Evening journal., 1917-10-09
Cooking School.
AGAIN This YEAR
Board of Education Accepts
Evening Journal Offer
OF Demonstration
WEEK OF NOV. a
IS AGREED ON

BY unanimous vote, the Board OF
Education last night accepted the Of
fer Of THE EVENING JOURNAL Com
pany to conduct the cooking school at
the High School during the week OF
November 4. Clarence j. Pyle, busl-
ness manager Of THE EVENING JOUR-
NAL Company, was granted the privl-
lege OF the floor, and. after inviting
the attention Of the members TO the
benefits which had been derived by
Wilmington women from the courses
OF the last two years, conducted under
the auspices Of this paper, stated that
this paper would arrange for the SER
vices Of Mrs. Helen II. Downing, for
that week, should the selection meet
with the approval Of the board.
Mr.. Pyle explained that there was no
commercial or advertising advantages
to be derived from this school, but that
10 was TO be held this year, as former
lly purely as an educational PROPOSE
ton. lie said that the teacher of the
domestic science class had told him
thBt her scholars had derived much
benefit from these classes, where the
scholars did almost all Of the actuaI
cooking. The average attendance at
these classes, he said, ranged from 500
TO 500 women each afternoon.
Tho matter also was referred 10 the
High School committee, which in
stantly held an impromptu meeting,
and granted the permission requested
For the committee on janitors, Mr..
Rommoll reported that there was a va
cancy as ianitor OF School No. Z, due
10 the retirement Of Thomas Bacon
from that position. Thomas p. Far
mer was elected 20 MI the vacancy.
City Treasurer Banks reported Sii2,-
9620i I'm the current expense fund,
and Si03, ,i7227 in the special fund.
Report was made that there had
been no coal furnished TO No. 6
School as yet. and that it was neces-
sary 10 burn wood to heat the school.
The contractor viii be asked for an
explanation.
Mr.. Souder reported on the visit OF
Superintendent Scott and himself to
schools in New Jersey, and President
Miller, told Of visit he had made TO
the Howard High School, during the
past week. at the invitation Of the
principal, Miss Edwina 3. Kruse, and
Of how pleased he was TO note the
wonderful work being done there.
For some time there has been much
delay in attending to minor repairs at
the various schools, and during the
meeting 70 developed that there was
a bylaw TO the effect that these mat
ters should he reported at once TO the
secretary's office. The board directed
that Superintendent Scott should notify
the principals that this bylaw must
ne observed in future.
Upon the motion Of Or. Cooper, the
board directed that the schools should
be closed on Columbus Day, which
falls on Friday next.
Mr.. Souder announced that the new
buildings committee would hald a spe-
clal meeting at the Office Of Superin-
tendent Scott, at 2 o'clock on We'd
nesdav afternoon, TO take up the mat
tor of the disposition Of the property
at No. 222 West street, where the board
had intended TO locate a school for
Negro children.
The salaries Of officers and ianitors,
amounting to S2S7i.95, and teachers
salaries Of S27,37s.99 were allowed.
DR.. Cooper made a detailed report
Of the operations Of the lunch depart
ment at the High School, which de-
veloped that this department had been
self-sustaining during the past year.
DR. Banton informed the board that
during 1914, 1915 and 1915 the re-
CENTS at the lunch room at the How
ard School had paid for both the
luncheon materials and those used
in the domestic science department at
that school. He said that because
OF the necessity for increasing the
prices 10 the children, the daily
iuncheons had declined from 15O a.
day to so. He urged that the benefits
Of this lunch room in teaching the
children what to eat and how to eat
IT. far exceeded the benefits to be
gained by making the lunch rooms
self-sustaining. He argued that this
was a valuable form Of education, in
which he was supported by DIT. Wash
burn and other members.
Or. Washburn urged that the salary
Of Mrs. Dayett, in charge OF the High
School lunch room. should be. paid
from the appropriation for teachers
salaries as her work falls absolutely
under this category. He said he de
sired to make II clear that he was
not opposed to the administration Nof
fha lunch rom, vyI,fcf hs, conoidorod