Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-31
SERVICE CITIZENS
ACCOMPL ISHMEN1S
Interesting Report for Past lnfce
Months Made by Director
Joseph H. Odell.

Or. Joseph II. Odell, director Of the
Serv;ce C;t,zens presented to the direct
or, Al their quarterly meeting vest rday,a
renort az the work of he ASSOCIATION our.
inc the mast three months. The report
,lralt Iarr,,v with the work being done 10
;,rrr,vc the educational system OF the
Statr With the exception OF the work IN
Amcr;canization, DIR. Odells report was
a. follows: O.
To the Board of Managers OF the Ser
yice Citizens Of Delaware: :,
Your director would make the following
report covering the period from the last
me, ting. held October "a. Every part OF
our organization has been working at
high tension since we last met.
INSTRUMENTATION.
Our Amcricanization work is supple
rnentarv to the work that IS being done
by the State Board OF Education. The
night. classes which we conducted last year
have been taken over by the Board OF
Education and are being developed very
efficiently under the supervision OF Miss
Burnett Miss Hart, the head OF our
bureau asked for committee AS counsel
crs and to enlist the interest of volunteer
helpers The following members OF the
Service Citizens were appointed to that
James \. Ginns, Mrs. Preston Lea, Will
ham + Kurts. John $. Rossell, George b.
Miller. John C Saylor. Charles Warner.
The committee met on December Is
and vert over in detail the reports OF work
accomplished so far this year and agreed to
meet regularly before the monthly meet
inCs of the executive and finance commit
tees Miss Hart arranged with tins conn
rnittse TO visit the night schools and thus
establish direct contact with the WORK.
This visit took place on January 20 NO
words that | can say will adequately ex-
press nv appreciation OF the intelligence,
The enthusiasm and the diligence OF your
Americanzation dcpar tment. and IN order
that YOU may know at hrst hand OF the
work. I am asking Miss Hart to give a
verbal report TO you at his time
HOUSING.
In April, 1919, the Central Labor
Union appointed a committee on housing
with the specific duty OF looking INTO tn e
possibility of starting an Octsvla tlil AS
sociation for Wilmington. The following
month the Service Citizens appointed
similar committee with similar purpose
The two committees have been working
in unison under the chaifmanshlp OF
David Snellenburg. with Fred ". Stierie
AS secretary. II is not necessary tor me to
report in detail the findings OF thus JOINT
committee, becsuse the Service Citizens
has lust issued q report If their conclusions
As reached with the aid of the New York
Bureau of Municipal Research. This re-
port is now in your hands and deserves
the most earnest consideration upon the
part of everyone in Wilmington. 1 he
newspaners have given the report splendid
publicity and il has served to focus the
attention of the people of Wilmington, not
only upon conditions, but upon some pos
ible remedies.
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION.
We have voted $500 on October 81,
1910 70 the Farm Bureau for the employ
u,ent of Nrs. Friedewald to interpret
modern English at the Fam Bureau
r,,ee,lnes and in the public schools during
this month throughout the State, which
work she is now engaged upon. Dr.. Coop
or has also been speaking al many OF
these meetings.
From the appropriation which was
made to the committee on membership
and organization. we have given 500 TO
finance a course OF lectures IN Dover by
professors of Delaware College. These
lectures are now taking place and we are
watching the experiment with interest with
view TO future development along the
same line.
The committee on membership would
report tina; In the near future 1t expects
70 arrange for an all day conference IN
Dover for these members with suitable
Exercises and notable speakers.
DELAWARE NEGRO CIVIC LEAGUE.
On November II, 1919, DR.. Jason of the
State College for Coiored Students at
Dover, called large meeting OF the Negro
leaders of Delaware for an all day con-
ference in Dover, at which Mr.. du Pont
md your director gave addresses Grow
ing out of this meeting. the Delaware Ne
yro Civic League was formed. -Four sec
lions from its constitution VIII state clear
lv Its nature and scope:
section /. The object of this oFganiza-
ton shall be 10 unite the better element OF
the Negro population of the state OF Della
ware for cooperative effort TO advance the
economic, educational and moral interests
of the race.
Section 2 s The specific aims shall be
to promote better schools, better homes,
better health and better farms; 70 en-
courage industry, thrift and economy
through local societies of business, edu-
cational or social character.
Section 3. A further object shall be to
cooper ate with other agencies IN efforts
for the suppression Of lawlessneSs, vice
and crime and the fostering of harmonious
relations between the races.
s'Section f. The Negro Civic League
shall he free from UNCONVENTIONAL or sec
tsrian bias or political affiliations
At the last meeting OF the executive and
finance committees / recommended that
the Service Citizens give dna ncIal assist
ance to this league during Its PIE lod OF or
cauization and development, and $1,000
wear for two years was voted Tor tfat
purpose / have had repeated conferences
with the officers and committees OF the
leagiie and have agreed TO the following
amount of financial aid as quoted from
nv letter to DR.. Jason of December 2Z,
1919:
believing that such league as you
propose will accomplish the needs as out
lined. the Service Citizens viii be happy
to encourage the work by making an APP
preparation of one thousand, eight hun
dred Isl 800 dollars payable to you or TO
your treasurer for the necessary Or
ganization work of the league, which
understand to be as follows:
Salary Of field secretary for SIX
Travelling expenses with board and
lodging while in the field 100
Office establishment, supplies,
stamps, etc. .......-.- oUU
nteligence bureau, public meet
ings. speakers, travelling expenses
u same @Jtt