Newark post., 1915-07-28
NATIONAL EDUCATORS
COME TO DELAWARE
Plans For Next Fall Made
Public

L ldllS VI Vic bCloN al y So-OPSheN
tive Educational Association or
ganized several months ago for the
purpose of cooperating with the
United States Bureau of Educa-
ton which department is. to make
Delaware a survey field for educa-
tional advancement, have pro-
gressed to a point where it is pos
sible to give a definite program of
the exact character of the work to
be undertaken next fall. DR.. P.
P. Claxton. the United States Com
missioner of Education, will send
large staff of experts that may
number as many as fifty here to
carry out the survey plans and ac-
tual work will be started the last
of August or thefrst of September.
This work is to be carried on
without any cost to the State and
will attract international atten-
tion to Delaware. The proposition
of making Delaware survey field
for the Federal Bureau of Educa-
ton was first discussed between
DR.. Samuel C. Mitchell, president
of Delaware College and DR..
Charles A. Wagner, the State Com
missioner of Education with Com
missioner ClaXton, some months
ago. The latter saw great ad-
vantages to his department in the
proposition and became much in
terested. Following these talks
that DR.. Mitchell and DR.. Wagner
had with Commissioner Claxton, a
conference of all the educational
agencies of the State was called
last spring. This conference was
held at Delaware College and was
attended by representatives of the
oranges, State Federation of Wo-
mems Clubs, the public schools of
Wilmington, the county schools,
the Parent-Teachers Association
and in fact every civic association
of the State interested in educa-
tional advancement. AS a result
of this conference the Delaware
Cooperative Educational Associa-
ton was formed with Dean Harry
Hayward, of the agricultural de-
partment of Delaware College as
president and tentative plans were
mapped out for starting the work
These plans have been progress
ing rapidly and in fact some of the
actual work has already been done
Commissioner Claxton attended
this conference and was greatly
enthused over the manner in which
the people of Delaware had jump
ed at the proposition. He explain
ed that he was anxious to make
Delaware the survey field because
of many advantages that the Stat
had for this line of work. He salt
it was ideally located and the fac
of it having a comparatively small
compact citizenship who ar
united in their efforts to realiz
on all the potentialities OF tn
commonwealth made it an idea
state for the project.
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The benefits of this work t
Delaware will be felt in numerou
ways and it will no doubt tax
several years to complete the Va
rious surveys. While many of tn
projects will be experiments
there is every assurance that the
will he successful and DelaWar
will have the benefit OF then
Through this great work it is e!
pected that the State will be mao
an educational model and one &c
other States to follow, for If the
projects prove a success here the
will naturally be taken up l
other states.
When the studies have all bee
made the vast amount of data tht
will have been accumulated WI
be in a position to supply tf
General Assembly and State U
fcers with accurate data that WI
enable them to make plans lookln
toward the betterment OF OF
schools, our churches and to NAL
ing the citizenship of Delaware
model that can be used by our ST
fer States. As has been stated a
this work will be done withol
cost to the State and it is locke
on as the greatest advantage tn;
anv state has ever had from a
educational standpoint.
Community Civics Survey First
Possibly one of the first piece
of work that will be started late
August will be undertaken by D
Arthur w. Dunn, and assistants
the Bureau of Education, who wi