Evening journal., 1916-12-14
CHANGERS OPPOSE
School LAW CHANGES
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State should be more determined
than ever to endorse all measures,
pertaining thereto.
Delaware College in all It's branch
es. under the management of Presi-
dent Mitchell and his able corps OF
assistants and the most generous
financial help recently rendered. viii,
we believe, be placed I'm the front
rank Of the educational institutions
OF our country.
I'VE highly commend the work of
the county agents in pushing the
work among the boys and girls of
our public schools in the rural dis
tricts.
Much was said in last years re-
port concerning the work OF Miss
! Elizabeth Jefferson. domestic science
worker in Delaware: we would
heartily endorse this work and say
that the work is progressing finely.
we endorse the proposition OF
( health inspection OF our public school
: children, but do not think the aver
age teacher competent or has the
time for such service.
We are not IN favor of raising sal
aries or making more educational Of
ficials on salary in our State until the
teachers IN the primary and intermedi-
ate grades Of our public school, some
Of whom are teaching for as low as
S2l0 per year, paying half Of that for
board, are better compensated.
We do not know that we need a
new system until the old system is
NJ vi Pa Ha1 hnf no
money required to thoroughly revise
and give us a new system. might be as
well or better used in perfectlng the
present system. In whatever we have
there are some things vitality needed
uniform grading throughout
Our high schools should be institu-
tons OF practical instruction and rot
college preparatory schools, thereby
catering to a possible or per cent
OF the patrons OF these schools. caus-
ing a loss OF 70 per cent. OF our pu-
pills between the eighth grade and the
senior high school year Some plan
should be devised whereby our boys
and girls can take a course fitting
them for the teaching profession. We
can't all send our boys to Delaware
College or our girls to the Women's
College. We are part, a vital part, OF
this commonwealth. and are only ask
ing to be protected in our rural
schools In many instances children
are teaching children and while this
lasts we cannot expect or hope 10 rise
from the ignominous place we hold in
the illiteracy column Of our country's
N intelligence.
The teachers are not wholly at
fault the only pedagogical training
they receive is at the summer school
six weeks, that further depletes their
salary by a month OF more and II is
easy to see why they are not more
anxious to attend. Something is wrong
when a child attends school 10 OF ~
| years, graduates with a possible SO
or 60 per cent. and in six weeks at a
summer school, brings that average
TO rs or IS per cent Why not give
MS summer school methods through
out We believe all this could have
been done. can be done and should
have been done under the present sys
, TEN.
The following resolution reported b
the committee ON legislation wa
adopted;
''rhat the state Grange Of Delawar
I HEREBY asks that the General Assemhl
Of this State pass two measures, on
, providing for a graduated inherifanc
tax for State purposes. and anothe
equalizing taxation for county pun
poses. in which all real and persona
property shall be taxed alike withou
regard TO the form IN which IL exists.
The committee on transportation In
report opposed the demurrage charge
nv railroads and also demanded redres
for the shortage Of cars. In conclusio
the report SAYS
We are also emphaticallv opposed {
' the s. per day dsmurrage law OF do
murrage proposition. which goes int
effect the frs Of next month. We cor
slider it an outrage upon the shipper w
also ask for better mail service "a
! the lower end Of the State
> The committee on agriculture ais
made an interesting report.