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What Service Citizens Hare Done,
As Set Forth In DR.. OdeHS Report

should clearly again that We owe the s" means %, of
report -, Co. ~, -, ,,,, ,h
death rae Of Delaware has decreased
qused Legislature the evidence
Dental unit per children rural Della
which given proper treatment
the cost S of & lSSoo S , PSns Soo o "Te and accident prevention and
i'i chemical fire ensS,sTs o sS Were distributed but % Gibbons IN
Amcrcanization work appropra
ton ceuTn S @ e % her o" @ % % HmeanizatIon H work being
effectively than in Delaware" DR. odel says
which established and financed by the Service
Scholarships of $3.50 a year
the teacher training course from Pierre
Emergency Service Citizens for
summer schools for
Every teacher in wilmington
senl with the Literary Digest for the school year , oo
Thirty-tSo orafonoa were presented
Money was given state Board ara OF OF 1S ESTS@eon 10 make '
Prizes s25 for public school essays were given eg two % S
socaton. , ..o o.
operating the counties and in several special dis
rc's TO assure payment OF teacher % n%r m e IN orDg M new
assistance % was w6 ~ cooOer enr assigned as an educational
perfect containing autographed
messages from public men and women OF prominence ana 1
Hats ngs nave ave o S "G H & 90 S Siy ern aTS in school Yards
larger nag nave nave o % @ @ TOT d - w % 1s ha. " cvo~ed AN in
tdI S"u % card for ALL pupils in delaware schools which
1Sis ssSco "'S cost ''s''''' ''"' ''.''' -, ~
~ cost SEQ 600 will he made to
provided the trustees of that college and state
Board of Education agree TO adopt me In serv' % 1 - and
modern curricua for High School pupils ana oNere anu
Negro Civic League has Citizens
having 81 branches and 1900 members
oo" q"Sd provided by Pierre DUPONT to build new schools
rebuild old ones ana advance ednSao" % M Interests IN the state
continue of school building unless
outside of the special school district the report sets forth
buildings provide 20 under construction.
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900 to the Caesar Rodney Consoli- =.
dated District for a five-room addi-
ton to its present building Plans
for all OF these projects are now be- q
ing drawn by Mr.. Betelle Of the
firm of Guilbert and BeteIle. who is
the architect of our association
If these projects should be car
ried through. it will mean an addi-
tional S95O,00 of school construc-
tion in the State within the next
year. l hesitate to speak with any
tone of fnality on these special
school districts because the New
School Law somewhat unsettled the
situation. and it has not been def
nitely decided that these districts
will carry out the proposed building
program. The issue may depend
upon whether the Legislature
makes an appropriation for trans
portation and whether these schools
feel that they can operate within
the 800 per year allowed by the
New Law for high school pupils.
We have erected "a buildings TO
date comprising 81 rooms and we
have Is buildings under construc-
| ton providing 20 rooms The fol-
lowing tables show our building
program:
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PUBLIC HEaIlTH
Health Bureau

NHNAHNA ANNN"HAA
Through fhe expert assistance We
have been able tD give the State
Board ~ Healtn. tle death rate ~
Delaware has decreased During the
Nrtt tNo years vital statistics have
.een rtardardized and are now ace
fei ~ the Federal Government
.,r me hrst Lme. Cooperation with
ne United Etates Public Health
service has brought about decided
-'nlrol of communicable disearee
our Demonstration in the tuberculin
testing Of COWS led the General AZ.
sembly 20 make an appropriation o,
10000 a year for this purpose. pub
Dr. water supplies have been analyze.
and arrangements have been mad
sor the publication Of a Federal doc
1ment on THE Public Water sur
plies Of Delaware"
Il is with greatest reluctance III
re relinquish this work. owing to n
failure Of the State TO act upon q
evidence which'we placed at the di
D0sal Of the General Assembly.
Dental Unit.
