Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-28
SCHOOL CHILDREN
AND LIBERTY LOAN
Patriotic Gospel to be Spread
Throughout the State
of Delaware.

Working through Delaware school chill
dren, the Woman's Liberty Loan Com
mittee expects 10 have every home in
Delaware talking about Liberty Loans and
saving and planning 10 buy Liberty
Bonds In Dover, Prof. Schantz of the
public schools had secured Friday and
Saturday passes to the movies" for
pupils who write the best essays on the
Liberty Loan, and it is hoped that prizes
will be Offered in other towns for this kind
of school work
Miss Maud Lodge of Dover, who ia
State chairman OF education for the
Womcn's liberty Loan Committee. will
send the following letter to the schools of
the State:
To the Teachers of Delaware. The
Delaware Liberty Loan Committee.
through the kindness Of Commissioner
A. X Spaid. is able TO offer to every com
munlty in Delaware an opportunity 10
help sell the Third Liberty Loan.
Every school IN the State is asked TO
celebrate and exercise between April 6
and 10, inclusive. The purpose OF this
celebration is to advertise as widely as
possible the Third Liberty Loan. The
schools are not asked to sell bonds. They
are only asked to render the patriotic
service OF bringing the matter before the
public, The program to he given in your
school may take any form that you
desire The Liberty Loan Committee
requires only that an oratlon or essay
should be delivered on the subject why
We Should Buy Liberty Bonds. The
program 10 be given IN Your school may
take the form Won desire. The program
NAV he a part of the Junior -Four Minute
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exercise that YOU NAV now be planning
prize of 81 will be given to one school
IN each Of thrce classes that succeed in
producing its program before the greatest
number Of parents, patrons and friends of
the school. based on the enrolment for the
month Of March For example. rural
school with m enrolment of 20 pupils and
q visiting list Of - persons on the day the
program Is gwen, would win the prize
over a school with 40 pupils enrolled and
only 30 visitors present. This plan will
give the small school m equol chance
with large ones in the prize contest. The
prize may, Mt the discretion Of the school
be given % the pupil who delivers the
essay or Grafton in the winning school
For the purpose Of this contest schools arc
classified rs follows:
Class l. Schools having or 2 teachers
only
Glass H. Schools having g. or 5
teachers
Class III. All other schools
The committee requires that n cory Of
the essay or Grafton delivered and certi-
fed list of the visitors present and the
schools enrolment for March reach the
chairman Of the educational committee
on or before April 25 A certified list
means the names of visitors mot including
teachers and pupils Of the school signed
by the teacher
With best wishes for you and the
Liberty Loan Contest in your COM
munity, / am Cordially YOURS,
T.. Maud Lodge,
Chairman Of the Educational Committee
for the Third Liberty Loan OF Delaware
Approved by Mrs Henry Ridgcly, State
chairman Women's Liberty Loan Com
mittee for Delaware
Mrs. Ridgcly appeared before the VIII
mington VI. L. Conference at Dover on
Saturday and read to this audience of at
le.s. 1000 persons Mrs. William G..
McAdoos 5 message and plea to the women
OF the country.