Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-27
Circulation Every 1OQEC
Evenlng saturday i [OOS
MON DAl. JANUARY -. 1919

Our Discreditsble School Showing.
Ii - announced that, as a result of a
survey Of the school system of the state
of Delaware. recently completed, II viii
bs shown that Delaware stands thirty
third among the furty-ceht States ol the
Federal l'nlon Ii all the States we're
CLOSELY aligned IS to the rcCnrd Of best
results IN educational efforts, this stand
mr. might not be- 10 had But when some
states stand 50 high and other States
stand ~ low, u Is almost discreditahlc
that Delaware should be compelled to
take rank as thirty-thlrd IN total mcm-
hcrShip II forty eight
What ~ tho trouble The record for
nclaWarc, no doubt was complied from
results asccrtaincd from all the schools
Of thc state including these of tie city of
Wilmington Naturally, II might be sup
posed the Wilmington schools hS VIRTUE
of thcr superior pasitlon and thr ad
vantage, to ~ derived from active co-
operation with IN, host VI outside school
agcnci,S, would make The host showing
Bur il Is sand that in actual results some
II III, grammar schools ~ hc state show
better results than thc similar schools y
Wilmington
However this NAV ~. the fact remains
that Delaware Is low down N The roll ~
states IN the matter ~ school excellence
thirtv-thIrd IN a total enrolment oi forty
ought states VII, should tins Re There
should bc some reason and II should ~
the purpose Of those Interested in public
school matters in Delaware "a ascertain
the reason ami "a endcavor 20 apply the
remedy, without delay
some ~ the Deficiencies Of the public
school system in Wilmington arc pointed
ont ~ report q hr City Committee
on Public Education, recently made
public, and i must r. admitted They arc
dcci icdn startling Th,, arc
! Sn0 chidrcn arc nov On parr 'mc
owing g limited capacity u school hnld-
lngs
More than iorupi.~ rcr teacher arc
enrolled
s The buildings hayC no facilities
for kindercartcn~ directed cducatonal
recreation. manual framing shops Ut
semhl, rooms 81 special Glasses
/ The schools ar without IA, proper
number or The right kind u sanitary con-
vcniencte
; They lact necessary repairing pant
ing and replacement u wurnou' and UNI
sanitary desks. cfc
& Al ia, schools DO not have full tim,
jsnitor service, nor >ufucnt supphc~ for
cleanllnc,s
:. Efcctiv, medical Inspection Is needed Z
foi al the school,, Open-air schools Tor
tubcrcular and ancrnic children ar not
provided
; The school program doc> not IN
clude physical education
2 The course of study under present .
conditions cannot he adapted 10 diff
ferences IN children
10 special classes tor retarded sub
normal and motor-minded children ar
needed
IL There Is an inadequate supply Of
tex, books, and illustrative classroom ma
terial
l. Extension of home economies and
industrial courses Is an urgent need Of the
school program
Is No attendance officer home VISITOR,
nor continuous school census Is provided
II Beginning ealaric~ IL elementary
schools and all maximum oalarles are too
low
Hcre are dchclencies that should bc
easily rerncdlcd by The local school author-
tlc- Or. # the latter feel they are hands
capped by lack 81 authority, the Legs
lature u now IL SESSION and may on
application, supply TO the local authorizes
full power 70 correct al these alleged de-
ticiencies and shortcomings and make our
public schools what they ought to be
II i alleged that Wilmington does not
spend suftcient money on its public
schools 70 maintain the proper cfFciency.
Statistic show that the average spent on
zach child per annum III public schools
throughout the mtcd States j, between
s45 and $50 per annum that tie best
rities spend from 500 - s75. that the
rity Of Wilmington spends only between /
.35 and $40
mere therefore = concrete prOpo-
,ition. Our city spends less on schools ]
Der capita Of pupils, than the average {
American cities. 1t falls far behind ,he 3
,thers in results Therefore, there i Dre- j
ented only one remedy We must spend /
more money ii order to secure better {
esults
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