Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-03
NEW SCHOOLS FOR
NEGRO CHILDREN
Work to be Started Next Week at
Hockessin, Stanton and
Christiana.

Work on three one-teacher eolored
schools, to be located at Hockessln,
Christiana and Marshallton, will be
started early next week. These schools,
the first TO be erected out of funds from
the 81, 800. 600 du Pont Trust Fund, are
the last of series Of preliminary activities
believed To be necessary in order to handle
satisfactorily a Statewide building pro-
gram.
Early in the fall and Immediately fol-
lowing the announcement of Pierre >.
du Points gifts of last July and October
to make possible the rebuilding Of the
colofed school houses, representatives OF
the State Board of Education made a
complete survey of the State. studying the
stability of the Negro population, dis
trict by district, and deciding upon the
logical school centers for that population.
The result has been plans for the relocating
IN a great many instances, of the school
houses. A corps of men have been IN
the field selecting sites and negotiating
for the purchase of land where the APP
proval of the county and State boards
has been secured.
Owing To the extensive nature of the
building program, however. and in order
that school men may sec the buildings
trust TO the layman uncertainty in regard
10 blue prints, three buildings of varying
type and general appearance arc TO he
erected, pending final adoption of plans
for the Statewide building program.
The schools designed by Guilbert and
Betelle. architects, of Newark. n j.
are 10 be attractively modern, conforming
10 the best that is known IN the small ono
teacher building, standard in every
detail and model for the homes Of the
community
The construction work viii be done hy
the du Pont Engineering Company under
the direction Of A. J. Taylor
At Hockessin the new coiored school
building is TO be Of brick veneer with slate
roof An attractive porch featurs the
center Of the front wall, with cloak and
toilet rooms on either side: the dimensions
of the building are III feet 6 inches hy
81 feet 4 inches A vestibule leads 20 the
school room proper, in size % NV 70 feet.
Windows occupy the entire rear wall
space To the left Of the schooiroom rs n
workroom % by II feet. to he equipp cd
for manual training and cooking ella sses
The schools will be furnished with move
able furniture so that the building may be
adaptable to evening use for adult com
munity gatherings The site for the new
building adjoins the Odd Fellows Hall
in the center of the village, and Includes
about two acres
The school at Marshalton is on the
contrary, TO be frame building located
on lot adjoining and including the site
of tho present school building. The
entrance. cloak and toilet rooms are at
the extreme left, the windows on the side
and the work room in the rear resulting
IN building having practically the same
space but entirely different IN appearance
from the HockeSsin building
At Cbustiana the new school is to be
located ON the easterly side Of the road
running from Christians to Stanton.
north of the town proper, and not more
than Onc-quarter Of mile from the
present school II is very similar 10 the
Msrshallton school 80 far As general
specifications are concerned. differing
only ia general arrangement Here the
windows will occupy the front wall and
the work room will lie 10 the rear of the
school room. The schools are being built
10 accommodate forty-tive children II ls
they will be- complete in about
SIX weeks, and each cost from ten 10
twelve Thousand dollars Immediately
their completion and IN the light
Of the experience thus obtained building
operations on n Statewide scale. SO far
as colored schools are concerned, will
be bepJln