Evening journal., 1920-07-14
DelGtUare Women Good
8 Sports, Governor Says

partment has inaugurated a program
which Is well on its way toward per-
feoting the 30 miles OF lis state sys-
TEN and which will ultimately affect
the 1888 miles OF public roads
throughout the state Delaware is
building concrete roads ID builds
them on a straight line from point TO
point, going around the small towns
and not through them. The state
roads have a right OK way Of eighty
feet both sides Of Ihe rOadbod 10 be
planted with shrubs and trees.
stale money available for road
building in 1920 Is about Si.5OOOOO
An equal amount provided by GEN
eral Coleman dupont will maln the
fund S3.0OO,OOO. All income tax rev
enue above $4,000 goes 20 roads and
also automobile receipts. including
Ies Tor registration Of vehicles and
fees for licenses Of drivers.
The state gives aid 10 the counties
Tor building roads. Seven hundred
ana nIly thousand dollars will be set
aside FOR this purpose IN 1920. The
construction OF these county roads is
under the general supervision of Die
Stale Highway Department. and there-
fore state standards will be observed
Delaware has recently published a
pamphlet TO tell all OF its citizens
now well the State is managing TO
keep The wheels turning on the
country roads"
As transportation Is essential TO a
good school system. the road nrOpr.,m
is very timely in its relation TO pres
ent school development. Delaware
long clung 10 the little red school
D,,s. tiouse on ne country road, but the
survey Commission OF 1917. with the
Inc service OF the General Education
Board. presented 10 the 1919 Legisla-
.ure the pnn or a modern school sys-
.eln generally acclaimed 30 be at the
top IN educational advance. This was
adopted and has been In oneration
Tor a year. II was Unusual h. evnect
that a perfect law, PERFECTLY ADAPTED
10 ule conditions OF the state. could
De put on the statute books al first
lhat The test OF the law will finally
Iesuit m ITS Improvement, IN spite Of
any temporary weakening. cannot hut
De Lle Dellcf or every real Delawarean
Inc olaie ideal is the best education
IRON the youngest child TO the grad
uaie student in the State college The
public school law has the merit OF
establishing a Statewide policy OF
education, with a proportion of State
llhducldl support and with the county
as the unit or administration Coop
Grafton between State and community
and the advantage Of the child IS a.
Keynote Of this administration. and
us fundamental principle Is eupi
opportunity In education TO every
child In the State.
"lnSr. 81 I'm Delaware public schools
has drawn a gift Of two million dol
lars from a prominent citizen 10 aid
the building Of new school houses i'm
an emergency which demanded a
broad building program. The school
program is being adapted 10 the needs
OF the child today, TO make him an
all-arOund human being and a useful
citizen with none OF the real fun OF
living left out.
The State appropriates $4,000 an
nuahy TO provide classes for the
adult alien. This amount is largely
supplemented from private eouro s
for a broad program Of Americaniza-
ton, following out q state policy es-
tablished during the war.
Closely related 90 the school pro
gram are the provisions for child care.
Charged by the state with insuring
the health Of mothers and babies the
Reconstruction Commission has de-
voted an appropriation Of $4,000 per
year for 1919 and 1870 10 the esiab-