Evening journal., 1921-05-10
CITY SCHOOL
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OF the committee, presided. and was
Kept busy attending to the parlia-
mentary features. Motions flew
thick and fast But a spirit Of give
and take and of fair play
prevailed, which served to preserve
harmony Of thought and action.
A feature of the evening was the
arrival Of State Senator James w.
Robertson and a group of men and
women who had just come up from
the Legislature at Dover. The Sem
ator took a seat among the men,
bers Of the committee and was call
cd upon by Mr.. Pyle to give his
views on the situation. Mr.. Robert
son, however, merely shook his head
negatively and remained silent
Several members of the Board OF
Education, which met on the same
floor of the Public Building as the
committee. also became interested
spectators Of the committees delib-
erations after their own meeting
he'd ended.
John W. Morris. chairman OF the
sub-committee on nominations, stat
ed that the committee was ready TO
substitute qualified candidates for
those already endorsed If such action
should be deemed desirable. prac-
tically placing the six candidates al
ready endorsed on the same footing
as the rest of the list
Last Monday night" declared
NJ. II. Landing. who was the chiet
opponent Of the methods so far pur-
sued by the school committee, was
the first time ever saw two wrongs
make a right There is a great
deal Of dissatisfaction in the city
about what has gone on here. III
has had a sad effect on the real mis-
sion Of this committee. II we do
anything at all we have got to get
together now"
Bancroft Describes Conditions.
Prior 10 taking up the regular
routine business Of the meeting,
Mr.. Pyle. chairman of the gen.
eral school committee, introduced
Joseph Bancroft, who described
at length the conditions in the city
schools as brought out in the re-
ports by the laymen's and Govern
nlent survey commissions. I'm re-
Eard TO the management OF the
schools here in Wilmington" he
said things got 10 such a point
that some members OF the Board of
Education. led by Mr.. Stradley. felt
that something constructive and
definite should be done. This led
20 the appointment of ten citizens
blythe Board OF Education, ten by
the president of City Council. and
ten by the mayor. followed by the
Election OF an executive committee
Of nine, who recommended a survey
as background on which 10 reor-
eanize the school system OF the city
on a firm basis"
He then told OF the difficulty con-
fronting the Citizens School Com
mittee in its endeavors to change a
system that has been IN vogue for
over fifty years, and made a plea
against sectionalism-
The trouble." said Mr.. Bancroft
"is that people have not yet learned
~ trust each other. People in the
lower part OF the city, don't trust
thc people IN the upper part, be-
cause each section has been living In
a community Of its own. We have
got TO learn to know each other; that
the man In the north side Of the
city has the interests OF the city at
heart. just as men on the south side
have, or the man that sits in the
presidents chair in your lar 50
bank We have got to learn TO work
together for the good Of the city.
tarrtr Iforsra-fr~,a Nnrr, n.,,,r
up are one OF the best things ] have
ever known At the same time we
have got to take into consideration
the different interest that are rep.
resented in our city. We canno
simply go out and pick up candi
dates for our Board Of Education a
we would IN forming the board o
directors of a large corporation. W
are all citizens. Everyone OF us ha
a stake in our city. In selecting ou
board of education Of seven member
we want to pick out people who wi
represent the best interests OF ou
city no matter what part Of the cit
they come from"
Mr. Bancrofts remarks wer
greeted with applause by the com
nlittee members and others presen
Mr. Pyle denied any selfish in
terest or personal bias in the selec
hon OF the candidates endorsed b,
he committee. "The Citizens Com
mittee," he said. lis being criticised
Tor lots Of things which are not in
The sphere of the committee. but W.
must decide upon seven candidates
and get back Of them as a whole
We cannot back any independent