day in May. These five members, together with the State Librarian
and the Librarian of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, constitute the
Commission.

It shall be the duty of the Commission, from time to time, to advise,
counsel and aid the State Superintendent of Schools with respect to the
performance of duties relating to the work of the public libraries of
the State.

MARYLAND STATE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF

Frederick, Maryland
BOARD OF VISITORS

Name. Postoffice.
John H. Baker, President. ........................................... .Baltimore
George R. Dennis...................................... Frederick
Palmer Tennant..................................... Hagerstown
William Martin Storm. ........................................... ..Frederick
Richard P. Boss, Chairman Executive Com............... Frederick
Richard Potts, Secretary. ............................... Frederick
D. John Markey. ....................................... Frederick
S. Elmer Brown........................................ Frederick
Charles H. Conley, M. D.. ............................. ..Frederick
M. Ernest Jenkins..................................... Baltimore
Charles McC. Mathias, Treasurer........................ Frederick
Jacob Rohrback........................................ Frederick
B. O. Thomas, M. D.. ................................. .Frederick
Oscar E. Webb........................................ Baltimore
Robert E. Delaplaine. ................................... Frederick
Frank B. Smith................................................. Mt. Rainier
S. Marvin Peach....................................... Hyattsville
W. W. Hanly. ......................................... Cumberland
Charles E. Moylan, Vice-President. ........................ .Baltimore
H. Peyton Gorsuch..................................... Westminster
Joseph D. Baker, Jr....... .................................... Frederick
Reno S. Harp.......................................... Frederick
Walter G. Sinn. ...................................... .Frederick
Tasker G. Lowndes.................................... Cumberland
Wallace Williams.........................................Elkton
J. David Baile. ......................................... Medford
J. Norman Ager. ..................................... Hyattsville
Joseph H. Himes. ..................................... .Frederick
John K. Shaw................................................. Baltimore
Dr. Floyd J. Carter. ........................................ Chevy Chase
Auditor, Ignatius Bjorlee.............................. Frederick

Board consists of 30 members. Governor appoints to fill vacancies
only. No term. (Ch. 247, 1867, and Ch. 797, 1916.)
All scholarships are free to deaf children of the State.
The aim of the school is to make of deaf children self-supporting
members of society. Besides the regular course of study, including
high school branches, every boy at graduation has learned some trade,
such as Printing, Cabinet-making, Shoe Repairing, Tailoring, etc.,
while the girls will have completed courses in Domestic Science,
Household Arts or cosmetology. Vocational Training Department is
supplied with modern equipment. Trades building and academic
building are modern.