During the medical inspection
he school children Of Delaware Ia
fpiihs, dppIoAiHdNeiy 90 per cent
he children in the rural distric
we're found to have defective teet
As the majority Of these childr'
we're not able TO reach a DENTS
,ians for a travelling dental un
vere perfected. The unit was orgai
zed In October. and consists Of
lental operator and two hygienist
Nno are oouipDed with a Ford true
and portable dental equipment. The
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from every direction. There has not :
been an occasion within the year
when Mr.. p. S. DUPONT has been too A,
busy TO give his time and patient
thought TO the needs and possibili- .
ties OF Delaware. Our vice-president,
Mr.. Henry p. Scott. has given count
less hours to the various phases of
our work. The executive and finance
and other committees have made.
sacrifices to attend to their duties.
I dare not try to tell you how faith
fully my associates in the office and
various bureaus have worked. often
sticking 10 their tasks until late in.
the night and even through holidays
and SUNDAYS. This report is simply
the bare outline Of how men and
women in Delaware have tried to
realize the best ideals of Americana
life. The full story will be written
in the future OF the State.
We believe in Delaware. ThereA
are men and women in each county
and in every hundred who share our
aims and hopes and who are deeplys
in earnest when they are called TO
serve the State. With strides which
are constantly lengthening we are
] moving forward. Already many
other States are seeking guidance
from our experience.
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH Fl. ODELL
Director.
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TRAINING TEACHERS.
Teacher Training Department Of Del
aware College.

In 1919. the State of Delaware had
no means Of training rs own teach
arH In conjunction with the presi-
dent ~ Delaware College and the
dean of me Women's College Of Del
aware. we worked out. in 1919.
plan for establishing Teacher
Training Department az part of
me Women's College. the purpose
being % give High school graduates
! TWO years course which would m
- mem either Tor the graded schools
or lne rural schools OF the state For
lhe scnooi year Of 1920 we paid
over 10 the college treasurer s7.75o
ana Tor l920-21 3925O. This depart .
~ meht was successful from tho vory
le beginning indeed its work was so
ne obviously necessary and benoeci,'
that the General Assembly Of 1922
has provided for its continuance h,
an adequate appropriation. and
os thus becomes an integral part OF IN
lst University OF Delaware.
OF scholarships.
rs In order TO make the benefits {
n. the Teacher Training Course avai
an able to those who need It most. II
st, Director of the Service Citizens 81
III cured scholarships Of $3.50 yei
n for thirty students each year throul
a the generosity Of Mr.. Pierre S. dl
s, Pont. Mr.. Irenee dupont and NJ
TX Lammot DUPONT.
y This enables a number Of your
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Time Has Ariued to Tell Frankly What Or
ganisation Has accomplished, Directors
Report States, Instead of AAowing Other
Organizations and Institutions to Hare
All the Praise-Expend $I,08I,548 In
School Building Program
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were only two or three active
branches in existence; today there
are more than 20, with 1000 mem
bers. The aim of the association is
not simply to bring the parents Of
the pupils into contact with the
teachers. but to rally the community
around the schoolhouse and to give
the men and women of each school
district a full appreciation of what a
good education means to their chill
dren, to the State and to the Nation.
The local branches may take any
name they choose, and they are
known variously as Parent-Teacher,
Home and School, School and Com
munity or simply Community Asso-
Citations. In bringing this to pass, we
have worked with Mrs. John b
Cleaver. the president of the Parent
Teacher Association, and with Miss
Rich. Our office has prepared a pam
phlet on How to Organize Around
the School," and eight other pam
phlets for use in the meetings. The
preparation of this publicity, to-
gether with other organization ex-
penses. has cost $4,000. Our hope il
that these associations will spread
throughout the State until every citi-
zen and taxpayer will have a per
sonal and sympathetic contact with
/ the public schools. Therefore, we
are recommending in our budget an
/ appropriation of $4,000 to finance the
/ Parent-Teacher work during tho
/ coming year.
/ State College for COlored Students.
