Smyrna times., 1915-08-04
BIG EDUCATIONAL PROJECT
PLANNED FOR DELAWARE
us. s.GOVERNMENT SELECTS THIS
STATE To TRY EXPERIMENTS
Omitted States Experts, Aided BY Lead
ers Of State, Will Make Sociolog-
ioal Surveys of Commonwealth

l.
ers OF State, Will Make Sociolog-
ical Surveys of Commonwealth
With view of making the citizen
Ship Of Delaware a model for other
States to follow. the United States
Bureau of Education has selected il
as the survey field to carry out many
new educational projects. While
many of the plans are Of an expert.
mental nature they are virtually sure
TO be successful and Delaware will
reap many benefits from an education
al standpoint. The Government will
send a staff of probably 60 experts
IN various lines here starting early in
September to conduct the surveys.
which may take several years 10
finish. United States Commissioner
Of Education. DR.. P. P. Claxtop. is
especially interested in the project
and his experts will work in ca. opera
tion with the recently organized Del
aware Cooperative Educational As.
sociation in carrying out the survey
plans. The work will be done with
out any cost whatever to the State.
1t Is the greatest project that the ed
ucatiOnal department of the Federal
Government has ever attempted. and
IS looked on as the greatest advan-
tage that has ever come t. 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
international attention. Cornmmis-
sioner Claxton selected Delaware for
the survey field because of the manv
advantages that the State offered for
this line of work.
Delaware Cooperative Association
The plan was fist discussed be-
tween Commissioner Claxton. DR..
Charles a. Wagner. and Or. Samuel
z. Mitchell. president of Delaware
College. some months ago. As a re.
suit OF these talks a conference was
called and p Delaware Co-operative
Educational Association formed with
Professor 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
Professor Hayward. DR.. Wagner.
President Mitchell and others have
been working hard with the govern
ment representatives so as to get the
main work started with the begin
ming 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 un-
dertaken by DR.. Arthur W. Dunn and
assistants from the Bureau Of Educa-
tion. who will spend the entire school
year in Delaware demonstrating the
plan Of teaching community civics.
This will mean the instruction in the
public schools Of the State Of the pu-
pills of all ages. but especially those
above u years Of age. not only in an
understanding and appreciation of |
the form of State and national gov.
ernment and governmental activities.
but also in all the civic and commun.
ity activities that touch and shape the
life of the citizen and community.
Another important work that is being |
m appel out is an industrial survey.
This will be in charge Of DR.. Will |
liam j. Bawden. of the Federal Bureau
Of Education. He will come to Della
ware early in Septmeber.
Rural School Survey to Be Taken.
The next will come the rural |
school survey in which some of the
greatest experts on rural school man.
agement in the country will be en-
gagged, DR.. Fought, a government ex-
pert, will be in charge of the work.
For years he has stood at the head on
matters pertaining to the rural school.
He will bring a staff Of experts with
him and it is the plan to visit every
rural school in Delaware The home
environment Of the rural child is an
other study that is to be taken up
early in the fall. The government
has experts trained in this particular
llne and in the study will seek to
find out the environment of the child
at the home.
Rural Schools and Their Bet,ermept.
DR.. Warren Wilson. the rural
church expert Of New York. will
have charge of a staff Of experts. who
will make a study Of the rural church
IN Delaware and from the data gath
cred make suggestions as to the bet
terment Of rural churches. DR..
Merriam. Of the Children's Bureau
OF the Department of Commerce and
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