Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-13
COUNTY CITIZENS
ANXIOUS TO HAVE
BETTER SCHOOLS
Enthusiastic for Si,000,000 Loan
to Erect New
Buildings.
NO OBLIGATION ON
SPECIAL DISTRICTS

Eealizlng that now IS the opportunc
time. through united action 10 replace the
antiouated and inadequate school build
iRgS with modern structures, the rural
section Of New Castle county VII
mington and the other special districts
being excluded seems to he enthusiastic
over the project The object is to he oh
tanned through a $1,000 .0so loan. pro-
vided the taxpayers in these districts
vote IN favor Of IL next Thursday. which
will be special election day for that pur-
pose From present indications the vote
viii hc strongly III the affirmative. When
County School Superintendent Jump was
asked about the matter he said he found
the people decidedly responsive They
realize, he said that through this united
movement all Of the unIpcorporatcd
districts working together the object
can bc accomplished No such opportun-
itv ever presented itself before.
One point. which has not been alto
gather clear to some residents outside Of
the districts referred 20 was aS 10 whether
the proposed loan would be an obligation
against the whole county When MIR
Jump WAS questioned Oh tins point he
said would not He said the obligation
would be only on the unlncorporAtcd dis
tricts that Will profit by tho loan. IL Will
not be- an obligation on Wilmington or
any OF the other special districts.
The funds derived from the sale OF the
bonds are to be used only 10 provide or
purchase new grounds, new buildings, or
new permanent equipment tor schools 70
be located n or in the vicinity Of Rose
Hill Richardson Park, Middletown, Mar
Shallton. Delaware City Newport, Els
mere. Townsend. Mount Pleasant No.
I. Odessa. Edge Moor. Hockessin. York
lyn; and to provide for the rebuilding
and the supplying with permanent equip
ment Of the following one and two-room
schools or the building or consolidated
schools as shall hereafter be determined in
accordance with the law. in so far a the
funds shall be adequate Walkers. Deakvnc
vile. Tavlor Bridge. Oak Hill, Levels.
Patterson, Port Penn, Hickory Grove.
Iamison's : Corner. Mount Pleasant No
63. Kirkwond Howells. Glasgow. Pleasant
Valley. McCIcllandsville Milford Roads.
Hillside. Union. North Star Mount
Pleasant No 10. Harmony, Fairview,
stanton. Christiana. Hare Corner.
State Road Eden. Red Lion, Augustine
Mills. Forwood. Hanby'S Corner, Right
Square, Sharplev. Point Breeze Clinton.
Mount Any. Center Grove, Rockland
and Montchanin.
APPEAL TO THE TEACHERS.
State Commissioner of Education A.
r. Spaid IS sending the following TO the
teachers of New Castle county.
Someone has recently said The big
gest end of education and the most neces-
sarv thing il the republic IS the adequate
schooling OF our BOYS and girls up 10 the
age Of 10 Yet the minute school taxes
are increased the average community hits
q howl and school directors and politicians
run for cover.
The only solution Of this matter IS 70
be found In a complete reversal OF our
present financial policy toward our schools.
We must accept and deal with the sltua-
1Ion 4s an emergency OF the first import
ance-a far more critical one than that
We faced III the recent war. We must
make up our minds promptly TO shell
out for education with the same generous
willingness that marked our response to
the various war needs We cannot afford
TO let this boom Ii education die down. for
the most important crop We raise IS men
and women, and the value Of our men and
women is chiefly determined by the teach
ing and training they get in the public
schools.
The following paragraph IS taken
from the January number Of the journal
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