Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1922-12-16
WORCESTER NOW HAS
STANDARDIZED SCHOOL
Cedartown First To Be Placed On
List.-Celebration Exercises
Held Tuesday.

On Tuesday of this week Worcester
county celebrated the placing of her
first school on the list Of the Stan
dard Schools of Maryland. Although
the day was damp this by no means
affected the enthusiasm of the teach
ell, pupils, and patrons; indeed it may
be truthfully said that the superin-
tendent, supervisor, and members of
the Board of Education, all of whom
were present, wore expressions in
which pride and complacency were
very much in evidence, while the
County Superintendent, Mr.. A. C.
Humphreys, read the letter of con-
graduation and greeting from the
State Department and presented the
certificate to Miss Holston.
Maryland had eighteen standard
schools before December IL. Now she
has nineteen-that at Cedartown be-
irg the nineteenth in the state, the
third on the Eastern Shore, and tht
first in Worcester county.
To Miss Holston, the earnest young
teacher, is due much credit for her
persistent efforts to bring he school
up to this high standard; and al
though she has had the warmest SYM
pathy and cooperation from the coun-
ty Board OF. Education, superinterd.
ent, and supervisor; and the loyal
support of her trustees and patrons,
with the help of the County Agricul-
tural Agent, the Home Demonstra-
ton, and the Woman's Club of Wor-
cester county the teacher is the
guiding spirit throughout the entire
undertaking.
Below is an extract from a letter
read on the occasion from Mr.. William
j. Holloway, State Supervisor of Ru-
raj Schools.
December 8, 1922.
To the Teacher, Pupils, and Patrons
of Cedartown School:
| congratulate you that you can
now claim the proud distinction of
being a Standard Rural School. This
places you in very select company.
There are about twelve hundred one
and two-room schools in Maryland. Of
these, only eighteen, besides yours,
hoe 4bn bo,n,. of bo;oo ..o TOD r,,oL n
good school-one in Garrett county,
one in Washington, one in Prince
Georges, one in Hartford, two in
Queen Annes, and twelve in Mont
goniery county.
No more pressing social problem
confronts the people of Maryland to-
day than that of the rural school.
Children cannot be properly trained
under such conditions as exist in many
sections of Maryland. This applies to
many districts of Worcester county,
as in other counties. There are at
least four essential conditions of a
good school,-a competent, well-train-
ed teacher properly supervised; a
modern, sanitary building adequately
equipped; a one hundred per cent en-
rollment and high average of an in
telligent, responsible, participating
interest in school work. Neither Of
these factors can be neglected if the
school is to meet it's responsibilities in
fullest measure.
That the people of Cedartown school
district are awake to the need for bet
ter rural schools is cause for graft
fication. They have set the pace fol
the county. | hope that other dis,
tricts in Worcester will bestir them
selves, and that the county may soor
be able to say that its schools are as
good as any in the land.
VIM. j. HOLLOWAY,
Supervisor Of Rural Schools and Act