Evening journal., 1921-07-08
OPTINISTICON
SCHOOLOUTLOOK
DR.. Cooper Tells Parent
Teacher Sentiment For
Good Schools Grows
NEW SUPERVISOR
ATTENDS MEETING
70 Tn. EvenIng Journal.


NEWARK, July S-Inspiring |
speeches. excellent music and
good fellowship combined to
defeat the demoralizing effects Of
,.este days heat wave at the Della |
var Parent-Teacher Conference !
hel at Wolf Hall, University OF
DAware, in the afternoon. II. V.
Telloway. the new State superinten-
INT Of public instruction, was pres
ent and for the first time, in his Off
fetal capacity, greeted Delaware
teachers.
I The days program opened with
an executive board meeting at 11.3Q
O'Clock, presided over by Mrs John
. B. Cleaver. State president. Twenty
members representing all three
counties attended this session. An
. invitation extended by Mrs. william
O. p. Jester. Of Delaware City. for the
su next meeting Of the executive board,
n was accepted.
nv The afternoon session was preced-
enJ cd by a musical program arranged
at " Mrs. Frances dewitt Babcock, as
pop listed by j. Wales Davis and Miss
iaci Iargery Hamilton Hill, OF Whining
on I ne HlWNA NAAiA AAtAA R'NA Ett-tt++rN
ior o relieve the tension Of a hot day,
ana nd so admirably did the artists sue
eed in their purpose that they were
80 80 allied back for encores again and
loi gain. Both singers were In excel
CIV CIV Mt voice and Miss HIPS accompani-
nu , ients delighted all who heard them.
80, At the beginning OF the formal
-. ssion a motion. adopted at the eN-
Of
n ,lg, was read. instructing the secre-
! ary to forward greetings TO the new
itate Board Of Education, pledging
he cooperation and support Of the
'arent-Teacher Association for the
,oming year. Reports OF activities
spe y the local associations during the
G ast year occupied thirty minutes OF
nan ne program.
nee An encouraging note was sounded
torn uring the afternoon by DR.. r. W.
whi' ooper. director Of the Bureau OF
the sducatian, Service Citizens OF Della
arc fare, who said, Il have no reason
su. feel that the State OF Delaware
ert ias gone backward IN education, be-
sex .ause the people have not accepted
= he former school law Of Delaware
tol and the people are the law. a statute
MNN WWNNNM ~ AaNANafaa AAA' ANf@i
statute IS what the people actually
are attempting to do. The sentiment
rrr in Delaware in favor Of good schools
4 IS not worse than it was six months
ago; it is better than it was six
months ago"
DR. Cooper discussed the posi-
,ilities in the Parent-Teacher field
o. FOR next year. "Thc object Of the
association - as wide as the inter
~, ests OF the child" ne said. There
are no limitations. We want to in
clude the entire community; We
hope to bring. about the school
louse all the commuuity's interests
our great ambition Is 10 give th'
:, Delaware child the opportunity e
respond mentally 20 all the goos
.hnrs of life. What makes Della
G wore rich Is not her grain crops, hei
fish, fruit. and oysters. but her abil
l. ity TO respond to human qualities
b TO art. literature. poetry and an ac
= tivity In civic and social relation
d ships."
The closing address Of the session
was given by Miss Louise Connelley
of the Public Library OF Newark
New Jersey, who discussed eth
Book and the Child. Miss Connel
Icy made a stirring appeal 70 tn
t teachers TO bring the wealth o
books within the grasp Of thei
pupils. "Put your children into tn
intellectual aristocracy Of the coun
try. sh isistcd. "A great ma
jority Of our people after they reacl
adolescence put a period after thei
reading career and call it finished
some OF them read for emotional sti
and a few. the elect Of tho earth
read for things they want to know
capable Of genuine pleasure in thos
things that appeal to the mind a
we'll as the emotions"