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the incentive to continue his educa-
ton through college. At least the
second group will now give the
children good citizenship training.
Mr.. Schilling said at this time it
looks as though he will be short IS
teachers in his county next school
year. Recently he went to the West
! Chester Normal to see about en-
gaging teachers and was told that
the graduates Of that institution
did not want to 90 to rural cshoOls
of Delaware to teach. They do not
mind coming to Delaware but not
the rural districts. The only hope,
Mr.. SchiIling said in this respect
is consolidation Of the schools in the
rural sections. Such consolidation
/ brings about community centerS.
! SPECIAL DISTRICTS LIKE NEWARK
At the close Of his talk several
questions were asked Mr.. Schilling
relative to the possibilities of special
districts like Newark securing the
state aid that they now secure in
case they do not elect to come under
the provisions Of the code. Both he
andlDr. Spaid said they could not
see why any district would wish to
stay out but if they do stay ont they
would likely lose their state aid
which in the case Of Newark is at
least $2,40O year. Taxes, Mr..
Schilling said in some of the rural
districts would be less under the
code than it has been, as these dis
tricts will receive more state aid.
George H. MediIl who was recent
~ appointed by. Governor Town
send a member Of the New Castle
County School Commission under
the new code, was also present and
asked number of questions rela-
tive to the code. Members Of the
| Newark Board Of Education we're
present and held conference with
Dr. Spaid at the close Of the meet
ing relative to the application of
the. code to the local schools and
with reference TO the provisions Of
the Smith-Hughes Act.
The Board was especially desir-
GUS Of obtaining a copy Of the new
code in order to know definitely
| just what the acceptance Of its pro-
visions will mean. Up TO the time
Of the meeting, according to the
statement Of one of the members. 10
one of the Board with possibly one
exception had been able to secure
a copy or an abstract of the code,
hence their conference with DR..
Spaid
THE SATURDAY MORNING SESSION
Commissioner Spaid presided
over the mroning session and intro
duced L. C. Armstrong, State
Supervisor of Agriculture, who dis
: cus@od Provision for Agricultural
Education in High Schools
Helen r. Brown who initiated the
work in Home Economics in the
. Newark Schools last year and is
now in charge Of that department
in the Dover schools gave a practi-
cal talk on the provision for Home
, Economies Education in High
Schools that served to clarity the
matter for those interested in the
status of this subject under the new
, code.
Prof. w. A. Wilkinson, head of
| the department of Education at
Delaware College made a partic-
ularly strong plea for professional
| preparation on the part Of high
, school teachers.
An important feature of this SEES
sion was an address by Dean Frank
| p. Graves Of the University of
: Pennsylvania who discussed "Pres-
ent Day Tendencies in Education. y
| He emphasized the importance of
: vocational and industrial education
: at this time and warned against the
danger Of the ssmisfit" due to a
) too hasty or to rly decision in
the choice Of a vocation, and urged