Milford chronicle., 1917-03-02
DELAWARE SCHOOLS
GET A LAMBASTING
Eederal Comnistioner OF Education 7 ellis
What He links Of System.

Ernited Etsf-= Commissioner 81 Elara-
eanu T.. g. Claaton, ast Friday told a
csaursutl11 ~ school commissioners from
an rars - fhe state held at the new
stafonr School near Wllm.rgrqn. Haat
Ee fA9le1t a Del4Eare-s educational
arrfem url hl- REMARKS Ware bF 90
means crrar -reentarg- he ailQ il part-
zone f1a auental need la Delaware
ea1ay b ta.t - an efficient system v
ssl1ue4tioa. --f-royeramelt and au educ
szz1ed people W.l speedily solve aI ques-
ei1n.a tha. aag arise. There ls 9uiF one
usav fa help The people and thar is uy
tralnlng Them % help themselves. Feed
q ruuper fesay. and he Is hungry again
aauaorrow EIlcate him ard give him
a chance o. H5rs Tor himself and he viii
ue i0uzer b- pauper. but becomes
r7eube- ~ -le working force d the com
znunlty
Outside ~ The cly Of Wilmington
raaze & oH.s ore private school IN the
state % Delaware
There Is a great need in this State q
a consolidated system Of public schools
E1zder the present system there is TOO
mach Wo-E for enc teacher and she is
gznzbie o. give -he WORK the attention il
aeede. She eHb has time % hear the
s.izsses Tuder ne present system there
b. not OIL an average of one hour % study
per dag hg tue pupils"
d. Caztlu advocated 2 county sgs-
rem o. school management rather than
che present local management.
You cannot run schools without
rszehe-s The teacher makes the school
AID the school IS no better than the
r=zcher To1 people 10 Delaware can get !
tbe best teachers II sou are willing 20
uay for Them
III the teacher IS unsEiled your money 4
Es wasted. the ehldreu's time is FILTERED .
away. and the taxpayers are cheated
The teachers % the state u Delaware T
are not up ~ the standard. I would con-
Elzer it an insult 70 you today L lied +
about the situation in Delaware. I was
requested % come here and tell you the
lxz1h. and that I propose doing
Turning 10 Dr. Wagner. who was seat
81 on The platform. Or. ClaIt0u asked
gshst percentage u the Delaware teach
crs were graduates ~ normal training
school
~only four per cent" replied Dr. I
Wagner
NE teacher who has not had at least
zu years ~ normal school training
a4lA DE LrHi.Haa-rHA I'd leatlL g'HAa
schools" said Dr. C-axtou "It would be
better % run The schools only Eve months
.- the year with good teachers. than nine
a1unrhs with poor ones
The average pay ~ a school teacher s.
-u Delaware Is 3zs3 u Is worth more
.a an educated man or woman 10 get in
Hln. In Jail sou get r-Ht free and your
board. which is considerably more than ,
zou1e ~ your teachers ger.
- school teacher VINO devotes bis 0r
her life t9 tEs work should BE- paid not
.zs fhan $500 per anHum-"
TT Caztol then proceeded t1 score
aoE- WHO prefer harding gD wealth and
=luse -a pes fhe.r r-aHo-'larate share ~
1zes fa- sa support ~ the public school
1sf-m
@lt Is far better rs- goa t1 spend your 2
ncrer r educating -rar children tfaa
a a.e and -a--- .- ta b ia- ~ arellc-te5 e.
an1-er va. au 1ot Snow how go care "a
r t properly
Edlea-o1 fo- the good of -h- state.
aat Tor t1a personal benefit 9f tae infI-
-5o1al
Delaware rs the only Stale III m- b
-rlon with q taxation system such q
80 have It is aatiqlated-" -"