Newark post., 1918-08-21
and few arrived during the after

! For the morning sessions the In
at.tute is divided into Primary,
Grammar, High School and Rural
sections each meeting in a separ-
ate room for a two hour program
adapted to it's peculiar needs, IN
the late morning, the afternoon
and the evening, joint sessions are
held in Wolf Hall, when matter OF
general educational interest are
discussed.
On Monday afternoon at the first
general session, Miss Henrietta NJ.
Smedley Of Philadelphia, who has
charge of the music for the Insti-
tute, directed the singing. DR.. Will
liam J. Rowan after a short scrip
ture reading, led in prayer. Dr..
Samuel C. Mitchell, president OF
| Delaware College, welcomed the
teachers on behalf of the towns
people and the college. He urged !
the teachers to feel that the col
lege belongs to them and to the
people of the State. Dr.. Arthur r.
Spaid, Commissioner of Education,
responded on behalf of the Insti-
tute and introduced Miss Morgan
: of Wilmington, who. explained the
/ courses of study in various war
activities given by the Red Cross
in the various instruction centers
= throughout the state. DR.. P, P.
: Claxton, Commissioner of Educa-
i ton, Washington, D. c., on Mon
: day evening in Wolf Hall delivered
I an address on "The Little Dem
n ocracy in the Great Democracy.
/ He urged the necessity of keeping
the schools not only at their nor
/ NAL efficiency but above for the
world after the war must be re-
+ built on new lines and body of
highly trained men and women
S will be needed. He urged the
/ necessity of sacrifice, explained
4 why it is the highest type of patrio-
le tism to remain in college at this
IL time to supply the chemists, en-
Al gineers and other types of trained
s. mind. He explained the meaning
y of a pure democracy and stated
5 that it cannot exist as such in :
s. district more than 25 miles square
ol but is a community institution. Ht
Il set forth in detail the classes OF
le services that can be performed by
Il community meetings and drew {
picture of an ideal condition where
e. community interests and not party
ell politics should be the governing
g principle.in choosing office holders
e where the school house should b;
III the community center and pollin}
e place, the place where public opin
re ion is nodded and freely expressed
Il and where is taught the SACRED
II duties of citizenship.
. At the general session on Tues
- day morning, Prof Lewis H
,o Chrisman of Baldwin-Wallace Col
~ lege, Berea, Ohio, spoke of tn
,i' Poetry of War. "Some of the fair
!, pll est flowers of literature" he sale
~ ~ ''have blossomed on the battle
'at fields" The poetry of this wa
~ ~ compares favorably with that Q
~, any period in history and reflect
al 81 admirably the splendid spirit c
81 the times. He quoted a poem wri'
W. ten by Joyce Kilmer, formerly Ii
,,o erary editor Of the Literary Diges
wv and now in the trenches in Franc
81 as rejecting the spirit of the earl
,at days Of the war. Poems by HEM
t' iSo Van Dyke were quoted as eyidel
an ces of the change Of attitude as II
~ war progressed and I'm FlandeI
os+ Fields" as a challenge to hold hig
the torch of idealism.
,no Tuesday afternoon, James
+ho Heron, lecturer, poet and hume
~ ist, told Of his work in speeding |
y, ship builders and last night DR..
e., A. Prosser, Director Of the FEEDER
;,sa Board for Vocational Educatio
;or ,n9 discussed the problem of vocatio
,ors al education and reconstructic
49, On Wednesday morning Mrs.
,+oJ Coleman dupont gave a descr;pti
:, ~ of Y, w. c. A. activities in Fran
,,ro Wednesday afternoon the progr;
doc was under the auspices of the St;
,Ha Council of Defense and DR.. Fra
r;od P. Bachman, of New York, cha
ror man Of the General Educati
~ Board discussed the school Gems