Middletown transcript., 1915-08-07
EDUCATED EXPERTS
Delaware VIII Reap Many Benefits
From Educational Standpoint
A RURAL SCHOOL SURVEY

With vie of making the citizen
ship of of Delaware model for other
States to follow, the United States
Bureau of Education has selected it as
the survey field to carry out many new
educational projects. While many OF
the plans are of an experimental nature
they are virtually sure to be successful
and Delaware will reap many benefits
from an educational standpoint. The
Government will send staff of prob
ably 60 experts in various lines here
starting early in September to conduct
the surveys, which may take several
wears to finish. United States Com
missioner of Education, DIR. 7. T.
Claxton, is especially interested in the
project and his experts will work IN CO.
operation with the recently organized
Delaware Cooperative Educational AS
sociation in carrying out the survey
plans. The work will be done without
any cost whatever to the State. 1t is
the greatest project that the educa-
tional department of the Federal
Government has ever attempted, and is
looked on as the greatest advantage
that has ever come ito any State from
an educational viewpoint. After the
plans have been perfected here they
will no doubt be inaugurated in other
States and the work will attract in
ternatlonal attention. Commissioner
Glaxton selected Delaware for the
survey field because of the many ad-
vantages that the State offered for this
line of work.
COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION
The plan was first discussed between
Commissioner Claxton, DR.. Charles A.
Wagner, and DIR. Samuel G. Mitchell,
president of Delaware College, some
months ago. AS a result of these talks
a conference was called and Delaware
Cooperative Educational Association
formed with Prof. Harry Hayward head
of the agricultural department of Della
ware College. Tentative plans were
then made for this association to CO.
operate with the government in carry
ing on the work Since that time Prof.
Hayward, DIR. Wagner, President Nit
chel and others have been working hard
with the government representatives
so as to get the main work started with
the beginning of the next school year.
COMMUNITY CIVICs TO BE TAUGHT
One of the first pieces of work to be
started late in August will be under
taken by Dr. Arthur w. Dunn and as
sistants from the Bureau of Education
who will spend the entire school year il
Delaware demonstrating the plan o1
teaching community civics. This will
mean the instruction in the public
schools of the State of the pupils OF al
ages, but especially those above IL year,
of, age, not only in an understanding
and appreciation of the form of Stat
and national government and govern
mental activities, but also in all tn
civic and community activities tina
touch and shape the life of the citizel
and community. Another importan
y work that is being mapped out is an in
dustrial survey This will be in charg
of DR.. William j. Bawden, of the Fed
eral Bureau of Education. He will com
to Delaware early in September.
RURAL SCHOOL SURVEY
The next will come the rural scho(
survey in which some of the creates
experts on rural school management
the country will be engaged, Dr. FougE
a government expert, will be in charg
of the work. For years he has stood 9
the head on matters pertaining to tn
rural school. He will bring a staff {
experts with him and it is the plan
visit every rural school in Delaware
The home environment of the ruri
child is another study that is to
taken up early in the fall. The govern
ment has experts trained in this pa
tlcular line and in the study will seek
find out the environment of the child I
the home.
SCHOOLS AND THEIR BETTERMENT
DR.. Warren Wilson, the rural churC
expert of New York, will have chare
,of staff of experts, who will make
study of the rural church in Delawar
and from the data gathered make su
gestons as to the betterment of rur
churches. DIR. Merriam, of the Ch
.dren's Bureau of the Department
Commerce and Labor, of which Mi
Lathrop is chief, is making plans to b
gin survey of the mentally defecti
of the State.