changed to the Maryland Training School for Colored Girls. The
1949 General Assembly authorized the adoption of the present name
(Acts 1949, ch. 314). The school provides for the care and education
of delinquent colored girls. During the fiscal year 1954 care was
provided for a total of 140 girls committed to the school and 23
girls who were detained at the institution.

Appropriations 1955 1956
General Fund ............................ $209,675 $208,466
Staff: 42.

MONTROSE SCHOOL FOR GIRLS

Board of Managers

President: Wallace Reidt, 1959

Mrs. Adolph Guttmacher, 1957; Granville H. Hibberd, 1957;
Mrs. W. David Tilghman, 1957; Mrs. William V. Elder, 1959;
Mrs. Frank A. Kaufman, 1959; Mrs. Harold Donnell, 1961;
Mrs. Carlyle Montayne, 1961.

Margaret S. Frederick, Superintendent
Reisterstown (Baltimore County) Telephone: Reisterstown 153

Established as the Female House of Refuge in 1886, the school was
purchased by the State in 1918. Upon moving from Baltimore to its
present site in 1922, the present name was adopted. The school pro-
vides for the care and training of delinquent white girls. During the
fiscal year 1964 care was provided for 213 girls who were committed
to the school and 85 girls who were detained at the institution.

Appropriations 1955 1956
General Fund ............................ $333,906 $344,951
Staff: 63.

MARYLAND COMMISSION ON INTERRACIAL PROBLEMS
AND RELATIONS

Chairman: William C. Rogers, Sr., 1957

Israel M. Goldman, Vice Chairman, 1957; W. Waldemar
W. Agrow, Vice Chairman, 1961; Charles E. Cornish, 1961;
Mrs. John B. Ramsay, 1961; Edward N. Wilson, 1957; Otto F.
Kraushaar, 1959; Clinton K. Macsherry, 1959; Furman L.
Templeton, 1959.

Ward D. Yerby, Executive Secretary, 1955
Thomas J. S. Waxter, Executive Secretary
Rosa C. James, Secretary

719 St. Paul Street, Baltimore 2 Telephone: Mulberry 5-8024

The Commission on Interracial Problems and Relations was created
by the General Assembly of 1961 superseding the Governor's Com-
mission on Problems Affecting the Negro Population. The Commis-
mission is composed of nine members appointed by the Governor for a
term of six years with the advice and consent of the Senate. Of those
first appointed three shall serve for two years, three for four years,
and three for six years. The Chairman of the Commission is desig-
nated by the Governor. The Executive Secretary of the Commission
is appointed by the Governor for a term of two years. It is the duty