Newark post., 1915-03-31
EDUCATIONAL SUR
VEY in DELAWARE
Continued from page l.

for the work being planned. He
stated that while Delaware was
small it had more white people
for its one college than other col
leges have. He said, There are
more than 600 colleges in the
United States, which is one col
lege for every 100000 inhabitants,
and without the negro, one for
every 125,0O0 to 100000. The av-
erage attendance at these colleges
in the United States is 500. You
have here 100000 inhabitants to
draw from and if, considering you
have no normal school, you had
your average you would have be-
tween $50 and 800 students and if
you had as high an average as
some states you would have from
1000 to 1900 students and there is
no reason why you should not have
that amount.
you have an advantage here
over most other states. There is
only one college. All the interests
of the State centers around the
three counties. The women's clubs
the Grange and other organiza-
tions can easily get together. Two
thirds of the population of the
State can get to Delawre College
in half an hour. If you have any
rich men, and you have, who want
to endow, there is but one college
to endow. You are close together
for all agencies to get out and
work. You have an opportunity
that does not offer itself in any
other place in the United States.
You are rich, there being but little
poverty in the state and there is a
chance to get mole for your col
lege and in time make is a univer-
sity. If the agencies represent
ed here at this meeting will get to-
gether they can make Delaware a
cultural state Time has come
when we can make culture for all
the people,"
DR.. Claxton, when told there
were more than 800 rural schools
in the state, stated that that was
twice too many, as many of them
could be consolidated and better
results accomplished.
DR.. Charles A. Wagner, State
Commissioner of Education; Mrs
Alfred D. Warner; Dean Winifred
J. Robinson, of the Women's Col
lege of Delaware; Professor Wes-
ley Webb, secretary of the State
Board of Agriculture, and repre-
senting the State Grange; Profes-
sor Charles Scott, superintendent
of Wilmington Public Schools
Frederick Brady, of the State
Board of Education; DR.. E. L
Cross, superintendent of New Gas
tie county schools; DR.. E. A
Frantz, secretary of the State
Board Of Health; DR.. George w
Marshall, a trustee Of DelaWre
College, and others heartily ap
proved the plan.
Several ministers present, in
Guiding the Rev. Joel S. Gilfillar
and the Rev. r. l.. Jackson, de
clared that they thought the
churches would support the plar
both with influence and from the
pulpit.
Commission Claxton discussed {
new branch his bureau is expert
menting with known as home-mak
ing. He stated that it would be ;
good thing if the bureau can ge
some knowledge of home making
to those who make homes and salt
this idea could be carried out will
money received under the Leve
bill.
After being out from some tim
the committee presented the fol
lowing report which was adopted
1t is the understanding OF tn
committee that some method is de
sired of concentrating the educs
tional forces of the State OF Dels
ware for the purpose of betterin
the educational condition OF tn
State. With this obpect in MINI
it isour belief that such a concel
tration of educational forces
feasible and desirable. In tf
event that any educational NOV
ment from without the sta
should desire to cooperate Wi
the various educational forces
the commonwealth, we believe tn
there should be some sort of pc
manent organization to facillta
such cooperation. In the maui
of securing legislation for a b'
ter educational system for t
state, such an organization cou
be ina position to WELD a poW'