Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-23
lCucuiati OF Every TOzCE
Ewnmg Yesterday L % 8 GO
TUESDAY, DECEMBER %, 1910.
Results Of Study and Operation

Results GE study anu OTsczahou-
u r sratifving to note the indications
sS change Of sentiment especially IN
Su<cx county, IN respect of tbc nf~v
Ecs,s,DI Cs.ia The bitter hostility At hrSt
xruAnifrs.od TO the entire mcssurc has bccn
krr,.iy sr,ltgstoL II WIS voiced IN
fssr,, demand for ts>r irnmctiistc repcsi OF
xsr, code, and Governor Townsend was
u.,xkssa d, call \ spceaaI scsclon of the Legs
Ix,x1rrv- with this end IN view. Now this
ssnuxariIcaL demand has boon dropped,
,s<rsa m IT'S ptacc we s>c Suggestions for the
Amendments Of tho code, with a view TO
.rsrts-r nitlgsGng or repeating some pro
l~-~xzs which sc~szn to br adverse To what
Asrxs~ps,s bot be rcoDgnIEcd as public scnti-
kvx-nt- Tzsc friends of the code, il IS be-
sxs-rvsa. Will freely v,,lcone all suggestions
ls,{ tirzs cllsractrr. None OF them will be 50
blind As 80 claim that the measure IS per
srrx. An wili recognise the fact that it's
| rw.cxsc-J demonstration while revealing
ca si~vnr and effective provissons, also
wll nrskc PLAIN its weak spots and unde-
k~lrzisse features And this rccognition,
s-cSsrssscsd with a continued observance Of
trN the operations of the new law, Will IN
,srrrns'y posnt the course 81 proper snd
l.ffrsssv,, amendment st the next session Of
khe Legislature.
Conspicuous sTrrmg the evidences Of
,Skr, changr Of attitude, this absndon-
.x.rzss Of fiercs, blind hostility for the
rrk-y of f.ir ots,ryation and comment,
- an cditnxlL expression IN the Dci>-
l~re Leader Of Laurel, one Of the news
srnzs7 enemies of the code, m ITS current
l.xx,r- al any of our Gross Roads stones,
or al pt,ss. ~tcro men gather To enjoy
trxrte from The cold, says this Laurel
,rntxu. ''wr find that Sussex county men
.srr discussing from many angles the new
s..rsssol kar. Naturally, one rn,Ist be guided
fy the pisin vlcws expressed, and Il IS
sruxv.zsive To note that throughout the
<ntIrc county the maj joity views are the
><ann. Briefly put, there rs not majority
objection to the new code as 3 complete
.lsw. but the majority Of objections are
tss.~zi on the same points that have been
-u,any times offered SIS objectionable.
Here Is . plain, fair statement that may
DC taken SIS generally representative, and
rs showing q generous mitigation Of the
ficros hostility TO which we have alluded.
The people are discussing from many
angles the new School law, not from the
single angle OF wholesale opposition. There
IS not majority objection 70 the new code
as q complete law" but objections to
some points that are not satisfactory. So
here IS a situation most encouraging, and
which VIII lead to good results.
With this situation III mind, the friends |
End advocates Of the new School Code may
continue their campaign with encourage |
mert and assurances of complete success. !
They have reached the field Of fair con
sideration and discussion Of the code, with /
the enlightenment afforded by the results /
of It's practical administration. This +
administration VII speak for itself, and F..
from It's results the measure Ii It's entirety
viii be Judged from this time onward by .
all fau-mindcd citizens /
More than q year vet remains before /
the assembling Of the Legislature will af /
ford an opportunity for taking the new /
School Code under consideration with .
view to interpolating such amendments as /,
time and experience may prove 70 be /
necessary or desirable During thIs time,
the code VIII speak for itself. During this
time its administrators may show, by
their official actions, the best there Is in il,
and also may unsparingly, and with the
object Of making II still better than
they now believe it to be, point out its de-
fects. Thus, united effort viii tend TO
make It all that II should be-the founda-
tIon Of a system Of public education IN our
State second to that Of no other State Id
the Union.