Evening journal., 1915-06-25
CORN RAISING BY
STATE SCHOOL Pupils
Kent and Sussex County
Young People Engage
in Outdoor Work
DISTRICTS TO VOTE
ON CONSOLIDATION

A vote on a consolidation plan will
be taken in districts surrounding
Lewes Cross Roads. SUSSEX county,
on July 6. from TO o'clock p. m,
at the school houses.
Superintendent z. j. Hardesty OBJ
served the work OF the summer
school al the State College at Dover
on July IS and lectured 10 the school
in the evening on school Work in a
Democracy"
SUPERINTENDENT Carroll oversees the
work OF the summer school of the
State College at Dover. ie visits IL
frequently. He has made several ad-
dresses at the opening exercises, and
delivered an evening lecture on Ma
son and Dixon's Line
A vote on consolidation Will be
taken in Camden and Wyoming dis
tricts on June rs.
A meeting to consider and discuss
tentative plans for consolidation will
be held at Cheswold on Saturday,
July 10, at p. m, in the public
school. Cheswold, Moores, Disch and
Nelson districts are affected
The State Board Of Education has
adopted a High School course Of study
which IL to be followed by every High
School in the State. II is so arranged
that students having completed one
or more years Of WORK IN one school
are ready 10 enter the next higher
class in any high school in the state.
The examinations of pupils of rural
districts to enter town high schools
will be given In August at several
places in each county, and will be
directed by the county superlnten-
dents. Students who have already at
tended a town school will not be af-
fected. but all pupils entering such
for the first time must pass an ex-
animation to show they have COM
pleted at least the work of the sixth
grade as specified in the State course
of study. Times and places OF ex-
aminations will be duly announced
and rules governing the examinations
published
with the help Of enthusiastic
teachers. club work in corn raising
and etc. has been begun and Is now
we'll under way
Sussex county club members are
Corn Contest-Harry j. Short
Georgetown: Herbert Green, Green
wood
Vegetable contest-N -Nutter d. Mar
vel. Georgetown.
Kent county members are:
- James T. Tibhett. Smyrna: Samue
J-Powell. FELTON,; r. A. Todd. Viola
Paul II. Williams. Hart'y; Roy Deats
Dover Arthur Nelson. Hartly: Clin
ton H. Marvel. Dewey Sapp. William
Webster Winslow. James Wilson
Lloyd Armour. Arthur r. Wilson
Thomas Cahall, Edwin Wooters of
Houston; Odoth Brown. Thomas W
Howarth. r. Wolford Barney, Ever
tit Carter. Robert Fl. Thomas, Of Har-
rington; Ellwood Cruel, FELTON,
Frank Cordray, Pennington: John II
Cahall Fred Johnson. Hickman
Robert c. Begley, Milford: william
Nj. Killen. FELTON,, Raymond Artis
Dover; Thomas Poore Dover; Phil.
lip n. Marvel. Houston; Nelson NJ
Hammond, Viola; Gilbert Cosden
Wyoming; ]. II. Skewis, Milford
Garret w. Clifton, Pennington.
Members Of the Garden and Can
ming Club are:
J. Carlyle Smith, Dover; ANN
Townsend. Houston: Ethel Nelson
Edith Castner. Hartly: Bernice Phil
lips, Dorothy Poultnry. Lillian Poult
ney. Tilda NJ RASH. Bernice {
RASH Of Dover and Agnes r. John
son, Jesse NJ. Wharton. Clifford Maj
vel. Mildred Wells. Margaret Well
Of Houston
-These girls are IN for tho car
ming but do not have a garden. TIL
boys who grow vegetables do M
have 10 do canning. A great numbs
OF other girls have signifed their II
tention OF taking part IN the cannin
work when that season comes.
These contestants will be visite
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