Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-05-01
How Kent Schools Look
To County Commissioners

the thirteenth OF ApEu ldsls Witu TIT
members of the Kent County Schoo
Commission with Superintendent Carroll
in an automobile, started from Harrington
to cover the entire county. The results
of the first two days visiting proved the
desirability of such tour, by the entire
County Commissioner, and it will enable
them to aid in bringing the schools to a
more efficient standard by compelling the
districts that are behind in the comforts
and conveniences to provide the common
necessities and comforts necessary for the
teachers and the children. The following
Is taken from notes made BY the Commits.
zion at the time:
The first school visited was Powells,
or District No. 4S, located south of Har-
rinston. This school was in good oOndi-
ton the building having a vestibule in
which was a pump and conveniences as a
cloak room. A neat belfry surmOunts the
top and it is we'll painted and cared for.
Closets very ordinary. No flag, but room
clean. Blackboards too high. Furniture
dair to good.
Coon Den, No. 123 is located in a woods
near the home of Nick Johnson, east from
Pennington. The building is ordinary,
door is bad. closets worse, blackboards
are four feet from the floor and little chill
dren have to stand on a narrow bench to
reach them no pump, no coal house, no
flag, old desks and everything shows that
the people take no interest in the comfort
of either the children or the teacher.
Pennington Schools, Nos 80 and l24,
are in a large building used for a public
nall as well as for school purposes. The
doors are bad, the doors in poor condition,
blackboards in primary room too high for
the little children, one closet turned on
its side, no flag, and conditions generally
below what they should be. The teachers
are doing good work under adverse cir
cumstances. Furniture in very ordinary
condition, and everything needs painting,
and glass is out of several windows.
Piney Neck, District No. So, west from
Pennington, has good building, well
painted, with belfry and school room is
neat. The closets are a disgrace, o pump,
6lackboards right height, furniture had
been badly mutilated in former periods,
but being cared for now. No flag.
Tomahawk, No. 81, has an excellent
building, blackboards all right not sufii-
cient seating capacity, furniture ordinary,
no pump, no flag, closets upset, floors
dirty but in fair condition as to wear.
Adamsville, Ills, has good building,
the blackboards are all right, good pump
in the building, closets fair; but, it has
only fourteen desks for an average attend
ance OF forty-fve children. Maps very
poorly arranged and no flag in evidence.
Smiths, No. "a, has fair building, but
itneeds attention from the commissioners;
window panes are gone'and there is no
pump, no flag in evidence, maps not on
rollers. Excellent black boards and school
is kept open nine months.
Prospect, No. SO, has an excellent build
ing but no pump outbuildings in good
condition, good furniture, blackboards
right height. No flag was in evidence.
Hammondtown, No. 1914, is a colored
school; the building is new, well kept,
good pump, closet fair, no coal house.
Has the only attempt at landscape gar
dening of ali the schools in lower Kent
County. Furniture very ordinary but
sufficient
Browns Neck, No. So, just northeast
from Harrington, has a building that is
fair to good, but the temperature in the
room was 50 degrees with no way to ven
tilate other than putting windows up or
opening door. No pump, furniture very
ordinary, blackboards slate and at right
height, no flag in evidence, maps in Ordi-
nary condition, closets all right, good at
tendance and little crowded in winter.
Marvel's, No. So, has good building
with vestibule in which is pump, only
one closet or toilet, furniture good, black
boards good but little high. The teacher,
Mise Townsend, has arranged the interior
very neatly. Flag, but no pole.
Laws, No. 10, the building is from fair
to good, two good outbuildings, ordinary
blackboards and placed too high furni-
ture fair to good a new floor needed, has
a good pump, has flag but it was not in
evidence.
Cedarfeld, No. 40, has fair building,
pump but no water, closets only fair, in
terror walls had been decorated, fine flag
pole and flag worn furniture good, black
boards satisfactory.
Postles, No. "a, near Frederick, on State
road, is disgrace to any respectable COM
munity. The building has 40 lock, latch,
or means to fasten the front door the
floor is a series Of patchwork the outside
diIapidated in its general appearance has