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alton has pledged $40 900 10 the Caesar
Rodney Conaolidated District for q fivo
room addition ~ its present building.
Plans for all Of thess projects are now
being drawn by Mr.. Betelle ~ the firm
of Guiibert and Betolle who Is the arch
itect of our Association.
If these projects should be carried
through. IL viii mean an additional $3.50
600 of school construction In the State
within the next year hesitate % speak
with any tone Of nuaIity on these special
school districts because the new school
law sonewhat unsettled the situation.
and H. has not been definitely decided
that these districts win carry out tho
proposed building program. The issue
may depend upon whether the Leglsia-
ture makes an appropriation for trans
Dortation and whether these achoO
feel that they can operate within tho
800 per year allowed by the new law
for high school pupils.
We have erected "a buildings 10 date
comprising 81 roonL and We hay. J. 3
buildings under construction providing
20 rooms.
IN conclusion viii you allOw me ~
express the utmost gratitude for the
cooperation ! have received from every
direction. There has not been an oc-
caslon Within the year whom +. $. du
pont has been too busy ~ give his
time and patient thought 70 tho needs
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and pOnslbllliles az Delaware. Cuf Wee.
president. Henry 3. BcDti. naa given
countless hours tY me various phaafa
uf our work. The executive nnd Flnaura
and other Committees have made r1.r
ncea 10 attend 20 their dIfieH. dff
not try a. toll you how faifhfuiy ng
aasociatea in me 0noe Hud various
bureaus have worked. pff.n sflrkInF
their taks until late in fhn nIsht HnH
oven through holidays ard Hln1atf
Thls report is simpiv thc bars DH'
~ how men and women in o.
haze tried ~ realize thn yaHf il
~ American Ufo Thr fuN nioIv
be written in the future ~ tAo dtH'.
We believe Do Deia ware. There F
men ard women in each c0unfy nnN
every hundred whD share our airr
hopes and who are deeply Dbl r.rua
when they are called ~ serve fhr
win strides which are f'rH'aff
lengthcnlng We are moving frHtr
Already many ether Hf1frs arc a'rk
guidance from our eEperirure.
Rnspeeffuf'y ruh0 800
Joseph % D.f
Tho Report of tho Teaaver f.
Ilazkpb up 70 April 30 1926 hF
ce,pts ~ tfaG.Z0f o.. .nr'IlIfr
anca ~ ts48s2g'. ard rrp
SfC3.9779f.
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aware Safety Council we distributed TO
the wIlmington High School and the
iargeat schools OF the counties anu
Special School Districts, 324 books on
Fire and Accident Prevention.
In many of the schools of the state
and also i'm the state College for
Colored Students there was such an
alarming fire risk that we distributed
iSl chemical fire extinguishers ior
emergency purposes.
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2b0.a7; amounts spent In Sussex county
for white school construction Including
architects fees, sites, equipment ana
buildings together with commitments
made for work under construction,
s58s. .07G.37: total. sG6s.412.2s.
Amounts spent In New Castle county
for colored school construction inciud-
Ing architects fees. cites. equipment ana
buildings together with commitments
,nnde for work under contradiction,
sf3f. .ss5.d2: amounts spent IN Kent
county for eoiored school construction
including architects fees. sites. equip
ment and buildings together with com
mitments made for work under con
struction. s113,ss3.0G; amounts spent In
euaaex county for colored school con
struction including architects fees. sites.
eouipfnent and buildings together with
commitments made for work under con
atruction, sfG7,s573s: total. s4i3. .075.s6;
grand total. ff.0si .54s14.
May ! call your attention 10 one
significant fact. when we began our
work two years ago II Was on the basis
that the counties or special school dis
tricts would contribute so per cent and
we would contribute 50 per cent for all
new conatruction 4 glance at the
tres above will show that we have al
ready spent or contracted for 81 0s1 =
64st4 Of school building construction.
while the only contribution from the
state 10 match that ia fi05 900. .-~--
! $4,000 hy the Lewos special district and
SIS 900 by the Laurel special district.
Tho Della ware school Auxiliary Aaaucia-
| tlon has put ten dollars in fhe rebuild
! Ing Of Delaware schools for every one
4 a
! hive spent S376.It4 in New Castle couu
/ y and Kent county and theae two coun
/ tiea have provided nothing for nov
schools
| II is hardly 70 bo expected That the
/ Delaware School Auxiliary Aesoc IA tior
I can continue IN progress IF fhool
/ building unlesa there ia larger willing
ness ON the part Of the stnta ~ do aornc-
thing cooperative for schools outside
+ of tho special school districts Even
within tho special school districts which
hive not vet committed themselves
! there Ia Some hesitancy about under
takiug Now construction.
For instance. tho special schoui dis
triata ~ Newark. Claymont and suvrna
hnve voted tn issue bonds for tho cree.
ton ~ new buildings. Newark ar
bond for fi55 600 and the IelawHrs
School Auvtliarv Association haa prom
iced s22a 600 IN condition thar This is
done. which VIII give 1850. ono for + neg'
consolidated high school - <evar rig
CIaynont can ivaue bonds for saao o0i
ard the Delaware school Auxiliary Aa
er,s lafion viii give 3t2s G0G. makinl
f3fa .a04 availa bic FOR q pchaol ri CIpv
mont smyrna cau i.ond for 8Gs o0n IN,
conditioned upon this tn ualavar.
s. baoI Auxiliary Az .oriafion haa prom
rcd sl0n.o4a sshieh will uafn il possl
bic for Smyrna r. buid hgh arhoo
addition and roconatruct fta presou
af 4oolhnuae for tho rrarnuiar grades
The Dela ware School Auxiliary Aescri
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On hc recommendation of na4 p
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comparison and study. Mr. du Pont. I'm
view of the startling disclosures i'm
these reports. particularly requested the
Service Citizens TO invent some way of
creating a new sentiment for attendance
in Delaware Schools. Our Bureau of
Education, In conjunction with the
state Commissioned of Education. out
lined an attendance campaign provid-
ing the following awards for pupils:
monthly certificate and nm annual GER
tihcate for pupils who maintain IA stand
ard record for perfect attendance and
for good attendance; n small Delaware
state flag that could be won by n
schoolroom in any month and a flag
for tho playground which could be won
in five months.
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that Delaware boys and girls we're
seeking education elsewhere because
the equipment and training offered ut
tho college were not such as they could
get I'm other schools.
Negro Civic League.
Since tho beginning OF the Negro
Civic League early In 1920, tho field
secretary has been visiting various parts
of. tho State. organizing auxiliariea In
tho different communities and extend
ing aid 10 those already In existence.
There are now 80 active branches with
n membership of 1900, and each In
pledged to engage In some form Of local
activity for the educational, civic or
social betterment of the Negro people.
The schoolhouse In usually the meet
ing place of tho League and practically
all nctivities are developed around the
school as n nucleus. For example,
IIorkessn ~and Seaford have installed
electric lights I'm their school for night
meetings. and several other branches
are work ing toward that end several
auxiliaries have purchased n plano or
viCtrola for the school: sewing ma
chimes have been secured: attendance
campaigns have been conducted: club
work among children organized; school
grounds improved and beautined;
athletic centers secured and equipped:
and sites for new schools recommended.
The League has been financed hy
the Service Citizen8 but by December
uf this year II hopes to be aelf-suppOft
ing.
School Auxiliary Association.
Tho officers Of this Aaaoclation are
the three vice presidents Of the Service
Citizena together with Mrs. w. X. du
Pont and Joseph H. Odeit. aud those
also form the Educational Committee
of the Service Citlzons. The funds pro
vided by Pierre S. du FONT and NIL
ministerod bv the association amount
To s3.4lg,000. 10 be used for building
new schools and rebuilding old schools,
or IN such other work as shall advance
the educational interests 81 Delaware
In trying - carry ont Mr. du pont'H
purpose as stated In the decd Of trust,
W. have met with innumorahlc dim
cuItica Tho school Code under which
we firat operated waa repealed in ia2d.
and that action intalidntetl or chnrfrf
necrsaltatlnR our beginning again The
Law ~ 1921 recently naaaed has left
us very undecided as - what course
we can safely pursnc IL the state Nov
Cnethc county held u referendum and
refused 20 haud Tor school construction
pIrIo o-cs Kent and snasex counties
have hold no referendum
Amounts spent In Now f'aatie county
FOR white school construction including
architects fooa. aitca equipment and
buildings together with commitments =
+ ,,,o9a C.t .sst,ri under conafrftstlop sSG
/ 1864. amounts Hpont ~ Kent county
/ for white achuol construction including
| arvhitcct'a fees. slteg equipment ard
: buildings together with commitments
made FOR work under construction s44
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Pupil Enrolment.

