Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-06-28
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PROUD Of FINE
SCHOOLHOUSE
Building Erected At Cost Of
$4,000 Formally Dedicated
Tuesday Night With Appro-
pirate Ceremonies - Officials
Attend
STANDS AS MONUMENT 4
TO COMMUNITY SPIRIT

Residents of Milersville and the
surrounding countryside assembled
last night and participated In the.
ceremonies dedicatory' OF the new
school building there. a structure
that is model for the education OF
youth in rural community.
Featuring the occasion were adj
dresses delivered by Frank A. Mum
roe, of Annapolis. president OF the
County Board of Education: Ridgely
4. Melvin. member of that board:
Alan S. Goldsborough, of Baltimore.
and Nj. NJ. Stewart, of Millersville.
Prof. George Fox, County Superin-
tendent of Education, was present.
II was notable assemblage of the
people of the community, and the
large assembly hall. which has a seat.
ing capacity of 400, was well filled.
Orchestral music was furnished by
the Annapolis School band The
ceremonies were opened by c. f..
Meade. president of the Millersville
Farmers Association, who acted as
the presiding officer of the meeting \
The invocation prayer was offered Il
Rev. Leon Vauthier This was
lowed by community singing under
the direction OF Prof. T. l.. Gibson.
State supervisor of school singing.
Presentation OF Keys
President Munroe, OF the County
School Board, then turned over the
keys of the building to M. M. Stewart,
who had been designated to receive
them by his fellow members of the
committee on arrangements for the
dedicatory exercises. In turning over
the keys, Mr.. Munroe said, among
other things, that when he learned OF
the deplorable conditions of the coun-
~ schools, in which three-fourths OF
the white children are housed, he de-
clared his opposition to a proposed
bond issue for schools unless the
major portion of funds should be de-
voted to improved school houses in
rural communities. And then he re-
ferred TO the Millersville building as
a splendid example of first fruits of
community spirit, arising out of the
issue of bonds for building purposes.
Exemplary Spirit Shown
In accepting the keys, Mr.. Stewart
told of how the community stood to-
gether in raising the money for dis
counting the bonds; mentioned that
Nathan Childs and Mr.. Sands donated
the lands for a site and Fairgrounds:
the success that attended the fight In
the referendum of the School Bond
law and in subsequently overcoming
the difficulties in financing the sale of
the bonds; and how everyone has
joined hands in planning for the con-
solidated school. He also referred to
the origin of the law and paid tribute
to the late George T. Melvin as the
one whose vision and devotion to the
cause were primarily responsible for
the splendid results which are now
apparent all over the county.
All Have Feeling OF Pride
Prof. Gibson then led another
chorus of community singing, which
was followed by an address by Rid
gely p. Melvin, who referred to the
special pride in which all feel in this
building, and IN the other improve
ments under the School Bond law,
who had fought together side by side
for them. and who in that campaign
had formed a comradeship which
made the present occasion all the
more enjoyable. He said the building
was not one that had come through
the generosity of any philanthropist
but was one that the whole COM
munity had worked for and earned.
and having come in this way was a
thing Of beauty that would be Joy
forever.
Robert Wiedefeld, brother of Miss
Theresa .Wiedefeld, County Super
visor of Schools, then gave a solo,
which wos so enthusiastically receiy-
ed as to CALI for three encores.
Preceding. the presentation of a Ma
tional flag by Mr.. Meade, Mr.. Colds
borough, of Baltimore. delivered an
address in which he touched upon the
banner as not only the symbol of the
Nation. and the high recognition it
commands throughout the world, but
that it is also the symbol OF the peo-
pie who rally to it in every unders
taking.