Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-01-04
Public schools

Public schools
For nothing has the present State
Administration heen more SOLICITORS
than tae Improvement OF he pabiic
school facilities Of the state Much
remains to be done tefore Maryland 5
public school system viii Go the work
for the coming generations ne want
/ il 10 DO and which IL must 90. and he
T the credit 10 the State We want it 10
+ Il and which II must tie.
an the Budget Of 1920 j recommend
cd an increase Of $70S. 900 in the public
school appropriations for 1921 and
1922. and the Legislature granted this.
In the Budget for 1929 and 1924 l am
recommending q still further increase
OF s750.000 for 1928 and $7S0,000 for
1924 If granted this will make an
aggregate increase of nearly $1,000 000
each year which the public schools
will have received under this admin
lstration. over and above what they
received before. The appropriation for
1920 was $2.039.O00. so that the In
crease granted for 1921 and 1922 and
the increase now recommended for
1923 and 1924 together represent an
increase OF IS per cent. over the 1929
appropriation for public schools.
Il have been able TO recommend
such substantial increases by adopting
the policy. which seems 10 me sound.
tina, the savings which can he rea-
Lied through imposing rigid economy
upon the other, departments OF the
State should. as far as consistent with
necessary economy in the cost of the
entire State government. de devoted
TO the public schools.
The total appropriation recommend
ca in The Budget is $4,000. 600 for 1923
and SS.53O0 600 for 1929. and the esii-
matcdannual receipts from the Nor
NAL School Of $S45Go win bring the
total amount available for public
school purposes for 1928 up 10 So ,5S4.500
and for 1924 mp TO S3.Gl4500.
These funds will put the State
Board of Education in Il position
where il can carry into effect the pro-
gram, If approved by You. which.
through its most capable Superinten-
dent of Public Schools. it has worked
out during the past year, and which
will be submitted for your considera-
ton.
THAT program aims to secure bet
ter teaching ability through the pay
ment of better salaries 10 teachers
holding the higher grades OF certif
Gates. and through extension. courses
to third grade teachers in their home
communities which will enable them
10 secure higher grade certificates. II
provides for helping teachers" and
Supervisory teachers" and for train
ing teachers already in the service
and securing more efficient work
wherever the situation is weak.
The program provides. too, for ex-
tending the State High School to COM
munities now needing high school ia
cilities, and for producing at least
500 Normal School graduates in 1923
and in 1924 instead of only so as in
1921.
Finally, the program provides for
an equalization fund which will en- +
able every county in the State to
carry the program on school tax rate
of not exceeding 67 cents. and at the
same time maintain its school build
ings and equipment
Political Disabilities 01 Women
The necessary bills have been pre-
pared for the removal of the political
'disal ilities' of women. which the grant
ing Of Suffrage did not remove. The
purpose of these bills, is to establish
the eligibility of women for elective
and appointive offices. and to serve on
juries:. and their enactment is recon-
meldod
Women I'm Industry
During the past summer the
Women's Bureau Of the Federal De-
par;ment of Labor at my invitation.
conducted a survey in this State OF
The hours and working conditions OF
women engaged in Industry. The full
report viii noRbe completed until the
spring of this Year. but in the mean
time preliminary. report has been
submitted which it is hoped may fur
/ nish the basis Of legislation for the
benefit of women wage-earners.
Child Hygiene
The Sheprard-Towner Act. for the
promotion of the welfare and hygiene
of maternity aud infancy having been
finally passed 10y Congress and ap-
proved by the President. q resolution
has been prepared accepting its pro.
visions on behalf of this State. and {
bill has also been prepared proyidins
for a Bureau OF Child Hygiene under
the Department of Health. To admins,
ter the Act in Maryland, when its pro
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