During the summer Mr.. du pont also
worked out with #. w. Gregg and nr.
Cooper an individual attendance record
card which might be used for the pur-
pose OF tabulating. month by month.
the attendance OF all pupils throughout
tho State. This card was adopted by
the State Board of Education and ut
the request of Mr.. du Pont aud the
State Board our Bureau of Education
undertook to operate, in conjunction
with Mr. Gregg OF the du Pont Com
pnny. system for the collection of in
diViduaI attendance records for all
pupils enrolled In the schools of Della
ware The. data now being gathered
upon those cards will supply 10 Della
ware fund of valuable information
such as no other State possesses.
one of the most surprising develop
mcuts in tho state is the growth Of the
Parent Teacher Association At the
beginning Of this year there We're only
two or three active branches In
existence; today there are more than
70, with oO0O members.
State College for Colored Students.
Early IN our study Of school condi-
tions in Delaware, wc discovered that
outside of tho city Of Wilmington. Della
ware had no sigh school for colored
children. and at the Same time, that our
state college for Colorcd Studcnta NJ
Dover suggested possibilities for the
eduCa tiou of colorcd youth of which the
state had not fully availcd itself our
Educational Bureau made an early in
vcstication and temporary report aE e
the over-aEe and backward conditions
in our Colored schools. and, after con
ference with educators OF the state
suggested tho feasibility If Our ronovat-
ing and cnlarRing the plant ~ tho state
college in such y manner rs - provid,
standard high school for colored boys
and girls and vocational training
school Tor the older Colorcd youth
whose carly education had hc"n So fal
neglected as 60 render their prosonC,
IN small single teacher pchnnl undc-
rira{lo We found thoueand such
pupils enrolled IN tho schools. AZ the
same time We discovered that 80 pct
cent oC the enrolment of the state
College WAX not from Delaware. RnC
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School Operating Deficits.

