The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-04-11
NEWSOF SCHOOL
PROGRAM STILL
IS INDEFINITE
Favorable Action May Be Taken
After Meeting Here Friday
With State Superintendent

Just what progress, if any, was be-
ing made in the effort of getting the
Junior High school program under
way in this county, was hard to de-
termine up to the present, but the
way for a favorable action was seen
with the announcement that DR.. T.
E. Pullen, State Superintendent Of the
school system would be in Oakland
on Friday.
At this time DR.. Pullen will meet
with an exploratory and steering
committee which was appointed re-
Gently by F. E. Rathbun, County Su-
perintendent, which held its first
meeting on March %. The committee
includes Mr.. Rathbun, chairman; B.
20. Aiken Accident; Miss Kate Ban
natyne supervisors; F. D. Bittle Oak
land; Merle D. Frantz Oakland; F.
J. Getty, Grantsville; Wilbur j. Glenn,
Friendsville; O. P Jones, Kitzmiller,
and Mrs. Caroline Wilson, supervisor;
also Dr. Earle T. Hawkins, director
of instruction and supervisor Of high
schools; James +. Spitznas, supervi-
sor Of high schools.
As a result of the March % meet
ing the group submitted recommen-
dations to the Board of Education.
Recommendations were based on the
assumption that adequate school
buildings and other necessary facil-
tiles would be provided and availa
bic for service in September, 1850, and
that they should apply to grade seven
to twelve, inclusive.
The committee recommended that
from September, 1915, pupils in grade
seven should be considered as belong
ing to the high school years, that the
curriculum of the junior and senior
high cover subjects of language, arts,
social education, science, mathemat-
les, health and physical education, the
fine arts, practical arts, as also the
| field Of guidance; that seventh grade
/ pupils be centralized in a few centers
| as transportation facilities, adequate
DOM and teaching personnel may per-
nit; and a number Of other recon-
mendatons dealing with the technical
part of the organization work thruout
| the county.
At meeting of the Board Of Ed
ucation on Monday, Walter w. Daw-
son, chairman of the board, said that
no action was taken either approx
ing or disappearing the recommen-
/ dations.
1t was stated from other sources
that DR.. Hawkins and Mr.. Spitznas
were both in favor Of the recommen-
dations, but that actual approval of
them would hinge on Dr.. Pullen's re-
action.
Should he approve them, it was the
concensus of teachers that the pro-
gram would be considered as having
gotten under way in September, 1915,
with 7th grade pupils going to high
school next year as eighth grade pu-
pills in the extended program, and
that they would not be graduated this
spring.
Mr.. Rathbun himself said he had no
comment to make, either about the
school board meeting or the coming
meeting viii DR.. Pullen on Friday.
DR.. Pullen is also scheduled to adj
dress combined meeting Of the Oak
land Rotary Club OaklandMountain
Lake Lions club and the Business and
! Professional Women's club at the
William-J james hotel on Friday even
ing, at which time he is expected to
make some definite statements con-
corning the school situation up here.
His meeting with the steering COM
mittee is scheduled for two o'clock in
the afternoon. Also in the afternoon
the Board of Education is meeting
with the Oakland High school build
ing committee.