Milford chronicle., 1920-09-03
PLANS ADOPTED FOR
new SCHOOL BUILDING
TO Be ERECTED IN MILFORD FOR COL
0RED PEOPLE BY DELAWARE SCHOOL
AUXILIARY ASSOCIATION.
GIFT OF PIERRE S. DU POINT
BUILDING PLANS ARE IN THE HANDS
OF BIDDERS FOR TENTATIVE ESTI-
MATES FOR COSTS.

The Delaware School Auxiliary Asso-
citation, which has the spending of the
half-milion dollars given by Pierre du
Pont to build the new public school
building for the colored people of Del
aware. has perfected its plans so far as
possible, and will go ahead and build
the schools. The plans for the Milford
building were sent 70 the Milford School
Board this week for approval, and to get
at least a tentative estimate as TO the
cost of building with home manufactured
brick, labor and time required to COM
plete.
The school building will be located on
the highest spot in North Milford, which
has already been bought and paid for by
the association. Ii will be i23 feet long
on the front by IS feet deep, and be-
sides the boiler and fuel room viii af-
ford six school rooms each q feet by %
feet, with l2-foot ceilings, and a l2-foot
corridor running the length Of the build
ing.
The plans as submitted, if they can be
built for the money set aside for schools
of this size, will give to the colored peo-
pie of Milford a school building far bet
ter arranged for school purposes than
the schools now used by the white pOpu-
lation-though not so large, of course.
The following letter was received by
Colonel Townsend who is one of the
Milford Board of Education from DR..
Joseph H. Odell. and it explains itself:
Wilmington, Del, Aug 10Th, 1920.
To Colonel Theodore Townsend,
Milford, Delaware.
Nv Dear Colonel Townsend:
First: Confirming our conversation of
today / would request that your Board
inform MS at the earies possible mo-
ment of the number Of teachers it will
employ for the colored school which we
hope TO erect in Milford
Second: J have informed Mr.. Betelle,
our architect, to prepare a plan for a
building that will be adequate for the
needs Of the cllored school population.
As soon as this plan is prepared, we
shall be happy to confer with your Board
before getting the approval of the State
Board of Education on the plan, in order
10 be certain that you are satisfied and
your needs taken care Of before we go
any further.
Third viii you please inform me as
to the amount of brick available in Mil
ford or that coud be available by the
first of October and whether there is la
Dor sufficient in Milford to erect the con-
templated building by the first of Febru-
airy.
As soon as these steps are taken I will
bring the entire subject before the Del
aware School Auxiliary Association and
urge immediate action.
| remain, yours sincerely,
JOSEPH II. ODELL.
President
This letter was submitted to the Mil
ford Board of Education and the neces-
sary inquiries made to get the infornia-
ton necessary. 1t was asserted that suf-
fcient bricks to justify starting the work
was available. 1t was also found that
there will be ample labor available to
the building operation by the
time specified, and these facts were
certified to the Delaware
School Auxiliary Association.
This week the rough draft of the plans
were received for consideration as stated
above, and the report will be forwarded
10 DR.. Odell just as soon as the informa-
hon can be collected. Then the specihca-
ions will be given out and bids be re-
quested for the building of the schools
according to the plans, etc. This will be
The first colOred school built in lower
Delaware from this gift from Pierre du
Dont, who desires chat other school
shal lbe erected and turned
'ver to the colored people at the earliest