During last May il came TO our atten-
tion that two of the counties and several
special districts in the State had oper-
ating deficits for their school year. IN
several cases teachers had not received
their salaries for two or three months
past and there was danger that perhaps
the majority Of teachers would come to
the close Of the school year with their
salaries unpaid This would have been
an extremely serious situation because
it would have been almost impossible to
have secured the services Of these teach
ers for another year Of work. =. s du
Pont augmented the fund Of the Service
Citizens to the extent of $50 1926. which
amount We checked out to the crnbar-
rassed boards after we had made a thor
ough audit Of their books.
During the special session of the
Legislature in 1920 when the School
Code Of 1919 was repealed and a special
legislative committee of nine framed
a new educational law known as the
School Law OF 1920, our Office provided
an of the stenographic assistance that
was necessary and also bore the ex-
penses of printing the bill as it was laid
before the General Assembly prepara-
tory to its enactment These activities
entailed several weeks Of strenuous
work on the part Of our Office force
Attendance Campaign.
When the first school year under the
Code had closed and the teachers re
ports upon the enrolment and attend
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Attendance Campaign.

When the first school year under the
Code had closed and the teachers re
ports upon the enrolment and attend
ance OF pupils Were made syzDahlA fAl.
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Dental Unit.

During the medical inspection Of the
school children Of Delaware last spring.
approx matcIy 75 per cent of the chill
dren IN the rural districts were found
20 have defective teeth. AS the majority
of these children We're not able to
reach a dentist. plans for a travelling
dental unit were perfected. The unit
W.ss organized IN October and consists
- s dental operator and two hygienists
vho are equipped with Ford truck
aud portable dental equipment. They
hsN. 29ue from school 70 school in the
-tatc.
During tho year the districts Of Clay
mont Mount Pleasant. Milford Dover
and the surrounding districts have been
covered 1861 children examined, OF
whom only lis had perfect mouths. and
1881 prophylactic treatments given. The
cost has been approximately $4,000 the
amount which was appropriated for the
first year.
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Sum mer schools

Two years ago we undertook tho wori
of making our summer shools Tor teach
ers more attractive ana more cuI1ura
by bringing series Of lecturers srcaN
ers. preachers. musicians ana other on
tertainers to the sessions. IhiS adV"h
tuTe proved 50 popular that we thin'
it desirable 10 continue i IN me sum
mer schools Of this year ana an appro
priation Of $4,500 has been placed ia on
budget for that purpose.
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that Delaware boys and girls we're
seeking education elsewhere because
the equipment and training offered ut
tho college were not such as they could
get I'm other schools
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Medical Inspection.

