Daily Republican., 1879-07-19
THE DELAWARE AssoclAr,ou
Annual Report VI the Actuarv
henry q. Conrad, Esq, for tho
Year Ending May 3lst.

" Aenual Report Of the Actusr,
d Henry q. Conrad, ESQ.,, for III
Il Year Ending May slst.
Henry C. Conrad, ,Actuary of the Del
aware Association for the Education =
9 Colored People, has prepared and ba,
published pamphlet containing his re-
port OF the condition OF the schools fo
the education of the colored children q
the State during the last year, ,commspc
ing October, lst 1878. and ending Ma,
3lst, 1883. In his report he says:
"While my report of this year does
not show the rapid and surprising in.
crease OF last;-substantial and stead Y
growth is seen, which to me is most en-
couraging. Ia January Of 1876 there
were only rs colored schools in the
State. In Januraty of this year there
were 81, just double the number of
three years ago, so we can rest assured
that the work is prosperipg."
In New Castle County there were II
schools in operation with an attend
ance Of 6SS pupils. The schools in
Middletown and New Castle were kept
open . months; those in Newark, New
port and Odessa, 6 months St. GEORGES
and Bethsaida and Port Penn, 6 months;
scott's Chapel, Iron Hill; l;Summit Bridge
Townsend and Delaware City 4 months
and other places q and 2 months. The
whole amount expended for the sup
port OF the schools was $6l2 of which
$3O6, ~ was received from County Treas
urer Herbert, who Mr.. Conrad saws.
promptly pays over the school tax COM
ing into his hand from the collectors of
the different Hundreds. The discoura.
ging side of the subject is that $2l7.59
over and above the receipts had to be
expended or many of the schools
would have remained closed during the
year.
In Kent county Mr.. Conrad reports a
great revival of interest in the cause of
education amongst the colored people of
Milford, the school there showing an
enrolment of "a compared with "A the
year before. An excellent school is also
reported at Frederick. Mr.. C. gives the
County Treasurer of Kent little re-
minder Of his tardiness in making the
payments in the following language:
"There is still balance due in this
county for school taxes of 1877, and
none has yet been received for 1878. |
During Mr.. Halls term Of office as
County Treasurer, payments we're made
to us quite promptly, but only one
small payment has been made by Mr..
Cubbage since he came into the office in
April last.
In this county there were 20 schools
in operation with an attendance of 9O6
pupils. At Dover and Leipsic the
schools were kept open months, at
Mt. Friendship and Smyrna 7; South
Camden s; North Camden a; Pstersons
and Frederick 5; and other places 2, 81
and three months. The amount ex-
pended was $s47.5O. Amount received
from the County Treasurer S575.37.-
Excess Of expenditures over receipts
Sl65.07.
In Sussex county new schools we're E
opened at Rehoboth, Nassau Station, 1
and Georgetown, and those
1t Lows Cross Roads and Concord were
lot opened. The attendance at Slaugh- y
er Neck increased to SO, and the school il
here had very prosperous year owing
o the interest manifested through the n
of James Z. Watson live .
nergetic teacher. 9,
There were l6schools in Sussex, with 81
n attendance of 655 pupils.
The amount received from the Coun- OF
Treasurer during the year was $500,
nd the amount expended was s44S. nj
here is however deficiency of $34 80, "
wing to deficiency at the commence.
tent of the year of $S632. W
The summing up shows the follow,
lg: +,
o,ai number of school in tie State do
during the year.. b3
,crease IN lumber of Schools over last a..
is hest number Of pupils enrolled. 49,. 2.4s
creas' IN number OF pupils over last no
'o"i - '''.''' '... ................. SO
In the Introductory of Mr.. Conrad's 81
port we clip the following:
am fully convinced that the colored q aia ID
ople have done their part to the full' r r
.asure of their ability. They not of
~ pay school tax (thirty cents on ket
cry hundred dollars worth of real es- 7
:e or personal property which they tirs iis
n,) but after that they pay so much Jul
month for every child they have in I
iool. When it is remembered that pub
~ are the poorest class in the COM call m
unity, and that for twelve years they ,ng e.
We done all they could to help them S :,
YES, is it asking too much that the y,
.te should now assist them? YER,
t was hoped that the last General G.
'embly of the State would hav. made pair
eaSonable appropriation for this de- n,i u,
wing cause. But although thu facts arn,' on
the case were presented, together mar
h petitions signed by some fifteen A,
ldred citizens from all parts of the kline kind
te, and belonging to both political qua,
ties, asking that an appropriation r,nA "a.
made, yet the House of Representa- Me-
. put itself upon record as deeming heel
h an appropriation inexpedient. lnpr
his action was somewhat disappoint, A%,u W.,
and dlscouraging to the colored peo- toni
but am sure that in the future. after
n the past, they will ever stand Scr,l
y to do their part, and will increase baIlii
usefulness of their schools as far as Tn,
limited means will allow. wood
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