Evening journal., 1911-09-12
10000 in
CITY SCHOOLS
Superintendent Reports Of
Work at First Fall Meet
Ing Of Education Board
MAKE AMENDMENTS TO
THE BOARD BYLAWS


last evening, Samuel Fl. Baynard was
elected to act as president pro TEN.
Mr. Morrow reported that there had
been a night school for foreigners at
No. 10 School. and that this year a
request had been made for the same
privilege The request was granted
with the same privileges as last year.
Bids for constructing an iron fence
at No. School were referred to the
proper committee with power to act
At this juncture President Short
hdge appeared and gave as his ex-
cuse for being late that the rapid
transit cab he had ordered was about
an hour late. Upon motion of DR.
Cooper the presidents excuse was
accepted.
Mr.. Baynard told the Board that
new range was needed at the High
School. and it was ordered that Sup
erintendent Twitmyer be given per-
mission to purchase the range and
mating.
Mr.. Baynard's motion that certain
material needed in the manual train
ing department of the High School
be referred to the proper committees
was passed.
Secretary Guthrie reported a pay
IA
tors, and bills amounting to S6,4597O
They were ordered paid.
g Amend Bylaws.
DR.. Cooper offered the following
amendments to the rules of the Board
which we're all adopted:
Amendments to the bylaws of the
a Board of Public Education in VIII
inington, Delaware
To amend Section 3. by striking out
the words Law and in the fourth
line.
To amend Section 8, by striking out
the words Heat and Ventilation" in
the sixth line and insert in lieu there
Of the words "and Janitors."
To amend Section z, by striking out
the words Law and" i'm the first line,
and legal and" in the second line.
and Rules and" in the fourth line.
To amend Section s. by striking out
the words Manual Training" in the
fourth line and inserting i'm lieu there
of the words Law"
To amend Section 13. by striking
out the words Heat and Ventilation"
in the first and second lines and in
sert IN lieu thereof the words "and
Janiiors."
TO amend Section 10. by striking
~ out all of the said section.
To amend Section %. by striking
out all Of the said section and insert
in lieu fhereof the words "The Com
mittee on Law shall examine all sug-
gested alterations or amendments 70
the Bylaws and Rules to see that
they do not conflict with law or with
existing By-Baws and Rules and shall
sttend to such legal matters of thl
Board as may be referred TO il"
This committee I'm conjunction with
the superintendent of public schools
in Wilmington shall attend to the en-.
forcement of the compulsory attend
ance law and shall have charge ol
Juvenile Court affairs so far as they
pertain TO the schools of the city Of
Wilmington.
10000 Children in School.
After the amendments We're taken
Up and adopted seriatim they wers
adopted as a whole upon motion ol
DR.. T. o. Cooper.
superintendent George w Twitmysl
made the following report:
Wilmington Del, Sept Q. 1911.
"To the Board of Education. Whining
ton, Del
Gentlemen The public schools o
this city were opened for the fall tern
1911-1912 on Tuesday September
with a corps Of 307 teachers. and Will
an enrolment of 9,540 pupils i'm at
tendance. distributed among the sew
erat schools as follows;
In School No 1. AIS; No . 464. No
3. 325; No. T. 41S; No. .. no; No. &
1S9; No. Z, III (; No s. PCS: No .. AS
No. 10, S07; No. H., 247; No L. 3l5
No. 13, $40; No IA. 2S5; No Is sos
No. 16. 454; No. a. 239; No. IS, a
No. 10, 2S5; No 20 2SO; No 2l. 1875
No. %. 60; No. %, $50: No. pa SOC
No. %, 2S7; No 26 t46, No %, i22
No. 2S, sos. No. %, AIS; High School
$50. Next week will doubtless brin
a. goodly additional number OF pupil
who have not yet returned from thoi
vacations; the total enrolment vii
not be far from 10000.
"All of the children applying 70
admission We're received the first dal
but In order TO secure an ecOnomi
distribution, number of transfer
will have to be made, as for instanc
children will have TO be sent froI
School No. "a To No. %, and few froi
School No. % to No. "a. All childre
applying can he seated
AT the High School the work Ems
lsh is being reOrganized with T. "
Anthony as the head of the depar
ment; this will necessitate a few othe
changes, but nothing Of a radici
character will be undertaken.
"W. A. Foster director of manus
arts, has entered upon his work wit
a high degree Of energy and will
a short time have the drawing, cor
structive work and manual training
full operation. This work i'm conne'
tion with the change in the teachin
of sewing will require few modii
cations in the usual programs, and
is pleasant to note that principa
and teachers are harmoniously adjus
ing themselves to the new order, an
are working with commendable carr
estness for the achievement of Il
best results.
In the training school at No. 9, n
teen and at No. 16, five young ladi'
have entered upon the two-year
training course established by q
board Of Education.
THE eourse-of study as now consi
tuted is equal, on professional line
M to the course Of the best State Norm
Schools of this country and Include
"a a study of psychology in its applic
ton TO the art of teaching; pedagog!
W embracing such topics as school pro
M lens, current educational problem
school and society, school hygien
child study, teaching children how