Helen Bucher Bandiere............................. Stenographer-Secretary
C. Elizabeth Owings................................. Stenographer-Secretary
Drusilla Chairs.............................................. Stenographer
Elsie Frances Forman............................................ Stenographer
M. Eleanor Rice (1114 Lexington Bldg.)............. .Statistical Assistant
Beatrice L. Levi (1114 Lexington Bldg..)............. Statistical Assistant
Dorothy S. Rice (1114 Lexington Bldg.). ................ .Senior Clerk
Emma E. Lueckert (1112 Lexington Bldg..)........ .Stenographer-Secretary
Betty Yarrison (1112 Lexington Bldg..).................. ..Stenographer

Presidents of State Teachers Colleges

M. Theresa Wiedefeld. ........... .State Teachers College .... .Towson-4
John L.. Dunkle.................... State Teachers College ..... Frostburg
J. D. Blackwell...................... State Teachers College .... Salisbury
William E. Henry, Jr............... Maryland State Teachers College
(for Colored Students).... Bowie

Board of Trustees, Maryland Teachers' Retirement System

911 Lexington Building, Baltimore-1, Maryland

Hooper S. Miles, Chairman............................ State Treasurer
J. Millard Tawes......................................... State Comptroller
Thomas G. Pullen, Jr................... State Superintendent of Schools
Edwin W. Broome, Vice-Chairman.. County Superintendent of Schools,

Rockville
Althea Fuller. ........................... .School Principal, Cumberland
Thomas I. Hays. .............................................. ..Secretary
Helen N. Kirkman........................................... Senior Clerk
Minnie Hamilton.................................. Stenographer-Secretary
Frances Green.............................................. Junior Clerk

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 sites 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.

Work of the State Department of Education

The twenty-three counties of the State in 1941-42 enrolled over 180,000
pupils in 1,077 public elementary and secondary schools in charge of 6,326
teachers. Nearly 46,000 of these pupils were in the last four years of work
of the 182 high schools distributed over twenty-three counties. In 1941-42
the counties expended on current expenses of public schools approximately
$11,687,000 from public funds, of which $4,981,000 or nearly 43 per cent,
was received by the twenty-three counties from the State of Maryland and
Federal vocational funds. Baltimore City received $986,000 from State
and Federal school funds for the maintenance of schools and in addition
$536,890 from State funds toward the City retirement system on account of
teachers. For the Maryland Teachers' Retirement System, State aid of