Early in our study Of school con-
! ditions in Delaware, we discovered
that, outside of the city of Whining
ton, Delaware had no High School
for Negro children, and at the same
time, that our State College for Col.
ored Students at Dover suggested
possibilities for the education OF
colored youth Of which the State had
not fully availed itself. Our Educa-
tional Bureau made an early investi
cation and temporary report as C
the over-age and backward condi
tions in our colored schools, and
after conference with educators o
the State, suggested the feasibilit!
of our rencvating and enlargng tn,
plant at the State College in such
manner as to provide a standar,
High School for colored boys an,
girls and a vocational training schoo
for the older colored youth who's
early education had been so far neg
lected as 70 render their presence fl
small single-teacher school unde
sirable. We found a thousand sucl
pupils enrolled in the schools A
the same time, we discovered tha
60 per cent. Of the enrolment Of tn
State College was not from Delaware
and that Delaware boys and girl
were seeking education elsewher,
| because the equipment and trainin
| offered at the college were not sue
as they could get in other schools.
We have held several conference
with the trustees, have carefully SUI
veyed the conditions at the collee
and estimated the costs Of tempo
rarily renovating and properly equiI
] ping the school 20 be about $50, 90
>, This expenditure will be made @
condition that the Board Of Truste,
>. and the Board of Education of II
State agree to adopt our suggestio
-, for a new and modern curricula bot
N for the High School pupils and f,
the over-age and retarded pupils
20 the State. If our plans are adopte
the school al Dover will be operatir
in accordance with the new progra
o. at the beginning Of the next seho
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Actiuties of Service Citizens Detailed By Dr. j. H. Ode
Director In Annual Report Build 24 Schools IS Under Wa)

Hare Tried To Assist in Making DeIaware
the 'HeaIthiest Happiest and Most De-
sirabIe Place on Earth in Which to Lire,
DR.. OdeHs Report ASserts-Praises P. S.
duPontS Generosity for Making Such
Work Possible
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DELAWARE NEGRO CIVIC
LEAGUE.

Since the beginning OF the Negro
Civic League, early in 1920, the
field secretary has been visiting va
rious parts Of the State, organizing
auxiliaries in the different communi-
ties and extending aid to those al
ready in existence. There are now
thirty-two active branches. with a
membership Of 1900, and each is
pledged to engage in some form OF
local activity for the educational.
civic or social betterment Of the Ne
gro people. The schoolhouse is usu-
ally the meeting place of the league.
nd practically all activities are devel-
oped around the school as a nucleus
For example, Hockessin and Seaford
have Installed electric lights in their
schools for night meetings. and sew
eral other branches are working
toward that end; several auxiliaries
have purchased piano or victrola
for the school; sewing machines hav,
been secured; attendance campaigns
have been conducted; club work
among children organized: school
grounds improved and beautified
athletic centers secured and equip.
ped; and sites for new schools rec.
commended.
Tho Negro Civic League ha,
worked in close cooperation will
the Parent-Teacher Association. dis
tributing at their meetings tho pam
phlet material prepared by the asso
citation. The league has also con
Quoted three successful county meet
inue aud "a state ooprorffor vt-b lob
proved to be incentives for more ef
fective community Improvement
The league has been financed b!
| the Service Citizens. but by Decem
ber of this year it hopes to be self
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DELAWARE SCHOOL AUXILIARY
ASSOCIATION

The officers of this association are
the three vice-presidonts Of the Serv-
ice Citizens. together with Mrs. W
*. DUPONT and Joseph II. Oden, and
these also form the Educational
Committee of the Service Citizens
The funds provided by Mr.. Pierre S.
DUPONT and administered by the as
sociation amount to S3,419.OOO. to be
used for building new schools and
rebuilding old schools. or in such
other work as shall advance the ed
ucational interests of Delaware.
