Charles V. Akeley, Assistant Supervisor of Finance Statistics
Charles C. Conlon, Jr., Assistant Supervisor of Accreditation
M. Eleanor Rice, Assistant Supervisor of Teacher Certification
Ethel E. Sammis, Assistant Supervisor of Physical Educa-
tion and Recreation.

Marie Wheatley, Assistant Supervisor of Curriculum
Dorothy Shires, Assistant Supervisor of Elementary Schools
George M. Crawford, Assistant Supervisor of Curriculum
E. B. Dexter, Assistant Supervisor of Surplus Property
F. J. Thuman, Consultant Architect (part time)
Rath E. Hobbs, Administrative Assistant I..

1111 Lexington Building, Baltimore 1 Telephone: Lexington 3071.

The State Board of Education is composed of seven members, who
are appointed by the Governor for terms of seven years (Code 1939,
Art. 77, see. 6). The State Superintendent of Schools is appointed
by the State Board of Education for a term of four years (Code
1939, Art. 77, sec. 27). He is ex-officio secretary and treasurer to
the Board. In addition to general control of the State School System,
the Superintendent is charged with the duties of interpreting school
laws and acting in all controversies and disputes involving the
proper administration of the public school system..

The State Department of Education provides for the training of
elementary and junior high school teachers in the State Teachers
Colleges for which the State Board of Education and the State Super-
intendent act as trustees. It is responsible for the certification of
teachers, and accreditation of private schools charging fees. It is
charged with the responsibility of setting up standards, rules, and
regulations for examination, classification and education of children
who because of mental or physical handicaps are incapable of receiv-
ing proper benefit from ordinary public school instruction. It is
charged further with the responsibility of establishing a division for
the vocational rehabilitation and placement, in remunerative employ-
ment, of persons whose capacity to earn a living has been destroyed
or impaired. It is the duty of the Department to give high school
equivalent examinations to determine the educational attainment of
persons, nineteen years or over, who have not graduated from high
school. The Department is also developing a State-wide public library
service and a school library service..

The organization of the Department is in six Divisions: (1) In-
struction, (2) Vocational Education, (3) Certification and Accredita-
tion, (4) Finance, Statistics, and Educational Measurements, (5)
Vocational Rehabilitation, and (6) Library Extension. The head of
the Division of Vocational Education is the Assistant State Superin-
tendent for Vocational Education. All other Divisions are headed by
Directors..

DIVISION OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION
Robert C. Thompson, Director.

1112 Lexington Building, Baltimore 1 Telephone: Lexington 7230.

The Division of Vocational Rehabilitation offers an extended pro-
gram as a result of the increases in the amount and character of
Federal aid which became available in 1943 and in 1948. Any citi-
zen of the State 16 years of age or over is eligible if permanently
disabled. Besides the main office in Baltimore, there are branch offices
in Baltimore, Hagerstown, Salisbury, and Hyattsville..