In March 1921. we published and dis
tributed for the State Board Of Educa-
ton detailed description Of medical
inspection in the public schools in the
hope that the Legislature would make
an adequate appropriation for the con-
auuance ~ that work.
safety And Sanitation.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-09-29
EashIons In China.

Notwithstanding the popular west ern fancy that fashions never change in China, the Chinese woman is pains taklngIy particular 6s to the exact length and fullness-or scautlneSS-of her coats, skirts and trousers. She is carefully precise about the width of bias bands or braid or lace that she uses for trimming. the number and arrangement of fastenlngs, the shape and height of her collar All of these details vary as tyranIcnlly from sea son to seasou-under Shanghai Cuid- ance-as certain style features do with us under the leadership Of New York or Paris. Moreover, aS against our four seasons. the fashion devotee of China takes account of eight.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-09-29
TAKES LEASE ON
 GAsTINEAU HOTEL

R. J. Sommers, former surveyor general of Alaska, has leased the Gastineau hotel for period of ten years from the owners, Claude Erie son and E. R, Jaeger, the lease to become effective on October of this year.
 MT. Sommers stated that he in- tends to devote his personal atten- tion to the hotel business and will make every effort to maintain the present high standard of manage meut for which the hotel is famous. No plans of change are contemplat- ed and the present manager, Glen Bartlett, will continue in his posi- tion.
 Claude Ericsou, one of the o@ners. of the hotel and who for the past several years has given his person. al attention to the management, will leave shortly with his family for a vacation trip south. He will return in several months to look after his many property interests here.
 MT. Sommers, the new lessee, is one of the best known men in the North. Up until a few weeks ago he was surveyor general of Alaska and before that was territorial mine inspector. He expects to leave short ly for a vacation trip in the south before entering into the manage ment of his new business.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-09-29
OIL OF GLADNESS

Four hundred gallons of wine and sixty gallons of cider, the latter "as- saying" upward of five per cent. all cohol, were harvested in a raid made yesterday afternoon on the store conducted on the famous beach at Douglas by James Baras, a Greek. by special Officer Jack Wilson and Deputy U. s. Marshals Lucy and Gar ster. The stun was empued and gurgled it's way to the mighty deep, but 1t is not believed it will affect the flavor of the fish to any notice able extent.
 Baras was arrested and taken be fore U. s. Commissioner Gray of Douglas, where he pleaded guilty and was given the option of DUug- ling up S25O in coin of the realm or spending two months in retirement He chose the latter and now gazes on the world through the bars of the federal jail in Juneau-piays checkers with his nose, as it were Stroller's Weekly.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-09-29
SHEEP DO WELL
AT NIATANUSKA

u-. c. C. Georgason. director of of A-rtculturu Experiment stations ia Alaska. spent several days here recently in the inspection of the ey- pertinent station at Nutauuska. and ia looking over the agrtcuItura, prospects of Natauuska valley. He Was very much pleased with the work that has been done at the sta- rou during the past year. He states that excellent progress has been made in all lines and in the con- structiou of farm buildings. The barn. which he states is by far the most modern and the best equipped in the territory. is practically com ple-cd. and t0rty-loot silo with capacity of about loo tons and a 75- foot concrete root cellar are at the present time under construction. The stI0 will be completed in sufficient time to be filled this fall IL will solve the winter feeding question
 Dr. Georges0D commented very tavorabIy on the live stock pros poets of the valley and especially that of dairytng. He realizes that the growth in livestock is necessar- fly a slow process. as sufficient land must first be cleared to furnish sum mer pasture and feed for six months winter. However, with the opening of the government railroad he feels that the markets that will open up along the way will greatly stimulate the dairy industry
 Quite a number of Ho,steins and Jerseys may be found on the ranch os in the valley and the experiment station has a good start in register milking shorthorns. Hardness and good rustIiug qualities are the two main factors to be considered in choosing a dairy herd for this sec
The daily Alaskan., 1921-09-29
Old Scottish Sunday Dinner.


