Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-24
SCHOOL CENSUS
OF WILMINGTON
IS INTERESTING
State Council of Defence Sends
i the Data to the Board OF
Public Education.
SUMMER SCHOOLS REPORT

Education did not hold regular session
last night Instead, after waiting valniy
until o.45 o'clock for ahsentccS to appear,
it discussed school matters IN executive
conference But six members were pres cnt
Preside Miller and McssrS. Banton,
Cooper Dcnncv. Moore and Soudor
one less than the required number.
Previous to the executive conference
the board received reports from Miss
katherine Pyle and Mrs. Paul du Pont
concerning the summer school and from
Mrs Preston Lea, vice-chairman. and
Miss Jeanette Eckman, secretary Of the
woncnS committee of the State Council
Of Defence. regarding a school census
taken in Wilmington.
SUMMER SCHOOL
Miss Pyle said the summer school
I'M session for two months, was planned
To meet cases of delinquency and No
IL school building was chosen because
the greatest delinquency Is in the surround
ing district Miss Strickland, Miss
(irccnstcn and Miss Robinson were
salaried teachers. Miss Strickland being
paid 500 per month and Miss Green
stein and Miss Robinson S75 EACH and
Miss Helen Brown of Delaware College
taught domestic science. Seventy-tivc
children were present the first day and
IL children the second day The aver
age daily attendance was -. and on many
days 100 students were present One
hundred children made their grades
which saved the city S3.300 for the year
\ playground was opened opposite the
school. but it caused no delinquency
For two months the school cost SSl3
and the total expense, including the
playground, was a little over $1,000
Miss Pyle thought the school should bc
continued and stated Boy Scouts and
Little Mothers Club would be organized
She hoped the board would buy equipment
for domestic science classes
Mrs. du Pont described the lunches
which consisted of cheese, rice. milk.
crackers. vegetable soup, bread and
butter. baked beans, rolls. bananas.
cornstarch and apple sauce EqupmeIt
additional To what was lent bv Super
intcndent Scott cost So Lunch cx-
pcndHures amounted to Sill and re-
ccipts 70 So With proper equipment il
would not cost over SO a month to fe "a
100 The school had benefited three
classes first. those who had failed to
make grades: second pupils ahcad Of
their class. who could do a grade in sum
mcr and go ahead one grade bv Sep
tcmbcr; third pupils who needed strength
cnlng promoted because they were
On ,he border line Mrs du Pont thought
Wilmington needs many summer schools
Superintendent Scott did not believe
domestic science teaching would he
effective below tho grammar schools.
President Miller said the board would
consider domestic science equipment
and do the best it could
SCHOOL CENSUS.
Mrs lea and Miss Eckman submitted
interesting data concerning the school
census.
The city was divided into seven sec
tions. as follows First il blocks. FIVE
of which are vacant. bounded hv Ninth
street on the north. Lancaster avenue
on the south. du Pont street on the east
and Bayard avenue on the west: second.
65 blocks, one OF which Is vacant bound
cd bv Eleventh street on the north.
Fifth street on the south. Church street
on the east and Fret ch street on the west
third, Is blocks. seven OF which are vacant.
bounded by Rockford Park and Lowering
avenue on the north, Fourteenth street
on the south, Union street on the east
and Rrinckle avenue on the west fourth.
49 blocks, two of which are vacant,
bounded by Twenty-fourth street on the
north, Eighteenth street on the south,
Market street on the east and Van Buren
street on the west; fifth. l43 blocks. 90
Of which are vacant, all that part Of the
Second ward south OF the Christiana
River; -ixth, s. blocks. one Of which /,
vacant, bounded by Seventh street on
the north, Lancaster avenue on the south. |
Tatnali street on the east and Adams |
street on the west; seventh, los blocks, |
81 OF which are vacant. bounded by |
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the south. p. B, d " Railroad on the /
east and Union street on the west.
Non-attendance OF children Is 10 IS |
years old Inclusive, was as follows: |
First section, 30: second l53 third II; |
fourth, %; fifth, 81; sixth 5S: seventh. |
l9l; total. 593- Public school trlants:
First section, 81; second. I32. third <:
TO nth, ., fifth 81; sixth. 40. seventh. |
III; total, AZ. II the proportion Of |
trumncy Is the same for parochial and
private schools the number Of tr,Iants
would be greatly increased
The following data considered In the
report Of the school census
prepared by the New York Bureau OF
Municipal Research, was gwen.
FIRST SECTION.
IA families with children 43.4 Der
cent Italians, 3s.4 per cent Americans
IL per cent colored, GO per cent other
.l55 children between and IS wears
(l55 BOYS, 600 girls S4l III school 3I4
not in school OF the S4l in school Cos in
public schools. l32 in parochial schools.
J in private schools OF the 3l4 III school
age not III school, 1870 working. 81 not
vet entered. 20 not working, - trlants
30 children between q and l3 years
not IN school
S41 children under ) wears
POS children under > died within 10
ars III l30 families.
te2, 002 children under 10 Q,796 white,
zoo coIored).
SECOND SECTION.
1902 families with children go 6 Der
;ent Americans, l22 per cent colored
Is per cent Poles. 80 per cent Hebrew,
- per cent other nationalites.
SOC children between and IS wears
S94 boys, 9l5 girls - 800 in school,
- not in school OF the 800 in school
20 in public schools, 3SS in parochial
cLoOis, b in private schools OF the
10 of school age not in school III work
* a not working, Il not yet entered,
- truants
1913 children between and 13 years
lot in school. {
99l children under ) years
"a children under ) died within o
'etrs IN i55 families
2.5O0 children under l9 1896 white
0f colored
THIRD SECTION. .