Evening journal., 1921-08-23


tconveyed verbally and by telephone
through you as Superintendent and
Secretary because / had no oppor-
tunity to give 1t directly and In per-
son to the members Of the state De-
partment l held myself and my
colleagues in readiness to meet your
board under the impression that the
meeting held in Wilmington on the
22d. was partly for the purpose OF
finding some basis Of cooperation.
AT the close Of Office hours today
have had neither formal nor infor-
nal word from you or any member
OF the state Department Of Public
Instruction.
Waste OF Time and Funds
For the past seven weeks the Del
ware School Auxiliary Association
has tried and tried vainly to obtain
some formal consent from the state
department for us to cooperate In
furthering the educational interests
Of the state We have been subject
ed not only to delay but to humilia-
tion, until our patience is exhausted.
We have offered to do certain things
for your board and for the rural
schools of Delaware, and your board
las made no response. In the mean
tiihe we are carrying heavy over
head charges and thus wasting some
of the funds which Mr.. Pierre S. du
Pont placed IN our keeping for the
! purpose Of providing better educa-
1 tional facilities for the school chill
dren Of Delaware. AS the executive
officer and President OF the Della
ware School Auxiliary Association I
feel that it would be morally wrong
as being extremely bad business for
us to continue this policy any longer.
Permit me to enumerate:
1. More than a month ago we
offered to build rural schools TO the
value OF approximately 100000 and
II present them when completed and
equipped to the state Department
and certain special school districts.
In reply to this offer you have thus
far given tardy consent 70 our
building three or four small schools.
We cannot proceed on this basis be-
cause our overhead charges would
be out OF all proportion to the
amount Of construction undertaken
Pupil Enrolment
2. We have offered TO continue
the work OF pupil enrolment and
turn all OF the results over TO the
State without cost. Pupil enrolment
ties in very closely both with the
attendance campaign and with med
ical and dental examinations OF
school pupils. For the last named
medical and dental worlS--w'
have available $4,000, which, will
the amounts furnished by the Chilli
Welfare Commission. the American
Red Cross and the Delaware Anti
tuberculosis Society would make
possible to safeguard the health AM
improve the school progress Of tn
pupils OF the State. We regar'
these three phases Of work as inter
related and that the value OF an
ono Of them is greatly lessened
r all are not put into effect at once
3. You have our written assur
ance that everything we do is to b
! done under the authority and sub
ject to the direction Of the stat
5 Department OF Instruction, and tina
D IN no way do we wish or contem
2 plate any weakening or transferenc
= OF the powers of your board. To pu
= the matter bluntly. there are certai
e things needed for educational pros
e ross in Delaware. and your boar
does not possess the money or IN
s facilities with which 10 do then
We have offered what you lack an
we have offered II in a sympatheti
and cooperative spirit. and we hav
/ a Ia1 10 or tsn
buffs In return.
Encloscs Final Check.
am enclosing our check foi
s4601 to the order Of the State De
partment Of Public Instruction, th'
itemized amounts being as follows:
For additional supervisors in the
white schools not provided for b,
the Legislature, s33O1: for addi
tional supervisors for colored schools
per our letter OF August 3. 1921
. S30O; balance due on FELTON, Acad
cmy to be used for repairs TO tn
building, $1,000. Total S46O1.
With the receipt of this check
must notify you that our relation
ships are closed. or course. yol
may mako formal appeal to tn
] AFNAAWAIt 0AAAWNA sAnAlAAAA aANNNAAd
!, tion that a new relationship b
: formed that I will place such az
peal before its members.
Our charter and deeds of trust d
not conhne us to expenditures fC
rural schools; at our discretion "
"a can divert our funds into oth'
~ channels. within the limits
the State. such as the CT
OF Wilmington, where ne
school buildings are as urgent
- needed as In any part Of Del
90 ware When the p. 8. dupont fur
8 was established the Claxton survl
ny made and the appalling condition
3 the city schools was not apparer
In close please permit me to re
ul der a summary OF our trusteesh
N. 70 date:
ed The Delaware School Auxiliary A
o. sociation has expended for Educ
re tional purposes in Delaware, s.
3S4S46.17.
h. The above amount does not I
clude any moneys spent by Z
Service Citizens OF Delaware.
= At this moment we have schoc
under construction or contracted
as follows:
Schools for White pupils. S407. o
H. Schools for Colored pupils 204.0
fe Sanitary work at State Col
IN lege for Colored pupils,
nv Dover, Delaware .... 10.5
fUN IOldI . e = e q . FNAAs %