A COUNTRY SCHOOL — UNTOLD POSSIBILITIES FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE LIE 

 DORMANT IN SUCH SCHOOLS AS THIS " 



insufficient number of maps, charts and globes; 27 are without any sort 

 of muscial instrument ; only one has a cloak room and none have teachers' 

 rooms; 10 are without water supply; nearly one-half have unsanitary 

 toilets. Free school-books and other materials are provided by the 

 county, usually in sufficient quantity. 



Grounds. The grounds of the white schools have a total acreage of 

 98>^. There is no school without a fair plot of ground. Thirteen of 

 the school lots are fenced, 36 are fairly level, 11 have good walks; 63 

 have shade trees, 13 have flower beds. The 30 colored schools are 

 provided with approximately 24 acres of ground. Several schools have 

 no grounds. The average lot is about three-fourths of an acre. Only 

 7 of the lots are fenced and only 6 have walks; 16 are reasonably level; 

 23 have shade trees and 3 have flower beds. The school equipment 

 has in the past taken only very slightly into account the play side of 

 school life. Very few of the rural schools have ground adapted for use 

 as play grounds, though the high schools are fairly well provided for in 

 this respect. Only 11 schools, all white, have any play apparatus; 

 these 11 include the Rockville, Brookeville and Sandy Spring High 

 Schools, which are exceptionally well furnished in this respect. Most 

 of the schools, however, leave their pupils very much to their own de- 

 vices during play hours, and there is but little attempt to lead or direct 

 them. Of the white schools 29 and of colored schools 2 possess American 

 flags— 31 out of 106. 



Value. The total value of the school property owned by the county 

 is $165,800; $155,050 of this amount is invested in buildings and grounds 



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