TABLE M-Colleges AND SPECIAL SCHOOLS RECEIVING STATE DONATIONS. 158 13 29 56 3 ... 72 *$14,200 00 $16 00 8 122 2,000 00 117 11823 52 202 55 64 9 17 26 64 9 22 13,000 00 20 00 75 226 13280 124 60|60|31| 28 28 9,000 00 18 00 8523...85 23 23 250 72696527 57 1940 50 5 46 10,500 00 8 00 15 81 910 8314204322 3 30 II 10591 29 5268 ... ♡ ∞ 32 800 00 16 00 3 TABLE N-SCHOOLS AND ACADEMIES RECEIVING STATE DONATIONS. *Anne Arundel. Allegany County Allegany. Anne Arundel *North East Classical. Cecil. 30 34 34 3 9 $800 00 14 3 5 500 00 $20 00 2 15 8 4 19 4 9 *Elkton.. Cecil. ... ... 17 7 I 11525 13 ... 19.. 17 2 ... ... IOIII 14 ... 8 2 56104 11525 16 6 61527 13 5 6 6 6 105 6 All 6 ... 12 ... ... REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. The summary included in the report of the State Board of Education, and the State tables immediately following, give a comprehensive view of the condition of the public schools during the last school year ending July 31, 1903. The statistical reports of the Board of Commissioners of Public Schools of Baltimore City, and the School Commissioners of the several counties of the State, present, in minute detail, the facts concerning the schools, and show the receipts and disbursements for their support. ARBOR AND HIGHWAY DAY. Arbor and Highway Day was observed by all the public schools of the State on the 3d day of April, 1903, in pursuance of the following proclamation by His Excellency, the Governor. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND. PROCLAMATION. To the People of Maryland: WHEREAS, By joint resolution, No. 15, passed by the General Assembly of Maryland at the January Session of 1884, the Governor is authorized and directed to issue annually a proclamation, designating a day in April for the planting of trees, to be known as "Arbor and Highway Day;" and WHEREAS, It has been suggested to me that it would be appropriate, at this time, to call the attention to the necessity for the care and preservation of the birds of our fields and forests; Now, THEREFORE, I, JOHN WALTER SMITH, Governor of the State of Maryland, do hereby designate Friday, the 3d day of April, 1903, as "Arbor and Highway Day, and I do recommend that the day be devoted by the people of this State to the planting of trees, and I especially recommend to parents and teachers in our schools that they encourage their children, or those under their influence, to plant and transplant at least one forest shade tree on that day by the side of a public road or about their school house, and that they be urged to study the habits and needs of our birds and their young with a view to their preservation and in crease. |