In trying to carry out Mr.. duPont's
purpose, as stated in the deed OF
trust. we have met with innumerablc
difficulties The School Code under
which we first operated was re
pealed in 1920. and that action in
validated our charter. nccessitatine
our beginning again. The law OF
1921 recently passed has loft us very
undecided as TO what course we car
safely pursue in the State. New Gas
tie county held a referendum and re,
fused to bond for school construction
purposes. Kent and Sussex coun
ties have held no referendum. Fol
| lowing is the summary of what W.
| have actually done;
Amounts spent In New Castle
county for white school con-
struction including archi
tect's fees. sites. equipment
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majority of teachers would come to
the close of the school year with
their salaries unpaid. This would
have been an extremely serious stu
alton. because il would have been
almost impossible TO have secured
the services of these teachers for an
other year Of work. Mr. r. S. dupont
augmented the fund of the Service
Citizens to the extent Of $50. .442.S5.
which amount we checked out to the
embarrassed boards after we had
made thorough audit of their
books. The reason for meeting This
deficit I'm this way was that none OF
the boards had had experience in
the making of a budget and were
hardly to blame for the condition In
which they found their treasures
but in making these remittances the
boards were given to understand
very clearly that similar deficits
could not be met in the future.
Assistance in Writing school Laws.
During the special session Of tho
Legislature in 1920, when the Schoo'
Code Of 1919 was repealed and
special legislative committee of nine
framed new educational law known
F as the School Law Of 1920, our Office
provided all of the stenographic as
sistance that was necessary. and
also bore the expenses OF printing
the bin as IL was laid before the Cen
eral Assembly. preparatory to it's en-
actment These activities entailed
several weeks Of strenuous work ON
the part of our Office force
During the 1921 session of the
Legislature. Dr. Richard Watson
Cooper. head Of our Educational Bu-
. roau. served as member of the
Citizens Committee. and also wa
one of the three chosen by the Clu
zcns' Committee to write new Law
for Delaware. Or. Cooper CAV,
his exclusive time and attention O.
this work for period of three
9 months. together with his steno
graphic assistance: and practically al
, of the typing OF the new law previou
4 90 lbs presentation to the Legislator
was done boy our Office The Citizens
d Committee bin, toward tho shapin
Of which DR.. Cooper gave s.
, much hard work. was rejected D.
the House OF Representatives. al
, fthough parts of 70 were finally in
corporated in the law that wa
passed during the last night of tn
legislature. DR. CoOpcr's positiO
, throughout the entire proceed
/ ing. both IN committee and subse
, quently in the Legislature. was tha
Of educational advisor. His familiar
ity with the problems of Delaware
his wide knowledge OF educaiiona
law and method throughout tn
| United States. and his experience o.
the working of both the 1919 Cod
and the 1920 Law made him exceed
ingly valuable to the State durin
that critical period But I'm no sens
is DR.. Cooper either the autho
Of or the sponsor for the law as
was finally passed.
EDUCATIONAL BUREAU.
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pills a monthly certificate and an
annual certificate for pulls who main
tain a standard record for perfect
attendance and for good attendance. 4.
small Delaware State flag that
could be won by a school-room in
any month and a flag for the play
ground which could be won in five
months
The state Board of Education ap-
proved the plans and prescribed the
rules and regulations for the awards
The campaign began the first OF Oc-
tober, and up to March 81 we have
mailed TO Delaware children 3S.S3S
Perfect Attendance Cards and 36,712
Good Attendance Cards making an
average Of 1885 cards a month
more than half the enrolment
The Perfect Attendance Cards
make a series. each one containing a
pictorial representation of some his
torical Delaware scene or event; and
the Good Attendance Cards an auto
graphed message TO Delaware chill
dren from a man or woman of ma
tional prominence. Such messages
have been written and sent to Della
ware children by John G.. TownsenCH
Jr.. Henry vanDyke. william d. Den
ney. George Gray Herbert Hoover
and Mary +. Wooley The campaign
has gained surprising momentum
The attendance officers and teachers
throughout the entire state expires.
