Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-22

who could not be accommodated in the
dormitories or the dining hall. We rccog-
1 nixcd that we were responsible for this in
crease of students because we had provid-
| ed the money for establishing the teacher
!. training department and by securing
scholarships had made it possible for so
| girls to take the two-year course who would
not have done SO otherwise. Also the
most desperate need in Delaware is for
trained teachers and we dare not see these
students turned away from the college
| doors. Immediately we made q contract
! with the du Pont Engineering Co. to
erect two dormitories. These structures
are of wood and will accommodate 20
| girls each and member OF the faculty.
The entire cost viii be between $4,000
and $4,000. The buildings were erected
within six weeks of when ground was
broken.
SECURING NEW TEACHERS.
About 170 teachers in Delaware are
now employed under provisional GER
tifcatcs. In order TO train the teachers we
must first secure candidates. We have
therefore made an arrangement with the
Delaware Women's College TO release Miss
Rich for the year, for field work in the
State"
DIR. Odell includes report from DIR.
O. w. Cooper, chief of the Bureau of Edu-
cation, from which the following extracts
are taken:
''In addition to the regular activities
connected with the development of the
State school system, the bureau of educa-
tion of the Service Citizens is now giving
special attention to school attendance in
Delaware. The immediate objective rs a
new attendance record forDelaware schools
and the ultimate is new conscience IN
Delaware on the regular schooling OF
children.
In spite of the excellent advance Of last
year, our Delaware school attendance is
still five points below the average for the
nation. DIR. Leonard p. Ayers Of the
Russell Sage Foundation finds that in
1918, in the matter of the percentages of
children of school age who were IN daily
attendance, Delaware stood forty-hrst IN
the list of the As States in the nation.
His figures also show that, IN daily at
tendance, our State was IL points below
the average for the nation and that our
rating in 1918 left us where the nations
average stood "a years before.
"A campaign for better attendance is al
ready operating, and the teachers report
that the children are manifestlng a real
interest in both the certificates for at
tendance to be given the pupils and IN the
Delaware State flag which is the premium
for schools and schOolrooms
rARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION.
DR. Odell's report continues I'm CO.
operation with the Parent-1eacher Asso-
citation Of the State we are conveying TO
the local communities and TO the he mes Of
the children such information as will
create a new interest in the Importance Of
regular attention to school duties. Late
last spring the Parent-Teacher Associa-
ton of the State appealed to the Service
Citizens of Delaware for such counsel and
help as we could give in the organization Of
local associations about the school as n
center. With the hearty cooperation of
the school authorize. of the State, the
executive committee of the Parent-Ieach-
er Association is planning TO appeal to
every community to form a school COM
munity organization, the object Of which !
shall be "to bring INTO cooperation the |
home and the school for the purpose Of |
promoting the educational. civic and |
social welfare Of the community.
Information, hitherto unavailable, but |
important for the proper adjudication Of |
troublesome problems in various parts OF /
the school system. will be made equally |
available for the people and the school
by our new system OF pupil
We have installed individual
record cards for the enroll
ment Of all pupils in the State outside Of
Wilmington and are now operating a new
system of record and report for the county II
schools and special districts.
DENTAL UNIT AND MEDICAL INSPECTION.
During the medical inspection of the
school children in the State Of Delaware
last spring, approximately Is per cent
were found to be suffering from defective
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