Milford chronicle., 1920-12-03
WILL ASKLEGISLATURE
TO AID THE SCHOOLS
THE CONFERENCE EAVORS RETENTION
OF CODE WITH SOME CHANGES;
SAME In KENT AND SUSSEX.
A $l,OOO,OOO BOND ISSUE
SUGGESTS A TAX ON STOCKS, BONDS,
MORTGAGES AND OTHER INVEST
MENTS; TAXATION MAIN TOPIC.

That the present school system of
the State is an improvement over the
old and should, with a few needed
changes. be retained; that there
should be a State bond issue of ST.
100000 to build new schools in the
three counties and that special dis
trict school superintendent be done
away with and their duties transfer
red to the members of the county
boards. were the outstanding features
I of three resolution passed in the Will
mington High School Tuesday at a
public meeting called to consider
whether any changes in the new
school codewere necessary.
The meeting was one of three held
simultaneously in the State, the others
being held at Georgetown and at Do
yer. The resolutions passed will be
put before the legislature when that
body conyenes.
/ No definite action was taken at the
meeting in Georgetown as this gath
ering had been but lightly advertised
and was SHINY attended. Another
meeting will be held next week when
the matter will be taken up again.
From the tenor of a number of
speeches which were made, however,
the sentiment in Sussex county is
the same as in New Castle county,
that the present school code be re-
tanned with few slight changes. The
same attitude seemed to prevail at
the meeting in Dover.
The resolution for a state bond is
sue was placed before the assemblage
by Dr.. Thomas o. Cooper, a member
of the Wilmington Board of Education.
The one asking a few changes in the
school code and pointing out methods
of raising the necessary taxes, was
suggested by Eugene II. Shallcross, a
member of the Middletown School
Board.
Wants Tax on Stocks
The resolution by Mr.. Shallcross
follows:
at is the consensus of opinion of
this meeting that the present school
system of the State of Delaware is a
decided improvement over the old sys-
TEN and with some needed changes
in the present school law, it will be
acceptable.
I'VE believe the present great OBJ
lection to the school law is the high
rate and basis of taxation with the
BOoHlDAllAg vi luG NtiA lAltl lEeHlllE dUONG
the present rate. We believe a tax of
stocks, bonds, mortgages and other
forms of investment as well as real
estate, should be levied for school
purposes. The present income tax
should be continued and the present
exemption lowered.
"A uniform capitation tax should
be levied on all persons of voting age
at the rate of at least Sc per person
We believe that the State should pay
fifty per cent of the operating ex-
penses of the school and the county
fifty per cent and that there should
be a State issue of bonds to cover
the building program"
In z talk before the above resolu-
tion was passed, DR.. Cooper placed
his finger on the cause for the ap-
parent dissatisfaction with the school
system throughout the State-the tax
question. Dr. Cooper asked his audi
ence if in their minds, this question
was not the thorn in the side of the
public in school matters, and the
great majority signified its assent by
raising hands. Dr. Cooper said he be-
lieved that eighty per cent of the peo-
pie in Delaware would stand for new
schools at all costs, if they felt sure
that everything was done correctly
and their affairs administered econ