Milford chronicle., 1909-05-07

no pump, no wood house and only one
closet The conditions as to cleanliness
were good.
Rice's, or district No l9O, near FELTON,,
is in beautiful fruit and farming dis
trict, and it needs several things done to
it. 1t is too small to accommodate the As
children who go to it, The vestibule
should be torn out of the inside of the
room, and be rebuilt on the outside thus
giving room for additional furniture.
The steps need rebuilding, it needs paint.
ing, one.half the front door is missing
and only the vestibule can be fastened.
The pump is out Of order and the neigh
boris pump has been put in the same
condition by the school. Has no map OF
Delaware, but has good blackboards.
Closets need cleaning. Clerk has not
been there for long time. General con
ditions for cleanliness Of room very good.
Here is another district which will have
to be held up to the rack aud be compell-
ed to make repairs, or have the State
money withheld until they are made.
Pratt's Branch, district No 81, is only
s>few miles from the former school, but
there is a marked contrast. The build
is fair to good but just few things need
doing. The top OF the chimney is dam
gerous, as the bricks are loose, and plas-
tering needs a little repair Furniture is
good, it is short of maps, good black
boards, no pump, but get water from an
excellent spring near at hand. Wood
house ordinary, but the closets were in
bad condition-need cleaning. Has a
flag but no pole for it. The school room
was clean and attractive. Clerk visited
it once. Miss Martha Dill is the teach
er.
Browns Neck, district No. IS, is near
Harrington. It has had new yeshbule
added to it but the whole building needs
a coat of paint. The furniture is old and
well worn, and the blackboards are all
right, there is no flag or pole. The pump
is in the new vestibule. The window
sash are played out and should be in
stalled. The closets are clean but need
repairing. The school is clean.
Marvell's, No. 6S, is an excellent
building and everything Is in good re-
pair, except that three window panes are
gone.
Laws Chapel, No. 10, is an old build
ing that needs a general overLauling and
painting. The floor is very bad, the sash
is not good, the pump is out out of order
there is no coal house, no pole to fly the
flag from, no maps, practically no black
boards, old furniture, but the cleanliness
was as good, as could be expected under
the circumstances. This is a wealthy
district, ample able to have modern
school building, and as all the patrons OF
the school see its condition each time
they attend church, it is natural to infer
that they either do not go to church, or
are careless about their school. Better
heed this reminder friends.
Cedarfield, No. 40, is near Mordington
Mills. It's conditions are little changed
since last year. 1t is a neat interior, well
kept, and the building presents good
appearance; but the closets were IN
gery bad condition. The commission
will insist that this trouble be cleared up
before another term Of school opens.
Postles' School, No "a, near Frederica,
has jumped from the very poorest rural
school in the county, as it was found last
wear. to one where every condition is
marked frst-class 1t has been rehoored
eweatherboarded, repainted, and new
closets and new wood house added. Had
the board have added a vestibue TO the
front, it would have been fine thing;
but Postles is now in good condition.
They took heed OF the suggestions OF last
year.
Frederica Public Schools in the past
few years have gone to the front in their
in every way. The chill
dren show the care and training they re-
ceive. 1t is the best arranged public
school building in the county for its size.
The sanitary conditions were all that
could be asked for.
Union Chapel, colored school near
Frederick, No. l5s, is another school
where the sanitary conditions are excel
lent. The only repairs needed are to
the doors Of the closets.
John Wesley, another colored school,
located just east from Frederica, is in ex-
cellent condition, and needs no repairs Of
any amount.
Oak Grove, No 67, in Milford Neck,
has been recently painted; the furniture
is good and fine black kboards. There is
needed map of Delaware and flag
pole. The flag is draped on the wall by
the teacher in a neat way. The interior
IS very clean and neat, and reflects credit
ON the teacher and children. Miss Tay-
lor is the teacher. There is a little re-
pair needed; viz: some broken plaster re-