Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-04

tendent w. II. Jump has consultations
which certainly prove that consolida
ton ia the best thing for several reasons
and these consultations have n money
value. The following schools were closcc
last fall and the pupils are now being
! transported either to Odessa, Townsend
or Middletown. where it is expected that
a new high school will be erected during
the present year, Brown Cottage, Eight
Square, Armstrong. Mill Lane, Mac.
Donough, Dales Corner, Stump Corner
Matthews Corner and Ficldsboro. Super.
intcndent Jump says: 1T has cost us
to operate a one-room school this yeal
| on an average of $1,000. This would
schools If they had been operating indie
pendcntly To operate them in consoli-
| dation cost 5000 for automobile busc
figuring one-fourth Tor depreciation. s
One-fourth Of So, ,02O .. 81 sos 90
Interest on investment, per
cent. ............. 3bI.N
Two teachers at $500. ........ 10000
Cost Of operating buses ..... 1,7Sl.0C
Salaries of bus drivers. ....... 1,7dO.O0
Total. ........ s6,9S7. 20
New Castle county gains by this trans
action 50, 1880. / have not taken into
consideration that each of the buses
going to Odessa and Townsend makes a
trip to Middletown with high school
pupils which, of course, is not direct
result Of consolidation. At the same time,
it will be observed that certain part of
the cost of carrying of these high school
pupils should be deducted from the
SO, ,9S7.20. Nevertheless, the most inn
portaEt things in this arrangement are
lx,. g., I,,v
because | asked him to make financial
statement only. However, the following
are facts on which il is not possible to
put money value:
l. The regularity of attendance by
the children involved in this consolida-
ton.
2. The comfort of being carried TO
and from school in school bus
3. Greater safety from temptations
and dangers along the roadside.
(. The greater advantages the many
pupils have in being in properly graded
school Also the advantage of advance
grades and the great advantage in swelling
the school population TO a sufficient
number TO enable the whole enlarged
community to have advantage of first
group high school which has been planned.
rEAcH TRAINING.
With respect TO teacher training Mr..
Spaid said:
Today Delaw are requires about 200
teachers. However, other avenues of
usefulness have opened up to young
women and to young men, paying salaries
at least twice as much as the average
teacher earns. In contrast to our puny
efforts to train teachers. | wish TO call
attention TO the number of young people
who are training in the commercial
schools in the city of Wilmington A.
stated above. only 25 young persons are
taking teacher training IN the State of
Delaware at the present time. On the
other hand one Of the commercial schools
in Wilmington reports an enrolment of
about GOO people In its day classes and
an equal number in its evening classes.
In second institution training clerks.
stenogrsphers and bookkeepers, GOO have
been enrolled for the present year. There
fore, it would appear that at least 1900
young people, largely from the State Of
Delaware. have been drawn from almost
every school district in the State and are
now spending from 5 to 10 months in
completing their preparation for the posi-
tions which are open IN the business
houses in the city of Wilmington and
other places at salaries 20 begin with
ranging from 5000 Ia 81 200 per annum
To show how much greater the demand
is for persons who can fill commercial
positions / can give the following as an