Newark post., 1913-04-02
Girls !ridu striaI School,

There is To b. an effort at the
special session OF tn" Legislature.
which convcnrs OF the Ith Of April
20 reconsider the bill appropriate
ing So. 900 this year and like
amount fol. the following Year fo"
the extension. improvement ami
maimteluucr of The Delaware In
du~trial School for Girls. The re
lief to be afforded by this bill is Vi
tai 10 the school : Successful con-
tinuance in the important service
il has been rendering for years.
The Delaware Industrial School
is State institution. and il is en-
titled to such a>>istanc" from iii"
Stat" as will enable lis managers 10
carry ont the vital purpo>" for
which it was created. That liz
needs are urgent Is shown by the
fact that its normal capacity Is for
thirty girls. yet it is NoW housing
and taking care OF nearly sixty
girls. ThrsA girls uIs' crowded TO-
grthnr in q most gmWio."~om"
manner. One room intended for
an an infrmary and badly needed
for that PURPOSE has been convert
ed into Il dormitory. and eighteen
girls are crowded into ii. They
can h" accommodated only by the
u>n Of loubip-dpckrr beds placed
clos" together. IN eight suait
rooInS. Designed for our h.-I each.
has been necessary 70 pat two beds.
and thrumt the whole school tn"
same coug.stpd condition prevails.
It is quite impossible to establish
and enforce proper sanitary rrgu-
iatl"u, in th"s" circumstances. Th"
health Of the girls at the school j.
important 10 their moral and m"H-
tM Development. and the mauag"r.
0i Inc Institution should not be r.
quirrd 10 attempt Inc impossible IN
their efforts, TO property maHagr d
State institution.
Kent and Su~SrN counties are as
much Interested in The Delaware
Industrial School for Girls as is
New Castle county. \ large pro
portion of the girls at the school
com" from the lower counties. more
in fact than enough 10 utilize half
lis normal capacity During the
past year four girls from the town
Of Sratord alone have been COM
mittrd to the School. and other
dowm-Statn towns are we'll repre-
SrUtr,l.
The Levy court of New Castle
county contributes forty cents
day for each girl in the school
from this county. and while the
court endorses the bill above REFER
rect 10 it will romtmH" to contribute
10 the support Of the school. Ga
tn" other hand. Kent and Sussex
contribute nothing to the main
trnancr Of the school. not even pay
img the railroad fare of girls sent
from those counties To the institu-
ton. It is not asked that they con-
tribute such support, except in
general way by approving the bill.
which will be again broght 10 the
attention Of the Legislature at the
special session. and if the situation
is once clearly understood il is not
doubted that such support will be-
extended.
The enlargement of the school
is Il sanitary measure. necessary Ia
the health Of the pupils; it is a
moral measure. having vital bear
ing upon the future Of the girls
sent there to rrcriVr the benefits il
is expected to afford. and which il
Will afford If mrHnS are provided
for lis proper maintenance: il is an
economic measure. for whatever
cOnScrvcS tn" energies Of the STATE.
spiritual. moral and physical. must
necessarily result III ii saving.
1t is proposed To move the school
to ii location where it will
have more outdoor advantages. and
Il desirable tract OF twcnty-seven
acres at tlaymont has been dOnat-
~ ''' ''''t Iti l''''' NiIothtl w
ject i'll seeking more room for the
school is that it will enable the
managers TO divide the institution
into two buildings, and thereby
separate the older and more sophis-
ticated girls from the younger ones.
This is of extreme Importance and
would add TO the efficiency Of the
school as a moral agent to degree
that can hardly be overcstimatcd.
In fact. there is every argument
in favor Of giving TO The Della
ware Industrial School for Girls
the appropriation that is being ask
ed for. And there is no reason
why the Legislature should not
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