Newark post., 1912-12-11

Of the State. who poured into the
town to attend the meetings OF the
3Sth annual session of the State
Grange. convened in the Delaware
College Gymnasium. Before noon
one hundred and fifty delegates
had arrived and became cOmfortab-
ly hxed at their quarters III the no.
tels and homes Of the town.
The chief feature Of the morn
{ .,g's S program was the address OF
! Worthy Master S. II. Messick, of
iiridgevillc, who ably discussed the
Grange and it's mission, reviewing
the accomplishments credited to
tne organization during the last
few years. The speech in full IS
given in another column Of this pa
per.
Tuesday afternoon and evening
were given to the popular meetings,
which on both occasions attracted
crowds to the oratory, where these
sessions were held. Considerable
disappointment was created in the
afternoon by the receipt of tele-
gram from p. p. Claxton, L. S.
Commissioner of Education, stating
his inability to attend The entire
session was devoted to the serious
consideration Of the question of
Higher Education for Delaware
Women. The discussion was i'll
the form of a symposium i'll which
people. prominent in the forward
ing of the movement took part.
The first speaker was the Hon.
.Iohn G. Higgins, an ex-Worthy
iiaster Of the Grange. He brought
greeting to the organization which
had seen so many years Of faithful
service and spoke of the changed
status of that body of workers since
the time when he led the State Or
rauizatiOn. He recalled his first
knowledge of the Rural Free De
livery plan which was mentioned in
a resolution at national Grange
meeting in 1903.
The first speaker in the educa-
tiopal discussion was DR.. Harter,
President of Delaware College. DR..
Harter reviewed the changed ideas
ir educational thought which now
demanded other studies than the
cultural ones and expressed the be-
lief that the time had come for
Delaware women to be granted the
privileges Of their State institution
through an affiliated college with
tie present one.
pr Twitmyer, superintendent of
Wilmington Schools and Presidnt
of the State Board of Education
discussed "The Woman s College
and the Public School. y He opened
his remarks with the unpleasant
statement that Delaware is the only
state in the Union where no provi-
sien is made for the education of
her teachers within her own bord-
ers. and connected that fact with
many Of the educational ills exist
ing at the present time. DR.. Twit-
myer believes that while Delaware
College has established a remark
ahfe record for usefulness in the
past. her work has not been able to
reach down into the homes and
touch elbows with the citizenship
Of the State. AT present there are
in the three counties 145 male and
552 female teachers, outside Of Viii.
reington. These with the 316 of
our city, make the total 1O13. Dr.
Twitmyer believes the Woman s
Noilege in this State should provide
for a school of education and train
ing in pedagogy. The State now
provides for the education of 45
teachers each year in the neighbor-
ing normal schools. OF the number
who have been so educated, only AZ
are now teaching within her bord-
ers. the opportunities being unfav-
Orable in the eyes Of a well-equip-
ped teacher. He plead for a larger
vision on the part Of the teacher,
by means Of which inspiration for
higher living may be carried into
every individual home.
Mrs. A. d. Warner, who leads the
movement among the women Is
clubs of the State, discussed "The
Woman's College and the Home. y
She spoke of the home as the
foundation of American life and OF
the complicated task of the woman
of modern times in keeping the
fami1unpp to the old ideals, amidst
all Hchanged conditions Of the