There were 59 per cent of the white county schools, and 81 per cent
of the colored schools in the counties which reported that they had
active parent-teacher associations organized in 1933.

Maryland’s school system is frequently visited and studied by other
states and counties because of its plan for effective administration and
supervision in a county unit system, and because of its method of dis-
tributing school funds on the basis of need through its Equalization
Fund.

Board of Education—Baltimore City.
The public school system of Baltimore is separate and distinct
from the school system of the State, is controlled by a board of nine
members appointed by the Mayor of Baltimore, and not under the
jurisdiction of the State Board of Education.

Raymond S. Williams, President.
Mrs. John Wesley Brown Dr. John Ruhrah
Mrs. Louis H. Levin Dr. Norman B. Cole
Mr. John H. Duncan Dr. Charles O’Donovan, Jr.
Dr. Joseph S. Ames Mr. John D. Steele

Superintendent:
David E. Weglein - - - - Baltimore

Assistant Superintendents:
William B. Flowers - - Baltimore
John W. Lewis Baltimore
J. Carey Taylor Baltimore
Charles F. IVillis llaltimore

MARYLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMISSION.
517 North Charles Street, Baltimore.
(Terms Expire 1935.)

Advisory to Albert S. Cook, State Superintendent of Schools.

Ex-Ollicio Members:
Joseph L. Wheeler, Librarian,
Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore
Miss Mary E. Shearn, Librarian ...., State Library, Annapolis
Members appointed by theGovernor:
Mrs. Charlotte Newell - - Baltimore
Mrs. Charles H. Reed - - Bel Air
Dr. Joseph H. Apple - Frederick
Dr. Gilbert Wilcox Mead - - - Chestertown
H. H, Lee Reich - - .. - ....La Plata

State Director of Library Extension:
Miss Adelene J. Pratt - - - - nat umore

Assistant Librarian:
Naomi Johnson Baltimore

Junior Assistant Librarians:
Sarah F. Cockey Baltimore
 
 
 
Carolyn L. Jones Baltimore

The Reorganization Act of 1922 transferred the duties of the Mary-
land Public Library Commission to the State Superintendent of Schools
and created the Maryland Public Library Advisory Commission. The