Adelene Pratt (400 Cathedral St.)............... State Director of

Public Libraries
Bessie C. Stern. . . .Director of Bureau of Educational Measurements
Merle S. Bateman.. .............. .Director of Teacher Certification

and Editor of Publications
Grace Steele Travers.......................... Financial Secretary
E. Sue Walter. ............................................. .Clerk
Ruth E. Hobbs..................................... Stenographer
Elizabeth McGinnity.................................. Stenographer
Helen Bucher Bandiere............................. Stenographer
Frances O. Kann (1114 Lexington Bldg.)...... Statistical Assistant
Margaret L. Miller................................. Stenographer
M. Eleanor Rice (1114 Lexington Bldg. )...... Statistical Assistant
C. Elizabeth Owings. ............................... Stenographer
Emma E. Lueckert (1112 Lexington Bldg.) ............ Stenographer
Mary A. Barthel (1112 Lexington Bldg.) .............. Stenographer
Elsie Frances Forman.............................. Stenographer

Presidents of State Teachers Colleges

M. Theresa Wiedefeld. ......... State Teachers College. . . .Towson
John L. Dunkle. ............... State Teachers College. . Frostburg
J. D. Blackwell. ................ State Teachers College. . Salisbury
Leonidas S. James, Maryland State Teachers College (for
Colored Students).................................. Bowie

Board of Trustees, Maryland, Teachers' Retirement System.
911 Lexington Building, Baltimore, Maryland

Hooper S. Miles, Chairman...................... State Treasurer
J. Millard Tawes................................ State Comptroller
Albert S. Cook..................... State Superintendent of Schools

Edwin W. Broome, Vice-Chairman
County Superintendent of Schools, Rockville

Althea Fuller. ........................ School Principal, Cumberland
Mildred Medinger...................................... Secretary
Helen N. Kirkman.................................. Senior Clerk
Milmie Hamilton..................................... Stenographer

State Superintendent of Schools.

The State Superintendent of Schools is appointed by the State
Board of Education for a term of four years and is ex-officio secretary
and treasurer of the Board. He is the executive officer of the State
Board of Education, which, in addition to having general control of the
State School System, is charged with the duties of interpreting school
laws and acting without expense to the parties concerned in all contro-
versies and disputes involving the proper administration of the public
school system. He carries out the policies established by the State
Board of Education. He conducts conferences of school officials and
teachers, issues teachers' certificates, passes upon proposals for the
sale of school site? and buildings, and the plans for the construction
of new buildings. He directs the taking of the bi-ennial school census,
prepares courses of study and an annual report. He also issues
bulletins from time to time on the conditions and needs of the schools.

Either in person, or through his assistants, he has general super-
vision over the educational conditions in the counties and co-operates