Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-19
SCHOOL WAR WORK
AT NEW CASTLE
Professor Snavcly is Enrolling
Officer. and Good Results
Are Looked for.
staff Correspondence Of Every Evening


New Castle. March l9-Superinten-
dent of City School Henry l.. Snavely has
been appointed enrolling officer in the
l'nitcd States Boys Working Reserve.
The idea is 10 enroll all boys between the
ages rf 10 and II who are willing to work on
an farms or 10 do other work that will
holm Ia win the war. The campaign is
he,nq promoted by tho Federal Depart
nent of Labor Beginning yesterday
hig drlvc will TIC carried on all over the
country 10 enroll the young men. Every
hoy who volunteers for work in the indus
,riql army, behind the fighting army will
receive properly signed certificate and q
button rs evidences of his energy and
patriotisrn. II is expected that all the boys
If New Castle who desire TO spend the
summer months IN profitable and health
fu work in the service Of their country
will report this week To ethe local enrolling
officer
This does not apply only TO the bows who
arr attending the public schools. but also
a. those who attend private schools and
any others who NAV desire to volunteer.
Food will win the war, and the boys who
7rc too Young TO bc sent to- the front can
help materially in the production of the
faod that will outright the cannon Of the
kr,lpps and the barbarious methods Of the
kaiscr's Huns
Miss Elmira Newell, head of the depart
ncnt of commerce in the New Castle High
school. was appointed by Principal
~navplv to organize Junior branch OF the
Rcd Cross in the public schools, and IS
doing the work with efficiency She al
ready has enrolled l07 members, with
propsccts of many more; and, within the
next week. she expects 20 have The Young
people huslly engaged IN doing whatever
work the State authorities may call upon
them TO do. The officers ot the local
branch. as announced hv the principal are:
President. Miss Elmra Newell, head oi
the department of commerce. vlce-presl-
dent. Miss Emily Lunt, teacher ot the
Fourth grade Building No. ,. secretary.
Miss Emily Pcdrick. teacher of the FIRST
and Second grades. building No. 5
treasurer. Miss Irene Wise. teacher Of the
Sixth grade
On SATURDAY afternoon, the pupils OF
building NJ :. under the direction of
their teachers Miss Maudp ncakyne and
Miss Emily Pedrick. conducted q box
social that nrtted over SD The proceeds
will be uspd TO pav for the tuning ot the
piano and 81 purchase supplementary
materials These energetic and progreS-
sIvc teachers are doing very satisfactory
work IN the building of which they have
charge.
The teachers q the public schools
recently made detailed study in the
light Of local problems Of Dr. Dowoy's
famous book Schools of Tomorrow
The Informal discussions that resulted
from the study of the book VIII not fail to
bc productive Of much good to the boys
and girls nf New Castle
The patrons of the schools may be
assured that the study OF local conditions
and the attempt To deal with them IN the
best possible WAYS IN which the faculty and
the board of education are cooperating,
eventually will bring the schools to tho
noint where they viii suffer very little IN
comparison with other schools in the
State
one of the innovations. proposed by the
principal and adopted by the board Was
launched last week The first number Of
tho i .essons in Community and National
IAfc, prepared by educational experts,
published and circulated at cost by the
Federal Department Of the Interior was
begun IN the high school and grammar
grades The ann of these lessons Is 70
make Young people acquainted with the
wants Of civilized life, the means oi preduc-
ton. communication. and distribution
tHfA iitNt ttftl hfNt1'7A ~ 'fAt'A W titf'iit
and with the general interdependcnce Of
individuals, groups and countries These
shhuIlv prepared lessons fit nicely into
the plans of the present administration I"
which attention was called IN thls column
several weeks ago Each lesson comes IN
three sections, each of which IS adapted TO
the minds Of the pupils Of a certain stage Of
development
In the local schools. one section Is used
IN the high school another IN the seventh
and eighth grades and another in the
fifth and sixth grades The teachers who
have this work in charge arr Misses
Miller. Dashcr. and Newell IN the High
school Misses Downle, Glatt. Wise and
GOOdlpv In the grammar school The
principal reports that he Is gratlfied with
the results that are being achieved by the
teachers In this work The ability Of these
teachers Is demonstrated ny the ease and
intelligence with which, at short notice,
thrv undertook work that Is 50 different
and vet SO much superior to the ordinary
routine work of the schools All of these
lessons will be presented under the super
vision of tho principal and checked up by
him. Persons who desire TO witness
successful demonstration of ono of the
newer ideas in pedagogy will be welcomed
at the schools at any time.