Milford chronicle., 1913-05-23
FOURTH DAY.
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Dover Schools. The Commissioners
started from Dover and after looking over
the splendidly equipped Public Schools
of Dover, and viewing the handsome eX-
hibit of the pupils as displayed in their
manual training department, it was the
opinion generally that the evidence of
the work done and the conditions of the
buildings themselves, easily placed the
Dover Schools as the leaders in public
school education in middle Delaware.
Dover Golored Schools. This building
was rebuilt by the County School Com
mission in 1912 by the expenditure of
$1,000, and tits now one of the best colored
schools in middle Delaware. The school
commissioners have placed in il a hot
water heating plant at an expense of about
$500 and the schools are verv comfortable
and in good condition.
Chestnut Grove, No. II, near Dover,
is real model school for the county, and
if all school buildings were like this one
and kept as clean inside and out as this
one there would be no necessity for in
spections on the part of the State.
Franklin, No. u, is small school but
It IS kept very clean and the conditions
at this school were greatly improved.
Wyoming was not up to the standard
of its sanitary conditions the teachers
keep the school rooms clean, but the
water closets we're filthy dirty, and some
plaster needed replacing. The school
clerks can remedy these troubles if they
will give attention to the schools. The
teachers in town schools are not hired to
do lanitor work, and it should not be
expected of them.
Comegys Free Library, No. IA, in St.
Jones Neck, near Dover, is a well built
school building, for which the ladies of
the district deserve great credit, as it was
through their efforts the building was
brought about. The school room was
fairly clean, one water closet was in a
very bad condition and the clerk atten-
ton should be given to it at once. The
furniture is very good, but a recitation
desk is badly need.
St. Jones' Neck, (colOred, No. 149, is
a brand new school building built by the
State for the people under the direction
of the County School Commission. I'll
should have ten new double desk, as the
old homemade desks are not sufficient
to seat the children.
Logan's No. S6, in St. Jones' Neck, is
taught by Miss Hazel Turner, and she
has greatly improved the appearance of
the school both inside and ont. The
children show the effect of proper train
ing, everything about the place was clean
and the clerk, Henry Wright, has done
well for the school. Its general conditions
are greatly improved.
Magnolia Schools. This pretty little |
village has several wealthy men residing |
in its limits, and some of the ladies are
prominent in the Women's Clubs of Del |
aware, and the country surrounding Mag |
nolia is in the heart of the great fruit and |
and the great apple district of |
Delaware, but with all these advantages |
the school property shows a lack of civic
pride and interest on the part of the peo-
pie whose children attend these schools.
The grounds are large and specious for
athletic sports, the building is ample and
we'll built, but there are window panes
broken and coat of paint inside and out
would tighten up the corridors, which
are dark and gloomy for people TO pass
up and down. The teachers keep the
rooms clean and sanitary and conditions
are much better than they were a few
years back but it is evident that there
IS more politics in Magnolia than there
S civic pride in the schools. The homes
are cheerful and high class, but the school
certainly does not compare with
heir neighboring town of Fredercia and
he smaller town of Rising Sun On the
whole, Magnolia has made advancement
n her public schools, but they are yet far
behind her neighbors, who are less able
o pay the bills.
Magnolia, (colored) School, which is
eally halfway between Barratt's Chapel
nd Magnolia, is in need Of door step
nd of a new floor Mrs. Dutton, the
eacher, keeps the school and ground
clean and neat appearing J