Evening journal., 1919-09-02

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~ Georgetown ...................3 81
! II New Castle No. 2 ... 81
~ New Castle No. 3 ,..... 81
10 bidues ...................... 80
Ia SeafOrd ................. 30
10 Laurel 2 ,buildlngs) ...... &c
~ NtNdIh ....-.s-.......... "a
II New Castle No. .............t7
"Of the II schools listed above, IA, o
g per cent. have been judged by tn
three judges TO be worthy OF a scor,
OF less than 500. The judges recon-
mend in the case Of these fourteen
buildings Abandonment for educationa
purposes at the earliest possible period
II has been the experience OF the judge,
that II is extremely unwise to spenC
money on the repairing or remodelins
OF school buildings which they hav,
rated as low as the case OF these four.
teen buildings.
The 1000 points allotted TO a perfect
school building have been distributed
-among the los items OF the score card
according to the Judgment OF a large
number Of competent educators from all
parts Of the United states.
1T is Of interest and value TO deter
mine, as may readily be done from the
score card results, what elements OF
construction and equipment have re-
ceiNed proper consideration i'm the
Delaware Schools, as a whole, and
those Items in which the schools seem
defective. The schools are especially
defective in all those elements which
tend toward a widening Of the school
| curriculum and a greater sOcializatiOn
/ IN The school. The teachers cannot be
expected TO develop the highest type
OF citizens in buildings which are To-
tally or to a large degree lacking in the
necessary facilities or equipment. The
safety OF the chbdren OF many OF the
Delaware schools has been given little
thought. Opportunity for profiiing
from instruction on personal ceanll-
ness does not exist, since washing.
bathing, and drinking facilities arc very
inadequate. only the traditional school
program, which has been repeatedly
condemned. Is possible in the larger
number Of these schools which lack
special room equipment All in all, the
Delaware child is loaded with a nandi-
cap In his effort 10 secure an education
which is almost beyond belief TO those
who have inspected schools in all parts
"lho judgments of the Judges have
been supplemented wherever necessary
by accurate measures OF certain fea-
lures OF the schools visited A discus
sion Of the conditions found i'm each
building is given in the text which fol-
lows
The survey then discusses the condi-
lions Of each school throughout rural
Delaware. As TO The Alexis I. dupont
school ON the kenncit pike the survey
concludes:
"Thc building on The whole is a SUI
pc ior building and well equipped. Cor
rectiOns OF errors can be made only al
too great a cost The commission feels !
That such corrections should be made |
only when the school population has |
grown TO that extent in this district /
That large addition becomes neces- I
slry. This will probably provide op-
porlunity for few changes. The rec I
is made for Carrying out |
Tie plan OF building a combined gym 1
nasium and playrOOm, also OF adding. |
If possible. a high grade library"
As to Mt. Pleasant School. in Bran |
dywine hundred, the report concludes !
The Survey Commission recommends I
That the building be abandoned; that
no attempt be made to remodel or add I
10 1t for school purposes. The building
gan, no doubt, be sold for residential I
purposes A large site Of at least four
'cres should be secured in the near
lcighbOrhOOd and a building erected
heron in which The children of this
district may secure the advantages
which are today those OF children in
consolidated schools which have been
damned TO conform 10 modern ideas in
ducation. Tie many good features Of
he Caesar Rodney school, Of Wyoming
.amden. form good starting pl6e in
planning of such a consolidated SCHOOL,
Regarding school No. I, Of New Cas-
le. the report concludes
1T would seem, as one passes
trough the building that the boys
md girls are being prepared in this
chO0l for the society of one hundred
ears ago. Surely there Is little here
which will enable these boys and girls
o become better citizens Of the pres
mt day world The score i75 points
MT Of 1900 allotted this building is the
owest score allotted any white school
n This present study"
As to school No. ,, New Castle. the
eport says: The building lacks in all
pecial room equipment. The child
lassing through this building and then
'ulding No. would carry consider
BILE handicap through life in compeii- !
ion with boys and girlss trained in
lodern schools. Eighty years ago these
ch0ols may have been somewhat ade-
uaie. but today-will only assist in
eeping a community submerged"
Regarding SCHOOL No. 3, New Castle
he report says THE childred housed r
! No. 3 school are apparently being !
ntirely neglected. They are just be- /,
X permitted 10 grow up No evil !
,uce Of supervisory care on the part y
{ parents or school officials can be
iund here In the first instance. the r
,hool building should never have been =
rectcd. There is little about the school Il
lat indicates that any educational adj \
ance has been made The Waterbury !
eaters which have been installed are \
erhaps the only feature Of this school 4
nat can be commended :
"The three school buildings for white u
iildren of New Castle stand in decided
,ntrast TO the splendid new armOry il
hich has recently been erected The