Milford chronicle., 1919-10-24

because teachers refused to stay.
There must be proper environment.
Delaware College is boing its best. We
furnish the buildings and the college
furnishes The teachers The auxiliary
association Will take care ofthe inter-
est on bonds until provision is made
in next years budget Wherever it
can assist it will assist. Some people
in the State fail TO realize the decency
and humanity in the school question.
Those who have sinister political pur-
poses or deYelish spite must keep
hands or.
Districts Never Owned the Public
Schools
Henry Ridgely told the conferees
some persons are astonished, startled.
depressed by opposition to the school
code. but he is not among them; he
had been in school fights before. 1t
was well to realize something about
the opposition and overcome it. He
suggested insistent and persistent
propaganda For generations the peO-
pie had been taught by custom that
local communities owned their schools I
To them the code seemed a startling
innovation. In the opposition there is I
a certain element of reserve force, /
but later the force in behalf of the I
code will be greater. He said the code .
is the most democratic piece of legis-
latiOn the State ever enacted it means
an equal chance for every child, and
that is why he favOrs it, The people
have got to understand that it is a poor
mans law, a democratic law. law Of
equal opportunity He had confidence
the good sense of the people and
believed that they will appreciate the
code. There will be less objection to the
tax when the people see the money is
bringing actual returns. The code will
bring to the country child OppOrtun-
tiles equal to the town child. Il will
make agricultural interests more val
liable and people will come to Del
aware in preference to going to other
States they Will come here to buy
farms, and Delawareans will get more
for their land or products The code
means almost everything to the State. {
People Elect School Officers in 1920
Dr. Richard W. Cooper, director of
the educational bureau of the Service {
Citizens. spoke on cooperation in ed
ucatiOnal effort He said the present {
movement for better schools would +
have meant much to him had it started S
when he was a boy and attended a a
little red school in district SO. He is G
striving to dissolve opposition to the y
school code. to prove that it is inn {
Dortant legislation Il was enacted a
'Or the best interests of the children
There is no reason to be disturbed. is
lie has faith in the common sense of "
he people. He requested that the i,
.Ode be so administered as to win E
riends. He stated county boards of C
ducation and local trustees would be
lected on the third Saturday in June, G
920, and hoped an open and honest il
opinion regarding the code would be n
btained then. p
Teachers Are Scarce 4 4
A. r. Spald. commissioner of educa-
on. said Delaware, like other States, q,
handicapped by a lack of teachers. il
here are $4,000 vacancies in the fr
Inited States. In obtaining more W
sachers Delaware can do little inside
wo years. Sixty scholarships have is
cen established at Delaware College II
y Pierre S. DUPONT and his brothers, e,
ut there have been only 25 applicants
robably more will apply next year 81
pplieants must be graduates of high le
,hools. Delaware has been put on M
vocational basis, and the Smith al
ughes act enables the State to re- m
live Federal aid. For home econom- OF
s the appropriation is not large, but III
4 amendment before Congress in IN
eases the amount from $4,000 to on
o 900 The Smith-Towner bill. also VIZ
,fore Congress, will bring $4,000
sderal aid to Delaware, including Of
IS 900 for teacher training and $780, DR.
% for increasing teachers salaries. til,
Tying the school code will be a cam ma
.ign issue next year. he predicted ha
at the man who takes it for his plat ri1
rm will be elected governor. We
omen WIN Vote at School Elections an
Caleb &. Burchenal. a member OF ere
e State Educational Survey Commits wo
IN, remarked that such a gathering the
Is not possible one year year ago pa,
signified that the people are aroused OF
d won't go back He said children
We rights. Every child who has TO col
,e the world and make a living cot
0uld have a good education. That say
lst be guaranteed. Opportunities are hay
3ater and equipment must be better wo
liens Of tomorrow must have bet !
and broader education than citi- the
IS of yesterday and today. He has the
lfidence in Delaware and believes era
State will go on to better things tecl
ng educational lines. He aroused FEN
torn of applause by declaring, when ces
uding to the voting of citizens. that T
;:.ss isss; sse;:i1 s;s associated r:si :; i;-
ir brothers in casting their ballots H.
the Democracy of the future fen,
)r. Samuel Chiles Mitchell, presi- viol
It of Delaware College, spoke on den
ial service. He described existing was
ditiOns in the State and told the vii
inds Of the school code not to be repl
ected from their course. The high nar'
business sagacity has been link Per-
to social service; public education man
private endowment has been linked
lublic education by public taxation. FAF
Z has run through the educational
-em Of the State for three years.
he looks with great confidence TO
future. He thanked Pierre S. du- Be
& for his great act. While there eXpe
cute depression in the racial sit getu
on Of the country announcement strel
es that every cOlored child in the prov
e shall have first class school way
constructive opinion of the people agre
delaware is aroused and viii work be a
4 out can
.ofessor W. Al Wnkinson os Delo the
e College told the States needs At
dequatelv trained Teachers T5s near
,ee has taken I'M fba tsely ~ t-atr causl
.eachers in a tboronob GONG me for Il
, like wav. but tbe snnlicsr7fs 80 they
as numerous as des;red equal
W. Helm, State director OF voca- ~ ~, ~
education, said Maine New given