Evening journal., 1920-10-13
NEWS GOSSIP
OF new CASTLE
School Superintendent
Snavely Gives Efficiency
Test to Pupils
NEGROES HOLD
.. MASS MEETING
specIll 10 ma EvenIng Ionrnal


given tests in efficiency by Professor
/ II. +. Snayely, superintendent TO as
| certain the compariive efficiency OF
/ The local system. The Kansas sight
reading test has been the test given
The pupils OF the fourth TO the twelfth
grades, inclusive. and only those at
lending the in-tOwn white schools
have been tested. This test is given
TO ascertain how accurately and rap
idly the pupils can read.
The achievements Of over 10000
children, eXperimenlally tested IN
100 different schools. by this method.
is set as a standard by which to
Judge the efficiency Of others taking
this or similar tests. Reading Is ac-
credited with being The fundamental
to all olhr subjects In school ,vors.
rs we'll as those problems arising in
J aiter-school life. II Is known fact
mat many intellectual students have
been unable TO solve the problems Of
life because Of being unable TO read
understandingly.
These tests are a barometer by
which The teacher and supervisor Is
able 10 diagnose the particular weak
moss or the pupil. Some of the pupils
who did especially good work were
sixth grade, Alfred Watson: seventh
~ hh's iANNN " lllflNl'f flNNill NINufi
Edward pinder; ninth grade. Oakley
Erkridge: tenth grade. Charles Meg
glns0n; eleventh grade. Albert Grimes,
and twelfth grade, George TObin.
The tests given in grades Q. 10. n
and ~, the hish school grades, was
! more difficult than the test given In
The other three grades mentioned.
Other pupils who did exceptionally
good work are: In the sixth Grade,
Bessie Hardy; in the seventh grade,
Mary Thompson Margaret Snavely,
William Kirk. Forrest Hamilton Wal
lace Cannon and Carrie Atkinson; In
the eighth grade. Donald Banks Fritz
PfrOmmcr, Alice kccgan, Virginia
Ncwlove, Elizabeth Jones. Ellsworth
Gentry. Ogden Wise, Eugene Tressler,
Willard Bicking. In the ninth grade
Beatrice Jones. Pauline Willis. Eliza
beth Cannon, John Berry, Richard
Watts, Harry Ahern. Jr.. Herbert
King. Ruth Zimmerman, Harry Wal
lace. James Wilson: in the tenth
grade, Paul Strumple, Samuel Nc
Knit. Harold Bannar, George slack
Edward Truiti; In The eleventh
grade, Gertrude Ratledgc, Victor
Davis. Elizabeth Mckay, Albert
IGrimcs: in the twelfth grade. Doug
las Proud. John Davidson and Mabel
Eskridge
Prof. Mary Z. Rich Of the Womens
College, Is spending several days Nis-
ting New. Castle schools.
superintendent Henry T. SnaVely
spoke informally before the High
School pupils and teachers on Tues
day morning on the Meaning or the
Discovery OF America" he empha-
sled that this event typines The sub
slituiiOn OF science for crcdulity, rea
N. Na al NHlH
= fear and urged his hearers 20 attack
: the problems OF life in much The same
way IN which Columbus Tried 10 iinC
a new trade route.
\ Negro Republican mass meeting
was held last evening in the Zion NJ
T.. Church. Mrs. NJ. r. Jackson. chair
man. urged the necessity OF register
ing on the part of every Negro voter
both men and women. She said that
every mother should pay attention as
10 how she cast her ballots SO a. 10
place lho proper environments around
her boy. as the boy needed as much
care as the girl. she called for those
in the audience already registered Ia
raise their hand and all but five he'd
up their hand. Mrs. Jackson then m
trOduced jefferson +. COage, OF Nash
ingion ID. g., As The speaker OF the
evening. Mr.. COage pointed with pride
10 a house on the opposite side OF
the street. saying there was where
was born and raised.
Mr.. COage said 10 was the duty Oi
every negro man and woman TO go q
the polls on November , and cas-
their ballot for The entire republican
ticket. lie said. he fully appreciated
that on frequent occasions certain
men elected 10 office on the Repub
lRan Ticket had failed 10 do certain
things for the benefit Of the negro
race, but that did not remove from n :
memory that 1t was the Republican
party. who had been the party tina
nr0vided the present freedom en-
loved by his race and that the Dem
ocratic party was responsible fol
every Inconvenience and every det
rimenial condition existing wh.cf
hinders the advancement or I'M
Negro.
lie said every negro should regis
Ter and vote. as the negro Of the norti
} was given the privilege, which IS de
MED hundreds Of thousands OF ne
groes south Of the Mason and DiXoI
| line. lie said there were no "Jin
, Grow" cars in the north. He also saiC
the Democratic party had now under
} consideration a law TO be presentes
10 the next legislature. should iha
b party secure the majority Of mem
} hers which. would practically dis
franchise the entire negro population
Of the state.
There was a street parade preced
ing the meeting. headed by the Mount
Vernon Brass band. local negro or
ganization.
q Members Of the oflcal board Of th'
New Castle Methodist Church helC
! ] .naaf.r. In
= Sunday School rooms OF the church
T Thomas l.. Nowland, contractor an,
: builder, has renewed the entire roo
. Of the large barn at the County Hos
piial. 70 tOek 3i.i00 shingles 10 com
plete the job. Several other minol
repairs were made 10 the interior O
the barn.
A game OF baseball is scheduled fol
: Saturday afternoon 10 be played OF
the Battery Park diamond between
the Royal Stars OF Wilmington ant
the New Castle Giants. These two
, negro aggregations Of ball tosser.
have already played two games, eacf
4, OF which ended in a draw.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Proud, Of Sec
/ ond street, while motoring along IA,
River Road, last Sunday afternoon
, narrowly escaped serious injury, whef
- "A large touring car attempting tC
, pass them crowded their car into the
I ditch al the side Of the road
TAILORS OF QUALITY. Rubenstein
, and Barkowsky, have opened a new
r tailoring shop at ii5 Delaware street
ADV.
Preston Lattomus, son ofg Mr. and
) Mrs. George Lait0mus, OF State Road
b who has been IN with an infection
, Of the eye, is improving.
? Howard Wilhelm. deputy great
, Iaorhoun ~ fha Trnnrovad nrdar a q p,d