Evening journal., 1917-01-06
news HAPPENINGS
ABOUT NEW CASTLE
Monthly Meeting Of School
and Home Association
Last Night
PHYSICIANS BUSY
FIGHTING GRIP
Special to THE EVENING JoURNAL.


NEW CASTLE, Jan. 6.-Proposed
school legislation wns discussed at
length at the monthly meeting of the
school and Home Association in the
High school auditorium last night Pro
fcssol Henry n. Hay presented a paper
in which he supported some Of Tie pro
noscd changes and condemned Others.
and Professor George T. Count, who &C.
cupies the chair Of pedagogy at Della
ware College. spoke OF "Some Recent
Tendencies in American Education
Mrs. p. y. Lightucr, president OF the
association. presided at the meeting
II was stated that il all these pro
posed matters are adopted by the Leg
islature radical changes in the scnool
laws of Delaware will result. Among
the changes which the state Board OF
Education will ask for will be a perma-
nent card systcm record OF pupils work 4;
relieving schools that arc too large;
assistants for county superintendents;
the establishment Of standard require
monts of conditions for schools; basing
the nroportion Of State dividend given
school disri,t on its percentage OF at
tendance Of tho children; minimum at
tendance law based on age and grade
of pupil; Stae payment towards cost
of tuition of an high school pupils the
appointment # q high school inspector
Who shall he an assistant 10 the COM
missioner Of dlucation; more exact re
mort OF cash received and expended by
school distrits; regular health inspec-
tion Of schoo children by their teachers :
pormission br county teachers' insti-
trte= to he held Jointly or combined in
any county Of the State: increase OF
salary for ihe county superintendents;
! revision of plan of management of the
/ financial afairs Of colorcd schools; the
/ establishment Of text book depository
within the state where schools could
order and ec1re regular supplies Of text
books. Fd the revision Of the entire
school svaem Of Delaware, the state
board Vii propose that commission
be appointed. =,
! C'burh. at Kirkwood. tomorrow NJ
ternoon9the Rev. John Fl. BeauchamP
u ID istor Of Nazareth VI. e. Church
viii asst the pastor. the Rev. o. 5
| NValtorl in raising funds to pay for nm
| rroveuthts which have been made.
.rwokvell known colored residents died
tbis eek. Susie Gibbs, - years old
Of Ndl17 North Fourth strest, died IN
The hlaware Hospital Wednesday and
will be buried this afternoon m the
Tocttood cemetery at Dover. Wesley
Rro,n. - years old, Of No. ia North
Fo,,th street. died Thursday. HIS fu
nori will he held tomorrow afternoon
a. he colored church At Christiena, and
intrment will be made IN the cemetery
the.
tiblerlv bad here and street cars anC
afomobilcs lighted up at o'clock
Physicians are kept busy attending
rtients IN with grip and pneumonia.
/ he grin has assumed the proper
ons OF an epidemic similar to the
! ipidemic that visited this section
= .hree or four years ago Pneumonia
Ia proving fatal TO many. Mrs. WI
3liam steele is ill with pneumonia
while Or. Elmer y. Cross is one Of the
latest TO be stricken with the grip.
A meeting Of tax payers has been
called for Thursday evening In the
town hall when contemplated street
improvements will be discussed. The
paviug Of Fourth street Is being agi
iatcd and this will be talked over at
the meeting together with plans for
raising the necessary funds.
Mrs. Alexander Goudiss is visiting
friends In New York. She mas been
arro,r cfnro Cfhristmae
The members Of the FIRST Baptist
Church have changed the Friday
nigh, prayer service 20 Thursday
nights during the months Of January
and February. The service had beer
held on Friday night for forty years
Girls Of the Camp Fire are produo
ing a play entitled Betty wales
Girls" to be given early next month
Because Of the weather conditions
on Wednesday night the session O.
the members OF the New Castle
] Grange, No. 81, Patrons Of Husbandry
was postponed until Wednesday nigh
noxt AT the home Of Mr.. and Mrs
/ wilkinson f. Cranston, on the STATE
Road. -,
Miss Anna F. Henderson of thi
cuv and Howard NJ Kirby OF WI
/ mington. were married January l. D.
the Rev. ]. L. Johnson OF Wilmington