Milford chronicle., 1920-11-26
DELAWARE TEACHERS
ASSOCIATION REPORT
DECLARES ITSELF COMMITTED TO PRO-
GRAM OF SERVICE TO TEACHERS,
PROFESSION AND STATE.
WELFARE OF The CHILDREN
SAYS 1T is THE BUSINESS OF THE STATE
T0PR0VIDE ADEQUATE FACILITIES
FOR TRAINING OF TEACHERS.

he teachers, service to the profess
on, service to the state. It's supreme
purpose is the welfare of the child
lood of Delaware.
For the accomplishment of this pro-
sram it afirms its allegiance to the
ollowing principles:
l That to have a competent we'll
trained teacher is the right of
every child in the State.
2 That it is the business of the
State to provide adequate facili-
ties for the training of her tea
chers.
8 That it is the business of the
State and local community and
their solemn duty in a democracy
such as ours to provide such fl
nancial support for the schools
as shall guarantee to every child
in the State equal educational Op-
portunity regardless of his place
of residence.
4 That the importance of the work
of teaching justifies the highest
effort on the part of those engag-
ed therein to so increase the
standards of their efficiency as to
make this profession recognized
as such throughout our State.
5 That ability to work with the
hands as well as to think with
the head is so desirable that we
commend the efforts toward pre-
vocational work that have been
instituted in this State.
That the first consideration of
every program of education should
be the conservation of health. We
therefore pledge our support to
the efforts now being put forward
by the Red Cross and other agen-
cies in providing medical inspec-
tiOn and ursing service for school
children.
That the consolidation of rural
schools, where practicable, is the
solution of most of the problems
of rural education.
That adequate supervision Of ru-
raj schools is indispensable to
their efficiency.
That it is the business of the
State after having provided
schools for her children to see
that the children avail themselves
of the opportunities furnished.
That it is the duty of every com
munity to see that its teachers
are provided with comfortable
homes.
That ample provision should be .
made for the care of teachers who I
have spent their lives in the SER
vice by the provision on the part
of the State of retirement fund
based on sound actuarial princi-
pies.
That maintenance of membership
in the State Teachers Associa-
tion is a professional duty of ev-
cry teacher in the State.
That the salaries of teachers
should be such as not only to pro-
vide them with the necessities of
life and enable them to save
something for the future, but al
so to enable them to take adj
vantage of all possible means of
professional improvement, not the
least of which is the attendance
upon meetings of this kind. and
compulsory.
That a larger place in the educa-
tional interests of the nation j
should be taken by the Federal 7
Government and a larger support
be granted from this source for ]
the education of all the people. To t
this end we recommend the pass I
age of the Smith-Towner bill now
pending in Congress and hereby /
request our Senators and Repre- Y
sentatives to give this measure \
the careful consideration which its n
importance justly merits. I
That afliliation with the National h
Education Association on the part "
of all State Associations is nee
essary to unite the educational 81
interests of the Nation, and we r
hereby strongly urge such af1ili- +.
alton for the organization.
That we believe the establishment n
of a code of professional ethics :,
for the teachers of this State will 4
contribute to the harmonious
working of our educational sys-
TEN, and therefore recommend
that the President of this asso-
citation appoint a committee for p
the drafting of such a code to be r.
presented at our next annual
meeting. p.
That we heartily commend the n,
movement for the organization of n,
Home and School Associations in a.
this State and pledge our support W
to the same. ~
the light of the above principles Sc
association notes with approval ed
gratitude the interest in educa- w
which has been manifested by an
social, business and civic organ 70
ons of this State, particularly the ha
ice Citizens of Delaware and the We
ware School Auxiliary Associa- tn
1t commends the efforts of the of
,ral Assembly and other individ- bu
in bringing about the enactment wi
lch legislation as shall give to the
, and adequate and effective sys- in
of public education comparable ST,
that of other states, and we ed
by pledge our support to any and a
measures designed to accomplish th;
end. an
, desire to express our apprecia- in
and gratitude to the citizens of on
r for opening their homes for my
to the Dover pie
d of Education for the use of the
ic Schools; to the trustees and Wis
bers of the Peoples Church in Wi
ing us the free use of their
e building for meetings and ex-
); to DR.. Budd and the authori-
If the Wesleyan Collegiate Insti-
for the splendid entertainment vel
shed our members by them on Ke
y evening; and particularly to ow
Thornburgh and the officers of six
association whose untiring eff ry
have made this meeting such by
did success. son
ommittee. for