Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-25
TEACHERS CAT HER At
W0MEN'S COLLEGE
They Had a Delightful Weekend,
q Reception Preceding the
Business Session.


Spcxial Correspondence Of Every Evening
Newark. Oct. 25.--The opening on
FRIDAY evening. October %, of the second
annual convention of the New castle
county teachers was decided success
w. III. Jump, county superintendent, hau
planned to have all of the teacners meee
for a pleasant social evening before taking
nm the professional work of the Saturday
convention. Accordingly he appointed
Miss Ruby Miller, county supe rvisor;
Miss Ruth Jones, county attendance ofn-
GER and Miss Ina Barnes, county super
visor. rs chairmen of committees 10
arrange the respective details OF mvi-
tations, refreshments and program. Dean
Robinson of the Womens College of
Delaware. graciously extended to the
teachers the use of the reception rooms Oh
Warmers Hall and the chapel. College
faculty members-Miss Rachel Taylor of
the Art Department Miss Marian Mae-
son. physical director, and Miss DORA
Wilcox of the music department, and all
students of the teacher training classes
co-operated with the teachers in making
the evening the great success that IL
ptoved to be.
AT 5 O'Clock the visiting teachers were
reoeiyed in the beautiful Warner room OF
Warner Hall, which was left wisely un-
touched by the decorating committee
save for charming flower arrangement
of rare blue closed gentians. The re-
ceiving line was composed OF men and
women who are well known throughout
the State from their work in the interests
of education. Dean Winifred j. Robinson
az the Women's College; Professor Will
kinson of the Education Department OF
Delaware College; Mrs. Wilkinson; DR..
r. w. Cooper, secretary in Education OF
Service Citizens" T. T. Martin, organi-
-cr of bows and girls clubs; Mrs Martin,
Miss Mary T. Rich, State field secretary
IN education: MIR. and Mrs. p. E. Strlck-
land. members of the New Castle County
Board of Education; W. II. Jump, New
Castle county superintendent Mrs
jump: Miss Agnes Medill, girls club
organizer for New Castle county; Miss
Ina Barnes and Miss Ruby Miller, New
Castle county supervisors; Miss Ruth
Jones. attendance officer; Professor r. W.
Hem. vocational advisor, and Mrs. Helm.
Following the reception every one
prescott Joined in the grand march through
The Hilarum. the main drawing room,
which had been beautifully decorated with
autumn leaves snd trailing vines. Miss
Rarnes. as chairman of the program,
greeted the guests in a few cordial words
and then appointed Mr.. Jacobs, principal
Of Mt Pleasant public school, as master
of ceremonies. Mr.. Jaoobs performed bis
new duties with eclat. The march WAS
continued under his direction out upon
the campus and into the chapel, where the
following delightful program WAS rendered:
Solo. Miss Dora Wilcox: dance of the
Elves, Evelyn Spruance, Miriam Gordy,
Florence Phillips; reading Dean WiHfred
!. Robinson; harlequin dance, Nj. Gordy;
hornpipe dance, Florence Phillips.
Upon the return TO the HIlarium An IN
formal program of games was carried out.
An unusual conversational contest was
started. in which couples were TO walk
and talk on specified subjects, while music
,vas played then to change partners at the
syn for silence The contest was never
decided. for after Cox and Harding,
Nuts Return of Peter Grimm" and
Eats had been announced IN turn the
conversation became general. few ring
games were introduced by Miss Watson
and demonstrated by students of the
Teacher Training Department. Many of
the guests joined in and enjoyed the spirit
of plav which they called forth. Waters
and punch were then served and shortly
after the guests left, feeling that through
tbe act Of playing together" they had
become more closely related and better
fitted for cooperating ID the serious work
before them.
Saturdays program Was gwen over to
the professional aspects OF education, con-
sisting of two general meetings and two
sectional meetings. At q. NJ. the trst
general meeting was held at Vol Hal,
the auditorium Of Delaware College. Fol-
lowing this al 1890 two sectional meet
ings were gwen over 20 demonstration
work. Miss Mamie 4. Rohr OF the
Women's College, conducting fifth grade
work, and Miss Pauline Rutledge OF the
Newark public schools, conducting flrst
rrade work. At 2 p. II. the second genersl
meeting was held
AT the conference on Saturday DR. r. ".
Cooper. educational director OF the Ser
vice Citizens, gave some interesting views
on the Improvement II school conditions
in Delaware He pointed out that the
enrolment for 1890 was 5000, an
Increase Of 1000 over 1888.
W. III. Jump, county superintendent
Of schools, praised the cooperative work
of the Service Citizens, the health units
of the State Board Of Education, the
State Board of Charities and the Parent
Teachers Association. Mr.. Jump also
dwelt on phases of the school law. He
urged teachers to take precautionary
steps to see the schools are properly sup
piled with coal for the winter.
Professor W. A. Wilkinson, business
administrator Of Delaware College, an
nounced if the teachers desired they might
have English, psychology and history
courses added to the extension courses at
Delaware College and would be given
credit for their work if they ever desired
diplomas. Sixty asked to be enrolled
Sectional conferences were conducted
by Miss Ina Barnes for the grammar and
Miss Ruby Miller for the primary grades.
Demonstration classes were held, the
leaders being chosen from the teacher
training department of the Womens
College. and these were followed by round
table discussions
A r. Spaid, State educational COM
missioner, spoke of his trip through Yellow
stone Park while in Denver attending the
National Educational Convention last
July
Miss Ruth Jones, county attend
ance officer, said attractive leaders and
ones who were sympathetic were necessary