There were nearly 72 per cent of the white county schools, and nearly 88
per cent of the colored schools in the counties which reported that they
had active parent-teacher associations organized in 1942..

The 1941 legislature provided for the issuance of certificates equivalent
to high school diplomas to persons aged nineteen years or over who have not
attended high school but who pass examinations given by the State Board of
Education. The examinations were given in October 1941 first, and since
then have been given each April and October. More and more individuals
who have not graduated from high school are taking advantage of the op-
portunity to make up for this lack which is often brought to their attention
when they try to enter a higher institution or seek a position. The 1943
legislature extended a similar opportunity to those who enter the armed
services who are seventeen years old or over.

The 1943 legislature also provided for the reemployment and status with
respect to the Teachers' Retirement System of teachers who enter the armed
services, who receive a certificate of satisfactory completion of such duty,
who are still qualified to teach, and who apply for a teaching position within
40 days after relief from active duty. Such a teacher upon reinstatement
shall receive credit for experience in the armed services. Although not en-
titled to ordinary or accidental disability benefits, death benefits or op-
tional allowances from the Retirement System during absence in the armed
services, customary contributions may be made by or for the individual who
is absent and he shall retain his status and rights as a member if he does not
withdraw any of his accumulated contributions, and if within one year from
the time he is relieved from active duty he is reemployed by the Board of
Education which previously employed him. Such a person shall receive
credit for membership service during his absence if his contributions are
made up.

SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS

County Name Address
Allegany...................... Charles L. Kopp........... ...... Cumberland
Anne Arundel........... George Fox.......................... Annapolis
Baltimore............. .Clarence G. Cooper. .... ........ .... .Towson
Calvert....... ........ .Harry R. Hughes............... Prince Frederick
Caroline..... ........... W. Stewart Fitzgerald................... Denton
Carroll................. .Raymond S. Hyson.............. Westminster
Cecil. ........ .............H. B. McBride. ........................ .Elkton
Charles...... .......... ... ..F. Bernard Gwynn. ....................La Plata
Dorchester.. ....... ...... .W. Theodore Boston. .............. ..Cambridge
Frederick............. Eugene W. Pruitt....................... Frederick
Garrett.. ............... .Franklin E. Rathbun. ............... .Oakland
Harford. ..............C. Milton Wright. .................... .Bel Air

Howard. ...............H. G. Brown. .................. .Ellicott City
Kent...................... ..Louis C. Robinson................. Chestertown
Montgomery. ........ .Edwin W. Broome. ............. .... .Rockville
Prince George's, .......... G.. Gardner Shugart.. ........ .Upper Marlboro
Queen Anne's. .... ... .Franklin D. Day. ........... ...... .Centreville
St. Mary's, ....... . ..Lettie M. Dent. .......... ... Leonardtown
Somerset ................C. Allen Carlson.......... .... Princess Anne
Talbot. ................J. Willard Davis. ........ ............ .Easton
Washington ..............B.C. Willis . .................... Hagerstown
Wicomico............. .James M. Bennett . . ............. .Salisbury
Worcester. ...... .... .Arthur C. Humphreys. ............ .Snow Hill
Baltimore City........ David E. Weglein .................. Baltimore