The Delta independent., 1908-04-17
School Notes That
Are Of Interest.
Growth Of Population. More
Buildings Needed. School
Elec tions.

DR.. rockingham has completed TAX
ing the school census and reports ll43
pupils of school age in the Delta dis
trict as against $50 last year. This
shows gain of 293 pupils in the year
and emphasizes the need of more school
room. 1t also gives an idea of how
the population is increasing.
The school board at meeting last
week unanimously elected Prof. Condit
as city superintendent for another year.
The selection should be a satisfactory
one from every view point. Prof.
Condit is not only well known and well
qualified, but he has settled upon Delta
as his permanent home, whether en-
gagged in school work or not
SCHOOL ELECTIONS.
There are two school elections this
year.
Tomorrow the question of building
comes up. We must build. We cannot
accommodate the children living in the
corporation in our present buildings.
The question to be voted on is, shall
we bond the district for the purpose of
building, and for how much? Part of
the question is to be decided by discus
sion and then the other part by ballots.
The regular election of school direc-
tors occurs Monday, May 4. Hereto
fore we have elected each year one
director for period of three years, to
make full board of three members.
The recent census shows that we
have over a thousand children and are
a first class district. Consequently the
number of members of the board are
FIVE, and it will be necessary to elect
three.
The member whose term expires Is
Judge King. One is to be elected to
Succeed him for term of three years,
one for term of four years and one
for term of five years.
HIGH SCHOOL ACcREDIrING.
Prof. F. E. Thompson. who recently
inspected the Delta High School, has
written to Superintendent Condit as
follows:
Il feel like particularly commencing
you and Delta upon school in which
the spirit is good, much has been made
of the facilities possessed, the instruc =
tien is efficient and growth is in evl-
dence. 1t was my hope that the Delta
school might go this year on the ac-
credited list of the North Central AS
sociation; but it was not quite up to
standard in the following particulars:
l. The number of teachers, (the as
sociation positively requires four teach
ers devoting their whole time to basic
subjects) exclusive of the superintend-
ent.
2. The association is adverse to ac-
crediting schools in which more than
one or two of the teachers teach more
than five periods per day. The associ-
alton strongly advises five periods for
every teacher.
3. The superintendent in city like
Delta should have more time for super
vision: high schools are judged to a
considerable extent by the elementary
schools upon which they are founded.
| am quite sure that it would be an
excellent investment for your commu-
nifty, apart from the accrediting consid-
GRAFTON, to increrse the teaching force
of your high school to a. least the ex-
tent here suggested, that is, to add one
more teacher.
shall look forward to at least one
more short visit to Delta this year.
Thanking you for all your courtesy and
unusual consideration, l am
Very sincerely yours,
f. E. THOMPSON.
The Delta high school is already on
the accredited list of the State, and it
was hoped that Prof. Thompson's ex-
animation would place it on the list of
the North Central Association as well,
which would have been but for lack
of one in present number of teachers.
This will no doubt be overcome next
year, when all the advantages accru-
ing, of entering other schools without
examinations, will follow such accred-
iting.