Evening journal., 1921-01-13
SHOW NEEDS OF
RURAL SCHOOLS
Inspection of Building TO be
Made by Auto Trip
Tomorrow
TRIP IN INTEREST
OF MILLION LOAN

Arrangements were completed today
for the public automobile tour OF the
county schools which will be held To-
morrow, so that anyone Interested
may see FOR themselves the conditions
under which teachers and pupils are
working.
This tour has been planned by the
New Castle County Board OF Educa-
tion and County School Superintend-
ent Wilbur H. Jump as part OF the
campaign for the proposed Si,OoOOO
bond issue, which Will be voted on
next Thursday afternoon. Those de
string 10 make The tour may join and
leave the party at any point along the
line. The school houses In The var
! ious towns will be the stopping and
starting places.
Automobile buses used for trans
porting school children viii carry The
inspecting party, so that It's members
may also gain an idea OF the new sys-
tenn Of rural school-going as well as
see the buildings and their classes at
WORK. Following Is the complete
schedule:
Leaving TOwnsend at $50 tomor-
row morning. stops will be made as
| follows: MiddletOwn, 10 O'Clock, Odes-
sa, 1910: ST. Georges. a.: Delaware
City, ii.3O. Rose Hill. II noon.
From Rose Hill school the buses
Will come 10 the Public Building In
this city. from whence they will de-
part norihWard along the Philadel-
phia pike at 1880. Stops will be
made as follows: Mt Pleasant, i.30
Elsmere, 2; Marshallton, go; New
port, 3. and RICHARDSON Park, 33C
p. m.
Two large and enthusiastic meet
ings 10 discuss the bond issue were
lhcld last night at iorklyn and Hook
essin. At Yorklyu resolutions ap-
proving the loan were adopted after
DR.. A. r. Spaid. State Commissioned
OF Education, and Miss Ina Barnes
supervisor. had delivered addresses
Many In the audience were cmploye.
Of the snun mills and chemica
works. Or. Spaid illustrated the i'm
pOrtance OF good schools by declarins
that II only one OF the boys seateC
In the. room should turn out 10 be
second Edison, 1t would be wortl
20 the public many times over tn
81 10000 asked.
Miss Barnes spoke on the condition
Of the school buildings as she ha
found them In the county, pOlntin
out particularly the OvercrOwdin
evils.
At Hockessin Superintendent JumI
p. r. Strickland member OF IN
board. and Miss Ruby A. Miller, wer
2 greeted by one OF the largest aud
b ences that has assembled to discus
) the loan.
Mr. Jump compared The eXpendltur
b. OF 100000 and the contemplated ca
penditure Of another 100000 10 I'm
) prove roads, and the large SUN
4 spent on the county buildings an
4 slmshOuse, none Of which anyb0d
e would now think OF doing away vii
3 He compared these expenditures wit
r. the possibilities OF the 81 iOOO0O0
@ the 1900 school children IN the count
p Mr.. Strickland told how the counl
n board had waited more than a yea
n hoping conditions would be such IN
= the board oOuld recommend the bull
n ing OF new school buildings. lie sa
N he believed the time has come, an
Is urged the taxpayers 10 act prompt
+ and put across the bond issue, whi,
: will insure an adequate and up-t
m date school system.
q Miss Miller told OF twenty-fol
= school buildings in the county whi,
: were built before the close OF q
o Civil War. She spoke OF the imprOV
\ ments In transportation facilities. m
y chinery and home conditions, and sa
= Delaware should not lag behind q
= procession in improving school CO.
a ditiOns.