Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-16
SCHOOL CENSUS TO
BEGIN AT ONCE
Ipstr,rtions for Down State Work
Sent to Teachers III
Kent and Sussex.

The following letter has been sent
IN all school teachers in Kent and SUSSEX
counties explaining the school census
in he taken under the direction oi the
womcns 5 committee of the state oouhch
of Defence:
"To Delaware teochers': The census
If children of school age about when
,ou heard nj the Teachers Institute
his summer is Ia he taken lmmedlateiN
..Nou will receive from the ioch
child welfare chairman ot the H'a['
Defense Council the blanks and carus
necessary. With these Is sheet oi
instructions which YOU are asked 10 z"
over very carefully. with the local chaI- i,
man II possiblc Nou viii be responsible
for preparing a complete record for each
family IN vour school, district IN which
tbcrc are any children under IS years OF
aye The large blank will be hlled out
for each family as YOU make the census
~ The saln, time the card marked health
and sanitation will hc filled ont with
the names of all children under tive years
who were born in Delaware
.As the record of each family Is COM
Melted the information which It contains
IS 10 be copicd on the second card marked
family blank Both the cards and the
record viii be kept by You or the loca!
,hiid welfare chairman IN Your school
district until further notice. The family
nlank is 10 he kept as 4 Delaware record
,ftcr the other records are sent on !"
ther proper departments II iS 10 nc INC
ha~l~ for our local work III improving
conditions tur the children N SCh"oi
and in matters OF health and i IS very
important. therefore. that All the m
- - tr4tY Ytts
should be transferred TO the family blank
."Throngh the child welfare chair
man the teacher IS supposed 10 have
volunteer motor service II It can he sec'r-
cd and also help III the actual taking "t
thc census and the copying ot The census
blanks 10 the family blank II Nnn dn
not hear from vour local chairman When
YOU arc ready to start tic work, drop !
card 10 he county chairman ot chid wei
fare. Mr. John H. CleaNcr, Middle
fowu. New Castle county. Mrs. John
- Hutton. Dover. hcnt county; Mrs,
! Il Cooke, Scaford. Sussex county.
The teachers are aekcd t. compare
the information gwen hy the parents n
regard t. age and grade. etc. with iho
school record IN order to cheek NJ any
niaccuraclrz ihc great advantage "i
having the teacher DO the Work on thc
school census Is Just tins, that me knows
more than any body else about the cMid-
rer If school age In her distinct ~
towns and consolidated districts L Is 4
ycrv easy matter for the teachers, through
their access to the school records AMI
knowledge of the children to make each
family blank complete and accurate
W here there trc i great many rccoldS
to 10 copied from the large blank - tho
smaller family blank the teachers and
the local child welfare chairman should
secure volunteer help of the knd they
can ,!epend on and have the work done
Gnde- their supervision Groups ~
teachers and volunteers can probably
Get together in an evening and check up
AL the records.
THE HoUsE-ro -HoUsE CANVASS
IN going to the parents for the in
formation necessary, il there Is any
question about authority for the census
II i particularly desirable t. have them
understand that tac census Is beng
,4keu bv the State Council Of Defense
and the State Board ol Education ln
et-operation with the nlicd States
Bureau of Education At Nashingt on
III III these agcncIe9 are Interested u
securing better and more suitable cduca-
-ionaI opportunities for the children d
-fl, state, This i tho sImplest way t1
<3.:ll tho ullrpo>,. Of TIL, census to people
Wi arc likely to hc uuiriel4ly or un-
willing o give information
Tel them hc only way the schools
eAn to- properly improved and adapted
io he needs ol their children j. by haY-
inc Just the information that YOU have
come t. ind out Tell them that yol
want vour school district to have Z
perfect record and that their help /
necessary 10 mahe il ~0 You can alSC
~av that the information Is 10 be CON
fdential information, for use only by
the educational authorities and III,
officials of the Defense Council and tht
United State~ Department of Education
No individual name Will be published
or used publicly IN any way.
Ii vou need help ~ further lnforTna-
ton his can bc secured from the county
chairman before mentioned, from Mrs
Garrett : Harrington, Of Harrington
Del. state chairman Ot chlid welfare
and also from Mis- Marr Iutchln. 81
Middletown who i q field worker fOl
the woman committee Of the state
committee Of the state Defense Council
and who Is helping the state chairman
Of the child welfare with the census work
All inquiries about blanks. Instructions
>peGal conditions, etc, should Ia t-d-
dressed to Miss HutchIu Request
for motor service or volunteer help -hoIlc
be addressed 10 the local chairman d
child welfare, Il you know her. or TO the
county chairman.
oHILDELN BORN is DLLAWARI
.'Thc purpose of securing the maine.
and the exac, birthplace ot each chile
under i've born in the state, is that Il,
parents oi the child may have q prupel
and official birth certificate for each
enid This may b. very yaIu
able al some future tlme j
ie i state law that all births must j,
registered and only right that q propeI
public record should bp kept for I'll,
sake of the child as we'll Is the state
Sincerely yours,
JeaHuette Eckmau
Secretary