Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-13
CITY MAINTAINS
SUMMER SCHOOLS
They Are Located in Six Convent
ent Centres, Superintendent
Scott Reports.

Al the meeting of the Board Of Edu-
cation. last night, Clifford j. Scott,
superintendent of the city schools, made
the following report concerning tho sum
mcr school now in session.:
Our summer continuation schools have
hScn established for the benefit Of three
kinds Of pupils: Those who have failed
20 limited extent in one or two subjects
and by seven weeks work can be pro-
noted with no conditions; those who
have the ability 10 advance more rapidly
than the other pupils of their grade and
who by the extra work offered in the
summcr schools can attain higher grade
or extra promotion; also those pupils who
nrc regularly promoted but who find it
struggle 20 keep up and are near the
horder-lne of failure, and who by the
srscc,al and additional help gwen in the
summcr schools can overcome their par
ticulsr difficulties and be enabled to cope
with next wears work with success and
personal satisfaction. Only those pupils
have been enrolled who can be assured of
promotion If attendance and daily work
y satisfactory.
The summer schools arc located in six
ccnters, the High School building for
grammar school pupils; schools Nos s,
10, III, l3 for primary pupils, and No. p,
school for colorcd pupils. These centers
are convenient 10 all parts of the city
excopt the section north of the Brandy
wine. This section did not offer enough
pupils 20 justify tho expense of establish
lng an additional center.
There was an amount of g., 500 set up
in the budget passed upon favorably by
City Council for the maintenance of
summer schools. The cost of the schools
~ now arranged will total s., 2,i0S.
II know of no other way 10y which so
much educational benefit can be gwen
for that amount of money. These schools
have enrolled $50 pupils, who are each
saved n term of their school-lhe, are
spared the humiliation of failure, and are
enabled To go hack TO school IN Septem-
her with the JOY and incentive which ao-
company the attainment of success.
While the expense of summer con-
tinuation schools is justified by the bene-
fits they hring 10 hundreds of boys and
girls, the expenditure rs also justified by
the actual financial saving they effect.
Summer schools are good business in
vestments The per pupil cost for a school
term during the regular sessions Of the
school year Is at least 500. For $50 pupils
20 repeat their grade would cost the city
-. 600 The city is saved this amount
of $4,000 by expcnding 81, i0S for summer
school
Previous To Mr. Scott report the fol-
lowing appointments were made as teach
ers IN the summer continuation school on
the recommendation of the committee on
teachers. Anna L. Lincoln, Margaret
L. Name, Mary a. Connolly, Daisy l..
Chambers, Esther NJ Strickland, Rebecca
Little, Anna McCloskey, Margaret De
vine, Elizabeth llirst, Eva Burton, Gle
mentine Husbands, Gertrude Glynn, Sue
Houpt, Margaret Ferguson, Mabel Years
Icy, Florence Dunn, Clara Ford, and
Catherine Bayard.
APPOINTMENT or TEACHERS.
The following teachers were appointed
m the elementary schools and in the high
rchool for the scholastic year l920-21,
elementary teachers Marjorie T.. Nichol-
son, NJ Emma kelthley, Mary r, Pratt,
Marguerite Michenor, Florence kellar,
Edna Young. Flora l.. Strickland, VIM
fred Ash, Winifred Strickler. Rluma
Creasey, Ida Lynch. l.. Susanna Lehman.
Hilda Erisman, Alice L. Gardiner, Alice
Roop, NJ Ellen Smith Carolyn Brown,
MAY Foulk high school teachers:
Anna Ptman, history; Margaret Clifford,
french; w Paul Hamilton. english;
Frances Riley, cookery; II. A. Roush,
commercial subject, and Esther Wot-
ring science.
SCHOOLS RESUME sErTEMBER l3.
On the recommendation of Mr.. Scott
and at the motion Of MIR Campbell the
board set Monday. September 13, as the
date for the opening Of the school next
fall
Mr. Hoffman's proposal TO sign the
contracts with Delaware Heating Co,
ca.ised a lengthy discussion when il was
learned that the proposed agreement
called for payment of $500 when the
articles were signed. The contract covers
the installation of culm burners in the
high school. the annex, schools Nos. /, 2,
9. IL, Is, "a 2s, 80 at the total cost of
sl7, ,S37. The board felt that it should