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gress, he said. If we resist change
and adopt a reactiOnary attitude,
the pent up energy of the emotions
of a suppressed people will break
with irresistible and destructive
force as has been the case in un-
fortunate Russia and Germany
The people of Delaware have call
ed for a change in conditions and
the proposed Code is the answer.
Outlines Machinery of School
Administration
Doctor Mitchell outlined briefly
the machinery Of school govern
ment provided for by the Code.
Control of the Educational system
of the state is vested in a State
Board Of Education consisting of
men, appointed by the governor
for term Of five years and vested
with power to appoint its executive
officer, the Commissioner of Edu-
cation. This provision takes the
matter entirely of politics, he said.
There shall be also a county
board consisting of three members,
elected by the qualified voters Of
the county Cncluding women, up
on presentation of their tax re-
ceipts) at the general election for
a term of six years. The candi-
dates are to be nominated without
reference to party affiliations by
petition signed by 25 voters of the
district. This county board ap-
points its own county superintend-
ent.
In Newark and II other towns
specified in the bill, school boards
consisting Of three members elect
ed by the people hold equal powers
with the county boards and ap-
point their own supervising prin-
cipal. In rural districts, three
trustees appointed by the county
boards from residents of the dis
trict for a term of three years will
have power to refuse or accept
teacher assigned, prepare an an
nual budget, consider the needs of
the buildings, their repair and up
keep and in every way develop
public sentiment in favor of the
school.
The people, concluded the
speaker, have a chance to make
Delaware an eXamplar state and in
thinking out the wisdom Of the
Code, lies a challenge to the states
manship Of the rhl, and file Of
Delaware citizenship. Greater
need exists than ever before for
training children to face the con-
stTctive tasks that await them.
Appeals for Adoption of Code
as a Whole
County Superintendent Jump re-
ferred to the School Code as the
popular topic Of the day." He
gave the assurance Of DR.. Bach
man that not one item appears in
the Code that has not been tried
successfully in other states and
that Delaware will not be made a
laboratory for eXperimentalists A
practical Code for a practical peo-
pie is the achievement of the Com
mission. The report of the survey,
he said, contained so much des-
tructive criticism that when he
placed it in an overcoat pocket he
felt overbalanced by the weight of
it but when the Code appeared and
every criticism in the survey was
made right, he placed that in an
opposite coat pocket and felt that
they properly balanced each other
and that he could stand upright
again. He quoted Henry Scott,
one of the members of the Com
mission as saying that the Code
was prepared by Education ex-
perts; all educational authorities
in the state O.K.'d it and he
thought that the Delaware people
would stand for it as a whole. The
parts are so related-one part so
backs up another - that any at
tempt to change any part breaks
up the unity of the whole scheme.
He quoted John S. Mullin and
other members of the Commission
as stating that it is high time that
Delaware which has earned leader
ship in every constructive and pro-
gressive activity, should take her
rightful place beside her neighbors
in educational matters. He made
the gratifying statement that Kent
and Sussex counties had purchas-
ed as many Liberty Bonds as eight
Maryland counties and put beside
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