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statistics, and il seems probable that this
very tedious, but necessary task covering
the period from January, 1916 up to date,
will be completed in the near future.
Cooperating with the State Livestock
Sanitary Board and the Federal govern
ment, tuberculin testing of cows is still
going ON under the direction of four
veterinarians No change has been made
in the city ordinance re specting the milk
supply, but many conferences have been
held in effort to obtain purer milk. The
United States Public Health Service is on
the eve of making an analysis of the entire
public water supply of the State.
''1he following names have been added
to our rolls Miss Helen B. Bancroft,
Rev Charles w. Clash, Walter o. Hof-
fecker, Mrs. Joseph II. Odell. A. W. Slay-
maker, Wesley Webb, Mrs. +. G. Ban
croft, l.. A. deBlois, Miss Reba /. Hol-
comb, Frederick Somers Price, William
Topkis, Chester III. Wells.
eve appropriated $500 for sup
Elementary work in the Delaware College
propriated there is an unexpended balance
of S554.54, the cost of the entire service
having been S2.945.46. Commissioner
Spaid had charge of the summer school for
colored teachers at the Dover College
His report shows that out OF our 81 900
appropriation, S479.S6 was expended and
there is a balance of S520.l4.
WORK WHICH THE STATE SHOULD DO.
''One of the purposes of the. Service
Citizens is to try experiments and make
demonstrations. For instance, the,Service
Citizens paid the initial expense of the
tuberculin testing of cows, and at the
special session of the Legislature of 1920
the State made provision for a continu-
ance of the testing and thus relieved the
Service Citizens. There are other phases
of our work which we feel compelled to
bring to the attention of the State through
the proper agencies:
'First-During the past two years we
have provided S32 200 for vocational
training in the public schools. This
should be taken care of in the future BY
the State through the budget of the
State Board of Education.
'Second-The Service Citizens made it
possible to establish the teacher training
department at Delaware College at an ex-
pense for the first year of 1850, and for
this year of S9,25O The State, through
the trustees of Delaware College, should
take that In the future, because it is es-
sentisl TO the welfare of Delaware and is
far beyond the experimental stage.
''Thnd-Also, we have supplemented
the money allowed by the State for the
summer school, having appropriated S4,-
600 last year and 5000 this year
"Fourth-The extension work was also
neglected by the Legislature of 1919, and
has cost us over So, 600 a year for the past
two years.
I'VE believe that the board Of trustees
Of Delaware College will so present these
matters 10 the forthcoming Legislature
that We can he released from these fnan-
cial burdens for other and equally neces-
sary work in the State.
"Fifth-Our health bureau, which in
wolves an annual appropriation of 50 500
should be taken over by the State Board
of Health.
DELAWARE NEGRO CIVIC LEAGUE.
"The officers of the Delaware Negro
Civic League reported on September 20
that "a local branches of the league had
been fully organized with / 1,1S3 members
These branches are visited regularly by
the field secretary, and each is pledged to
engage in some form of local activity for
the educational, civic or social better
ment of the Negro people. Allow me to
give one example-The Delaware School |
Auxiliary Association built q school for
coIored pupils az Christiana. The Chris |
lfADd pEaDCfi Oh lDt -NtrEO SIkfC ltaRu6.
which has "a adult members. agreed TO do |
the following things for the school through |
the teacher, paving the costs by voluntary |
subscriptions: The procuring Of flower |
bulbs, purchasing appropriate pictures |
for the walls, providing window curtains |
for the smaller windows of the work room, |
buying and installing an oil stove for |
domestic science purposes IN school hours |
and for community use at other times.
SCHOOL OPERATING DEFICITS.
'During last Mayit came to our atten- |
ton that two of the counties and several |
special districts in the State had operating |
deficits for their school year A private |
citizen, TO whom the Delaware public |
school system already owes so much, aug
mented the fund of the Service Citizens to /
the extent of over $50, 600, which amount |
we checked out to the embarrassed boards /
after we had made a thorough audit Of /
their books The reason for meeting this |
deficit in this way was that none of the |
boards had had experience IN the making of /
q budget and were hardly to blame for the /
condition In which they found their |
treasures; but In making these remit |
tances the boards were given to under
stand very clearly that similar deficits
could not be metin the future.
DELAWARE SCHOOL AUXILIARY AssOcIA-
TIoN.
cit Will be remembered that the educa-
tional committee of the Service Citizens,
the three yice-presidents, to-
gether with Mrs. ". X. du Pont and |
Joseph III. Odel, became Incorporated as
the Delaware School Auxiliary Association
TO administer certain funds provided by
P. S. du Pont for the erection of schools and
other educational activities in the State of
Delaware. The total amount Of the trust
was 50, ,5O0, 900, 100000 of which was
set aside for the erection and
equipment of colored schools. Owing to
the repeal of the School Code by the special
session of the Legislature in 1920 the deed
IF incorporation of the Delaware School
Auxiliary Association became invalid and
4 new charter of incorporation was OBJ :
,ained, thus enabling the association to ,
continue its work. The change in the
Iced made no drastic difference in our ,
Methods of operation, but the revised 5
.ode did make difference to the counties
md special school districts which might :
become benefciaries of the fund With {
he maximum tax rate set at 81 on the t
100, it was found that certain school :
lnits were unable to bond because they I
,ould not meet the interest and sinking |
und on the bond issue with the present !
ak rate. Sussex and Kent counties found I
themselves in this position Such condi- 7
Jon necessarily involved a change In our :
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