Evening journal., 1919-03-06

lie uWelt on the sections telallNe
to the powers Of the boards and super
intendents and along this line said THE
boards and superintendents should have
ample power 10 do the duties they are
set to do and this bin is drawn with
that in mind He said there is scarcely
a school room in the State that would
meet the standards required in other
States. and that the board Is given the
( authority to correct such faults He re-
1 ferred 10 the provision Of having the
school elections at the same time Of the
general elections and declared the sur
vey showed that only one voter out OF
7 ten had been attending school elections
! in this state
: Only ti6 in Rural High schools.
] Delaware. Or. Bachman said. was prac-
! tically the only eastern state that has
not opened its doors for boys and girls
/ TO enter the high schools and that the
new law provides that opportunity He
astounded his hearers when he declared
/ that in Delaware, there are only ii6
/ young people outside Of Wilmington. in
/ the fourth year Of the high school He
/ told OF the feature for conveying chill I
/ dren who live al a distance 10 and from
| the consolidated schools and for keep
/ ing the rural schools open the same
length Of time as The city schools Or.
Bachman said while the bill requires /
higher quallncationse for teachers who
may be engaged i'm the future. every
present teacher and official is safeguard. 1
ed. In concluding, he said that If Della
ware is TO have good and sufficient
schools, money must be put into the
schools in much larger amounts than
in the past
Mr Burchenal introduced Or. NJ. r /
stephens. Of Baltimore superintendent
Of the Maryland public schools. as the
next speaker. Or. stephens pointed out
that the proposed Delaware school code
contains many points in similarity TO
The provisions Of the Maryland school
code, which was passed by the Mary
land Legislature In 1916. He declared
that the new system i'm that State had
worked ont 10 the satisfaction Of every
one. There had been "a few objections
raised as TO some of iis provisions. ne
said hut when the obiectors presented
bills Il the 1918 session Of the Maryland
Legislature. 10 modify the law, hun
dreds Of pepole iourneyed 10 the State
House 10 protest against them. and the
Legislature adjourned without chang
ing the law in any particular Dr. y
stephens declared that the law is con
sianlly growing In favor as its benea-
cial results become more noticeable,
and he explained in detail how the law q
had worked for the best interests ~ the J
school children and teachers Of Mary
land. He pointed out that the section l
for supervision Of teachers q
had increased the efficiency Of the y
schools twenty-five per cent
Henry p Scott. Of Wilmington, repre-
senting the commission, next advocated !
the passage of the measure. lie de-
clared that the people OF Delaware have
been brought up abruptly TO a realiza- I
tion that they have not been fair TO the !
Of the state. Ne pointed out !,
that Delaware has been doing big things
i'm other matters. but not for the chill
dren. and is sending them out into the
world poorly equipped to compete with
the better educated children Of other
States. He concluded by urging the
adoption OF the new school code as the
best solution Of the problem. :
Josiah Marvel. who next spoke upon !
the measure. declared that when he first +
read the new code he was opposed tc n 1
because it gave too much power TO the ,
OF Education and made II
he state Board of Education a mere n
lgurehead, but since the changes ex- =,
,laned by Mr.. Burchenal were to bG =,
made. he believed it would be a splen-
lid thing. He stated that no man can u
xpect TO get big matter Of this kind n
o exactly suit him. and that If we eX =,
ect 10 get ahead we must give and e,
AXE Il am fully content that when n.
he bill in its final draft. is presented TO ~
his body. IL viii be the bigges. and n
legislation presented 70 a Delaware 10
p glure in great many years, he el
oncuded in
Iany Now Favor II. m
Professor Brown principal Of the a
,aesar Rodney Consolidated schools, OF
.amden. remarked that there are SO hi
many good things and so few objection si
ible features in the new CODE that all IN
would heartily endorse it sp
Ne stated that he also had first opposed re
HE bin, but, like Mr.. Marvel, after the n,
changes were agreed upon. it met with n,
his hearty approval II consider this a lr
bin OF the greatest magnitude, he de- tr
clared "The biggest bill the state OF ar
Delaware has ever had before st. cc
George L. Mednl, of Newark. also
agreed that a number Of changes had So
been necessary in the original draft 10 nj
make 10 acceptable, but that after these G.
changes were made he heartily favored IA
the passage OF the bill of
- endorse the new code in its en- n
tirety,' declared DR.. William +. Hoey. o,
of Frederica, who was he next speaker. ii
with the notifications that have been
suggested. II is not what want or h
what you want. but what we all want. al
and we should not quibble over few