instruction.
An excellent beginning In this work
has already been made by teachers.
supervisors, superintendents, and Of
llclals OF the state Department IN
many, il not all. OF the counties This
bureau viii also study the following
ten points,
4 /. Per cent Of children Of school
age attending school
4 2. Days attended by each child "
school age
3. Days schools were kept open,
(. Proportion OF children in high
school
5. Per cent OF boys to girls In high
school
6. Expenditure per child attending
school.
Z. Expenditure per child OF school
s. Expenditure per teacher en-
ployed.
.. Expenditure for non-saiary pur-
pose.
ployed