Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-09
SMYRNA ASKS FOR
LOCATION OF NEW
SCHOOL BUILDING
Claims Advantages Over Clayton
or Any Midway Site
Selection.
DOVER TO HAVE SCHOOL

Special Correspondence of Every Evening
Dover. Jan. 9-At a regular meeting
of the State Board OF Education. yester--
dav. IN the State House, delegation OF
from 60 to ~ from smyrna had audience
on the question of site for the proposed
consolidated schools Of Smyrna and
CLAYTON. The request of the Smyrna
Deople for the location of the new school
building IN Smyrna on the site OF the
present school adjoining which can be
purchased additional land for all build
ings needed under the provisions ot the
new School Code. was presented by
Ayers StocElcy, who submitted lengthy
brief setting forth the advantages OF
locating the building in Smyrna, rather
than in the country or between Smyrna
and Clayton. as had been advocated
by the Clayton people at previous
meeting of the Board.
Because of the large number present
and the Importance Of the request, the
hearing was held IN the hail Of the House
ri REPRESENTATIVES MIR Stockley said
a Dctition of two hundred and fifty
property owners has already been pre-
sented to the board, and represents most
10 the property-owners III Smyrna and
east of SMYRNA. lie then gave in full
detail the advantages to be derived in
placing the building In smyrna, rather
than in rural district or even halfway
between SnH,rna and CLAYTON He
nojntad out that from ten 10 Is acres of
land could he secured adjacent to the
nrcscnt building. TO meet all the require
nents for an agricultural, domestic
science, and other buildings within the
provisions Of the code.
1t was also pointed out, hat Smyrna
is in everv wav fitted to accommodate
such a building and that II would be
(hettcr IN every way Tor the children
Ifrom the surrounding rural dIstricts 70
come to Smyrna, than 20 to Clayton or o
halfway location.
State Senator I. NJ Price and T. A.
Haze. two Of Sulvrras prob oinncnt cTti-
tens also spoke in favor Of Sni yrna as the
place for the new building.
The board gave the smyrna people
the assurance of careful consi liberation OF
ali the facts stated.
nFIFGATIoN FROM GREENWOOD.
delegation from Greenwood also ap-
pearcd before the state foard, asking
that their school bc kept twelfth grade
school. rs it ha9 been done and As had
been promised many months ago, before
the Greenwood people agreed 70 accept
the provision oi he code. ile delegation
consisted 81 ] H. BarwIck, r. II ALLEY,
Caleb NaEcc. William Radclllf, John
owens. n. l.. Coulter, I r. Rust, ". :.
Lord Those who addressed the State
Board were NIcss7s Wiley Lord bar
wick and Coulter. The delegation made II
PLAN that the notice given them that
their school was to he reduced to an
eleventh grade thus dcprlvIng this years
class from graduation, wss considered
unfair and unjust, and that they ielt they
should be q ven the same consideration
as the BridgcylIlc district which had been
made a high school district with twelve
grades. by consolidation
The delegation was gwen assurances
that Their case also would tie gwen care
ful consideration and reply sent 10 the
near future.
The board consi dered many other mat
ters at Yesterday 5 meeting. Including
the approval of the site for 3 new school
st Stocklcv. Sussex county. which had
been approved by the county school
superintendent,
FINE SCHOOL FoR DOVER.
II Is reported that the commissioners
Of the Dover Special School District,
who waited on the Auxiliary Service
Commission. asking for substantial aid n
the construction Of Dover S ncN school
building. have been gwen ASSURANCES
they will be allowed at least S225, 900,
which. With the Sl43,00' Dover Is allowed
to ralse unaer the provision Of the code,
will give to Dover if approved by the
citizens @. the town, one Of the finest
buildings anywhere 10 ne found.
II j proposed to submit tie question
Of new school building for Dover % the
citizens at a nassmeeting to be held some
day next week.