Evening journal., 1913-10-10
NEWSY DOINGS
OF new CASTLE
County School Superintendent
Directs Teachers Attention
to Institute
VISITING PREACHERS
AT THE M. E. CHURCH

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Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
NEW CASTLE. Del. oct i0-Dr.
q. L. Cross. superintendent of pub
lie schools for New Castle county, Is
busy al this time. He has had much
rouble getting the school commits
sioners to report their names and
furnish data required under the law.
In addition to arranging for n local
institute to he held In the Y. NJ G..
A building. Wilmington, on October
is, he is preparing for the county in
stitutc. which will be held in con-
junction with the Kent county insti-
tute. He has sent out the following
letter to the teachers regarding the
compulsory school law.
Ny dear co-worker: lnclosed you
will find a list of children coming un-
der the compulsory law. Your hearty
Corporation Is necessary to secure
the proper enforcement Of the law.
The following suggestions will as
sist you in your part OF this work
l. Please learn at once from your
clerk who is the truant officer and
when the compulsory period begins.
and for how long time, and inform
me.
Teachers must sec that their
list Of pupils are kept I'm proper
shape They have the authority to
add or strike off names from the list
to correct same.
3. The teacher must know the rea-
son for each absence and mark on
the register N there is a satisfactory
excuse. An excuse card should fol-
low each absence, except in inclemcnt
weather or where the teacher knows
there is proper reason for absence.
Pupils arc excused only for sickness.
lnclemcnt weather, exposure to con-
tsgious disease. or other urgent cause
that will commend itself to the good
Judgment OF the teacher
Three days after the compulsory
period begins, all pupils on the COM
pulsory list who have not entered
school must be reported TO the super
intendeni AT the end of each month,
during the compulsory period, a re-
port should be made of all absences
unexcuscd when any pupil has been
absent for three days without proper
excuse, send notice of such absence
10 the superintendent After par
enfs have received notice from the
superintendent any uneNcuscd absence
amounting to three days must he re-
ported to the superintendent, and TO
the truant officer for prompt prose-
cution.
g. Kindly preserve this note for
assistance In your part of the work.
Write for any Information YOU may
need at any time. II there rs any
urgent need for personal visit. we
will be glad 10 Qome 10 your call We
shall visit youf school as frequently
IS possible v fite for necessary sup
Pnes
With urst wishes for your success
am.
Respectfully yours
E. l.. Cross
p s. There will be meeting of
the teachers of our county in Whining
ton on Saturday October lS at 10
o'clock. for Organization. and as 70 gen
era conference on school subjects Dr.
Charles Wagner and others will be pres
cnt 20 assist and 10 make the confer
cncc pleasant aud helpful. We desire
70 make this a good year. and your co.
operation is absolutely essential TO this
end II is our desire to arrange for con
siderable local institute work, and this
viii be considered at length al this
meeting Our annual institute viii he
held in Dover. November -, l3, A..
Necessary arrangements will be made
at the conference in the Young Mems
Christian Association building ON Oc-
tober II. y. l.. c.
Several New Castle residents will
attend the funeral Of Mrs. Mary c..
Whitelock. of No 70i Poplar street.
Wilmington, which takes place sun
day afternoon. Mrs. Whiteiock was a
sister of Mrs. George Swan and of
William II. Whitelock.
Secretary A. l.. Gray. of the North
Indiana Conference. will preach al
the morning services In the Methodist
Church on Sunday He will address
the Sunday school and the Rev. E. c
Sunheld will preach az the evening
service General Secretary Ander.
son and j. G.. Woolloy will he her,
the following Sunday in the same
church. =,
Company H. Organized Militia o
J Delaware. will give another dance ii
the Armory this evening.
The Ladies Auxiliary Of Immanue
Church. will give a bake tomorrow foi
the benefit of the Sunday school build
ing fund.
: Chestnut hunting parties are now
numerous I'm some places chestnuts
are reported as being plentiful
Farmers arc about completing wheat
seeding.
Another delegation Of baseball en-
thuslasts went to see the game to-
day between the Athletics and the
Giants.
yINSINGER-TATMAN.
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