Evening journal., 1916-03-08
KENT LEVY Court
ELECTS OFFICIALS
State Educators Arrange iOr
Many Spelling Bees
Next Year
PARENT TEACHERS
MEETINGS POPULAR

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER, Dell March Sat the rcgi-
lar monthly meeting OF Kent County's
levy Court yesterday, county consta-
blcs. road supervisors, collectors. etc,
were elected
Constablcs chosen were. First Repre-
sentative district. Ezekiel Slaughter.
smyrna; second. ". II. ). Davis, Dover
third, John NJ. Good, Kcnton; fourth,
Elisha Wright, llartly; fifth, Frank
Nausant. Dover; sixth, Harvey Moore.
Willow Grove; seventh. j. Evans Cook,
Cander eighth, David Robbins. Fred
erica; ninth, NJ. 7. Adams, Harrington;
tenth, larry \inyard, Milford
Road supervisors chosen were. First
district, John ". Ford. smyrna; second,
iienry fcnnmorc. Lcipsic. third. Robert
j.. Lloyd. kcnton. fourth William f..
lluinal, West Dover; fifth, &. G.. Dar-
ling. Dover. sixth, Thomas Meredith,
Petersburg seventh. Peter :. Brown,
Wyoming eighth, Elijah +. Melvin,
lrederica: ninth. James Frank Graham;
tenth. Wilbcrt Pearson.
lqil commissioner were selected as
follow. W. p. Stewart. G.. D. Jackson,
James y. Carson, all of Dover
5 delegation from Milford hundred
appeared before the court asking for the
Improvement Of strip of road in that
hundred. The court ordered the cngi-
nccr TO- visit the road and make recon-
mcudatiou>
AZ a conference OF the county SUI
pcrintcndcnts with the State Com
missioner OF Education, DR.. Charles
a Wagner here yesterday. further
consideration OF high school text
hook lists occupied the attention Of
he meeting.
II was decided in connection with
nest years Institutes. that each SUI
perintendent will hold spelling
matches for high school and gram
mar grades. After the county win
ncrg have been determined. It is prob
able that a match between the win
ners I'm each county will be arranged
for a State championship trophy.
Dr. ClaXton. United States Commits
sionor of Education. has agreed 10
attend the teachers Institutes in Del
aware next fall.
The county superintendent OF Kent
and Sussex counties reported consid-
cradle interest i'm the matter Of warm
noon lunches and knew OF schools
where tho work had been begun and
was running successfully and salts
factorily.
Ir the compilation to be made from
tho teachers annual reports. it was
agreed that library statistics and
physical conditions Of school proper
tics be included in the tabulation.
An interesting report has been
compiled by Dr. Charles A. Wagner,
of the Parent-Teachers' Association
ri the end Of January. 1916. showing
the number OF associations holding
meetings IN the three counties of
Delaware. etc. Following is the sum-
mary:
Number OF associations: New Castle
county. 20 white. cOlored; Kent
county. Q white. IA colored: Sussex
county % white 9 colored. Total
number Of meetings held. 81.
Humber Of meetings held. l9S white
G5 colored. Total attendance at meet
ings. 744 white. 1,046 colored. Aver
age attendance for meetings. 81 white
16 colored.
Number OF meetings planned FOR
year after January 81. 2O3 white, 81
colorod: probable attendance of al
meetings for year. 1881 white. 2,37i
rolored: total number Of members
2.O1S white. $50 colored. Average
membership. 40 white. 20 colored.
William Benson, colored. who has
been held in the Kent county jai
here for the past three weeks await
ing the result OF the injuries Of Oliver
Martin. also colOred. whom Benson
shot on the Lanerty farm. near Leip
SIC. Del. was given a hearing yester
lay and held in $500 bail for court.
Colonel Nicholas r. Johnson. owner
of Coon Dem near Pennington.
director Of the Delaware Railroad il
recovering from injuries sustained b!
fall.
Examination OF pupils for entrance
TO approved high schools in the STATE
will be held in the high schools o
each county on May 6. 1916. The prin
cipal Of each school will be i'm charge
of the examinations.
Commissioner of education OF tn
United States. has decided to puhlisl
and distribute the Parent-Teachers
Handbook. prepared and published b.
DIR. Charles A. Wagner as the bullctil
~ the Bureau Of Education i'm the hi
vision of Homo Education