Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-31
building the Negro schools for which Mr..
du Pont has set aside the sum oil $0OO,OO.

Tho Delaware School Auxiliary Aseo-
citation is tho Incorporated society dis,
bursting MIR. du Points gift Tor schoo,
buildings in Delaware. which was adopted
by you as your educational committees
II Is almost impossible to summarize the
work which that committee has been do-
ing | will give you few items of
general nature and tell more explicitly OF
what tho Delaware School Auxiliary AS
ISOLATION is engaged in at this time.
|. CD We have been appearing IN pubic
gatherings in various parts OF the state
speaking on education in general ana the
school code in particular.
t2) We have been publishing IN PAM
phlet form rs bulletins of the Service 'iti-
zens any material which the State Board
OF Education desires. We have been
supplying information to the public press
on educational matters. str, Cooper, the
head of our bureau of education, has been
and is now working in closest cooperation
with the farm bureaus, women ciubs ana
other organizations for the furtherance OF
good education in Delaware lilo IS out
in the field almost all the while.
We arc at present getting INTO flnai TORN
a very important book on school construc..
ton prepared by Professors Strayer and
Englehardt of Columbia University Parts
ofthis book have been adopted by theState
Board of Education as the standards Tor
/ buildings for the State Of Delaware. MIR.
Beetle is preparing n series of drawings
and plans of the buildings which are To
be erected.
al We are in daily communication
with State boards of education and edit
cational authorities in different parts OF
the country, gathering such material as
may guide the authorities or the people oil
| Delaware in the conduct OF public educa-
ton.
DELAWARE SCHOOL. AUXILIARY AssocIA-
TON.
This association, which ~ ] have said,
| is actually your committee on education,
| has been holding frequent meetings with
architects, with the boards of special dis
tric,s and with the county boards con-
corning the building program for Della
ware. The amount Of money at our dis
| posal for white schools, namely, Sl,6O,-
600 is not sufficient when added to the
| bonding capacity Of the counties and the
| special districts to rebuild all Of the schools
| of the State, but We believe il possible to
make a very effective demonstration of
the types of schools which Delaware
should have, ranging all tho way from the
one room school building to the consoli-
dated grade and high school OF the spe-
cial district.
We have made n grant of sl2S, 900 TO
the CIaymont special district, Claymont
to supplement that amount by bonding to
| its full capacity, namely s225,o00 We
have given Dover S225, 900 and Dover viii
bond to its capacity, for Sl4ooD we
have offered 5000, 900 to the Sussex Coun-
~ Board toward its building program for
! the rural districts of that county. We arc
working in the closest harmony with the
State Board Of Education, taking no stens
whatever that are not approved by that
body.
coLoRrD SCHOOLS.
There is available soo0,000 for the
building of colored schools. These must
be mainly one-room buildings because Il
| would be unwise to attempt cons 1llda-
/ tons. The difficulty we found with the
! school problem was that the ovcrwhelm-
/ ing majority of the present schools were
wrongly located They were plsced on
pieces Of land given to the colored people
/ 10 or 50 wears ago Even at that time
many of them were too remote from the
( center of the local colored population. In
many other cascsthe population has moved
/ away from the school, so that the build
/ ing is three OF four or FIVE miles away from
! the children IL is intended 20 serve. To
1 correct this situation, We have had sur
vev made in each Of the three counties
/ outside of Wilmington, and think it is
. safe to say that we know exactly where
! every colorcd child in the state now re-
/ sides This makes il possible Tor the
supcriatendents of education tn relocate
! the school buildings. We are completing
an organization now for acquiring the
| sites and VIC expect that tie construction
work will be well begun by the early
| summer.
At Seaford, upon the request Of the
State Board Of Education, the Sussex
! county board and the Scaford special dis
! trict board. we intend TO build a county
industrial training school for the older
| colored children of the county. ASSIST
ance in providing teachers viii come
from the Slater fund and we are making
apnlicatIon for equipment from the Cen
eral Education Board. This viii be an
/ interesting, and we hope. fruitful expert
ment In giving the colored children an
! industrial education which viii not only
I be Of greatest value to them, but viii make
t them more productive citizens IN the M
dustrial life OF Delaware.
/ MANY NEW MEMBERS
| On the recommendation Of the member
shin committee the following persons
were elected 10 membership:
Kent county,. Hall Anderson, J. W.
Arthurs, Mrs Emma Burnet, Miss Har-
riet G. Comegys, Charles ;. Convict. x. +.
| Corley, ]. Nj. l.. Eckard, George M. Fish
er. Jr.. Gamaliel Garrison, =. =. Harmon
son, Mrs. Garrett =. Harrington, Rev.
Thomas Getz Hill, j. Edwin Hodeeker,
Harry Y. Holloway, Howard K. Jones,
L. Maud Lodge, Mabel Lodge, Mrs.
| Walter Norris, Miss WinlfFed Morris,
James Pennewill, Mrs. james Pennewlii.
Walter 4. Powell, Lewis NJ. Price, Mrs.
A. B. Richardson, Mrs. ]. P. Salisbury,
Marjorie w. Speaknan, Charles ID.
Stocilly. Walter G. Tatnall, W. b. Thorn
burgh, Harry G.. Tschlldy, Mrs. Harry =.
Tschudy, Edward G. Walls, w. V. Cosden,
Mrs. b. +. Thompson: -,
Sussex county-W William F. Allen, T. V.
Baker, james Beebe, Leah Anderson
Burton, Joseph l.. Cahall, Lawrence NJ.
Cahall, Henry P. Cannon, Charles ".
Cullen, Willard r. Deputy, j. Roscoe
Elliott, Ella c. Emery, Miss Bertha W.
Giles, James E. Goslee, E. Greenabaum,
| George Smith Grier, Harry l.. Grier,
J. E. Holland, Charles ]. Holzmueller,
Ira Lewis, f. E. Lynch, w. X. McCabe,
| Joseph NJ Martin, Woodblun Martin,
Andrew Marvel, s. J. Messick, Y. NJ.
Murray, Mrs. Hannah e. Paynter, VIII
liam W Rawlins, Brooks l.. Ross, u. A.
Simon, William V. Sipple, Walter I.
Smith, William c. Smith, ii. y. Stahl,
Isidore Stephany, ]. Wiley Thought,
| Charles Van Leer, 4. ]. Winder, Florence