 In letter Of Sir Walter Scott, dated In 1894. he describes a typical Sab bath in Edinburgh 100 years ago as follows:
 "I have always been Intimate with the Forbeses from my infancy, since the excellent old lord with his wife and family used weekly to dine at my fathers always on a Sunday, and on the same bIll of fare, which would now be thought a curious one to Invite a nobleman to. In the first place there was sheep-head broth and said sheeps head itself, the reason being that the sheep's head, which requires much boiling. was put on the night be- fore. and the dressing of the beef steaks occupied the least possible time, and thus the necessity of employing servants on the Sabbath day was diminished as much as possible. Then there was a bottle or two Of special wine. which no wine merchant had ft- ted for the market, and there was a sermon read, during which one part of the children were sleeping and the other plnchlng and kicking them to make them keep awake. And then there Is an old Sabbath for you in Edinburgh"
The daily Alaskan., 1921-09-29

and Riley escaped in a -"wu".. They were never ranrnr Dn-.na ... next year -rs-r were fro n-.ana-. but na,n co~ves wa-o annr.Ha.#.. One of these was a T~.a.r.- ..w.. Watson. vro os.ana5 a.-.s- "t" Passage an a rawhoar Tho opinion has hoar advanced -nm Watson n.H an inmate ut waN#u.- Island nan raruuv. had posted Gardiner on r#s topography or rra island and tho narrow stretch oE water dividing r.. island and maitland
 Afrrouan only seven ont oE forty. six escaped prisoners have sao.aat ed ir a getaway. Capt HH.. ..r. rades Gardiner a chance t0 win Ais game Of hide and seek wrr 7.- tonHa-y guards and nossamar
 "But ] believe he's still ar .Hr island" says ;ha veteran guard .-f mariner. Its a game or f-oas. a". and rhe odds are that Gardiner vIu lose his Ihins-aud liberty"
The daily Alaskan., 1921-09-29
GREAT BRITAIN ABANDoNs FREE TRADE

In returning to the policy protection threeQuarers of cen w of free trade the careful not to dignty the pol icy by that name for fear perhaps wouudng the feelings o what few Cobdeu remain the bill which passed the House Inf C,~ors was entitled "a bill certain sD industries and industries in inc United Kingdom against depreciation of foreign cur disposal imported goods at prices below the cost or production. and for purposes connected herewith
 This file has set the proecons laughing and n two of our considerable fun at John Bull for his raivee As matter of fact of
 lection far beyond anything that in ~ years for is no less one-hd of m e of the gods while preousts 1890 gone beyond gOcs average much maigued Payned rich tarT law averaged its existence -RepuJIcan Publicity
The daily Alaskan., 1921-09-29
uon of Alaska.

tton of Alaska.
 Dr. Georgeson appeared very en- thusiastic over the sheep prospect and suggested that before long many farmers would have their own focks. The native grasses offer wonderful summer pasture and they can be car r.ed through the winter successfully ou grain hay without a grain sup plewrnt.-The Pathfinder.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-09-29

.IN THE PROBATE COUNT FOR HAYNES PRECINCT. FIRST Lu- DICIAL DIVISION. TERRITORY OF ALASKA.
 N THE MATTER or THE ESTATE
 OF
 s. ! WETTSNAN. deceased. Notice of Hearing on Final Ac-
 count
 Notice is hereby given that Jos. H. ChiseI, as administrator of he estate of s. J. weismau. deceased. did on the 5th day of September 1921. file in the above entitled court his final account and report of his administration of sad estate. and the hearing Of the same has been set by said court for tAe 5,a day of November. 1921. at the hour Of two o'clock D. m. at the courtroom Of said court al HaiDes. Alaska, at which time and place all persons are required to file any objections they may have to said account and report, and to show cause .t any they have. why said account and re- port should not be allowed and set- tied.
 Dated this 5th day Of September 1921.
 JOS IT CETSEL.
 Administrator. First inseruon-SeQt s. 1921 Final iusertton-NOv. 10, 1921.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-09-29

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