Wicomico High School - Tom Tom Yearbook (Salisbury, MD)

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School Commissioners for Micomico Count? H. L. BREWINGTON

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Zhc Wicomico Ibigb School September 1900, the High School at Salisbury entered upon its thirty-fifth year of usefulness not only to Salisbury, but to the entire county of Wicomico. Beginning as a small school it has grown until it is now one of the largest in Maryland, excepting, of course, those of Baltimore city. From it have gone out many who have stood for something in the various vocations that they have followed in the busy world. Among our alumni we number ministers who are unsurpassed as effective workers in the moral vineyard ; lawyers who are prominent attorneys ; teachers whose scholarship and adherence to sound pedagogy is unexcelled ; physicians whose Skill is recognized : officers in the army whose ability to command is unquestioned; business men whose prosperity has been marked; and others who are honest and upright citizens and fill with appropriate dignity their sphere, however hum- hie, which count for much. . . We would urge the pupils from the country to look upon this school as your own, which it is, and to come here to finish your course after you have concluded the work in your respective com- ' it ' gratifying to know so many are doing this. Ip the class that graduates this year, there are sixteen pupils, ten of whom are from the country. ... The school offers instruction in the best way, and follows the course of study as outlined by the State Hoard of Education.

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Zb e School 38oavb fg OK a county to have a real live, progressive School Board, one that hai the good of schools at heart, and is willing to do anything for their progress, is something of which its whole population should be proud. If this be true Wicomico should be very happy, for such a School Board has this county. These gentlemen—Charles E. Williams, Levin T. Cooper and Harry L. Brewington—constitute as strong a body of School Commissioners as could be found in our county. They work in season and out of season for the progress of the schools. No labor for scholastic improvement is too great for them to undertake. They seek for good teachers and do their best to hold them by encouragements such as many other School Boards do not offer. We would sav to the Board of County Commissioners, and to the taxpayers of the county, that while these gentlemen are good business men, they cannot possibly run the schools pioperly with¬ out money. They have so much given them, and when it is expended they are obliged to close the schools. So we would urge that the people of the county be more liberal toward the School Board with finances, that they may continue to have good schools and have them nine months of the year. Surely, good schools are as important as anything else in the county. While these gentlemen hold their positions at great personal sacrifice, it is to be hoped for the good of our schools that they will continue to remain members of the N ieomico School Board for many, many years.