Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1914-05-15

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the water closets were in the same class
but clean. No improvements have been
made since the last inspection. The
building needs painting badly the under
pinning needs closing up to stop out
cold draughts, the interior needs a coat
OF light paint TO make the room more
cheerful. This must be taken up at the
] school meeting in June.
No. 50. Oak Grove, Sour Apple Tree.
IN Milford Neck The conditions here were
satisfactory and no recommendations
were thought necessary by the County
Commission at this time Miss Laura
Postles shad kept the school very clean.
No. 100. Potash. Located west of
Harrington. a fair building with little
attention given It by the local school
board. The teacher, Miss Grace Masten,
has kept the building very clean. One
water closet is very poor and the other
has long since disappeared. The furni-
ture is old and carved by former children.
A few new desks are very noticeable
among the old badly dishgured ones. The
| people of this district should vote to ex-
pend at least 500 on their school before
another school year starts, by making it
| better in every way.
No. 104. Forest Lane,or Il little Dutch"
School, is located near FELTON,, and it
has been well used by the people of the
district so far as supplying children to
fill it with. The building is a fair to
good one, and the grounds are satisfac-
tory from a general standpoint. The
closets are verv good and the sanitary
conditions of the school are from fair to
good The furniture is old, much carved
and could be made more attractive by
having the tops of desks plaued off and
.revarnished, which we recommend. A
coat of paint would also make a great
come. Better take this matter up at the
next school election and raise sufficient
money to do it all.
No. 40. Laws Chapel. Near Fred
erica. Located in a fine cedar grove,
the building is in good condition. and a
system of ventilation is used which helps
wonderfully to keep the sanitary condi-
tons of the room good Furniture and
outbuildings are fair to good. New black
boards should be placed in this school
before another school year opens. The
clerk Mr.. Robbins, is a good friend of
public schools, and gives this his atten-
ton. Leon NJ Bennett is the teacher.
No. III. Disches. Near Cheswold.
This sch0ol is favorable to joining with
Cheswold, but there were conditions
which would have worked hardship to
have made the consolidation earlier. The
building has been painted inside and out.
and the general conditions are very good.
Miss Ella Catterson is the teacher, and
she has kept the sanitary conditions very
good.
No. ll2. Viola Town. This is a mo-
del two-room school building, almost
new. 1t is of brick with cellar heater,
but their contractor made a bad job OF
plastering. The ceilings should have
metal ceilings take the place of the pres
ent badly plastered ones. Miss Annie
Cow is making the school bright and at
tractive.
No. 1l3 and 1l33. Town of Wyoming.
The word good" needs to be written
plain and distinctly for these schools.
Three teachers; all live wires; compose
the teaching corps. A. {. Campbell,
Miss Sarah ZONES and Miss Downham are
responsible for the work and the general
results obtained in the school. Since the
last inspection, the shutters have been
removed from the entire building, and
iron frames with galvanized wire grating
replaced them. A new iron fence has
enclosed the grounds. A lot of the desks
which had been carved by previous gen
erations of pupils, have been taken to
the carpenter and replaned and revarn-
ished. and now look ike new desks. The
cd
and the commissioners are preparing to
replace all old furniture with new desks.
The floors are oiled and no dust arises to
the air the children breathe.
They have a good ianitOr supplied to
them, and the school shows good house
keeping. This is a sample of how schools
should be maintained, and the nearby
town Of Camden would do well to pattern
after them.
No. ia. Hazels. At the northwest
ern corner Of Kent county near the Mary
land and New Castle County line This
is we'll conducted school and kept in
good sanitary condition bv the teacher,
Miss Clarkson. Since the last inspection
the clerk has had the building painted
and fixed a wood house The next thing
needed is a new floor. Everything was
very neat and clean.
No. IFS. Town of Marydel. This
school was at one time joined by act of
The Delaware Legislature for school pur-
poses. with that part of Marydel, which
Is i'm the State of Maryland, and the
schools thus conducted were very salts
factory. but a discordant element got into
The school board in the Delaware side, !
and the schools separted. The building
was enlarged to accommodate the child |
rem. and in the winter season its capacity I!
& reached. Miss BERTHE 0. Wood is the
teacher, and she has kept the sanitary
conditions very good. The building now
needs painting and a new floor; but it
would be better to consolidate with the
MARYLAND side and conduct a graded |
school in a much larger and better ar
ranged school building already there.
No. 116. Woodland Beach. This school |
has been cut off by reason of a washing |
mt of the causeway leading from the
mainland to the island on which the
school stands. The children attend the /
1eiphboring schools on the mainland
while the people of the island maintain
heir school separate from the balance OF
he district.
No. III. Saxtons School. Near Bowers
Reach. This has always been one Of the
,est conducted schools in the county and