/ themselves enthusiastically over tho
result and insist that, because OF
notifications made in the law al thu
| special session of the Legislature
our Delaware attendance would have
fallen far below last years average
had 80 not been for the attendance
campaign The result is that we havl
awarded 5Sl flags TO- school rooms
| sch en- is 200 moro than we had cal
| culatcd We would have 20 give, AM
have just distributed lac large flag
for display on nagpoles in schoo
Yards
Pupil Enrolment.
During the summer Mr.. duPon
also worked out with Mr.. f. W
Gregg and Dr. Cooper an individua
attendance record card which Nigh
DE used for the purpose of tahulat
ing. month 10y month the attendanc
of an pupils throughout the Stat,
This card was adopted by the Stat
Board OF Education and. az the re
quest of Mr.. DUPONT and the Stat
Board, our Bureau of Education uu
dertook to operate. I'M coniunctio
with Mr. Gregg. of the DUPONT Com
pany. a system for the collection G
Individual attendance records for a
. pupils enrolled in the schools of De
aware. The data now being gathere
upon these cards will supply TO De
aware a fund of valuable informa
ton such as no other State possesse
The plan has involved the MONTH
distribution and collection Of MOI
than $4,000 cards. the checking an
correction of an information, mont
by month, and the transfer Of tf
records TO the code cards of a Pow
ers tabulating and recording ma
chine. The plan at first appeared
Involve insuperable difficulties. bi
since the first two months, the sy
J tenn has been working with promp
ness and accuracy and has alreaC
supplied us with most valuable II
, formation concerning various caus
of absence In Delaware schools. TT
s. installation of the system and
, conduct for the year viii involve a
- expenditure of S21.5OO.
- Parent Teacher Association.
q one of the most surprising deve
To- opments I'm the state is the grow
20 OF the Parent-Teacher Associatio
j. At the beginning of this year. the
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and buildings, together with
under construction ......... sss.145.5i
Amounts spent in Kent coun
ty for white school construc-
ton, including architects
fees, sites. equipment and
buildings. together with COM
der construction ............ A.25O.37
Amounts spent in Sussex
county for white school con-
struction including archi-
tect's fees sites equipment
and buildings together with
under under construction ......... 53s.O7s37
Total .......................s s6ss. .472. %
Amounts spent in New Castle
County for colored school
construction. including archi-
tects fees. sites. equipment
and buildings, together with
S2der u2'i,I construction tHS 80 ....... 1s1sS5.42
Amounts spent in Kent county
for colored school construc-
tion. including architects
fees. sites. equipment and
buildings, together with COM
under riderelsS construction ......... 11s.sSS.os
Amounts spent in Sussex
county for colored school
construction including ari-
ment and buildings together
with commitments made Tor 49, 40
work under construction lbt5of5 80
To+., ........sns .O75. SO
Grand Total ........... .Sl,OSl '54o.l4
May I call your attention to one
significant fact; When we began
our work two years ago it was on
the basis that the counties or special
school districts would contribute so
per cent. and we would contribute
SO per cent. for all new construction.
A glance at the figures above will
show that we have already spent or
contracted for s1.O81.54S.14 of
school building construction, while
the only contribution from the
state to match that is slO5'OOO,-
$4,000 by the Lewes Special DIS
trict and $4,000 by the Laurel Spe-
cial District. The Delaware School
Auxiliary Association has put ten
dollars in the rebuilding Of Della
ware schools for every one dollar
which Delaware has spent We have
spent S376.114 in New Castle county
> and Kent county and these two
counties have provided nothing FOL
new schools.
p It is hardly to be expected tina
the Delaware School Auxiliary AS
I sociation can continue its program
OF school building unless there is
larger willingness on the part Of tn
: state to do something co-operativ
. for schools outside of the specia
school districts Even within tn
, special school districts which hav
3, not vet committed themselves, ther
ll is some hesitancy about undertaken
new construction.
For instance, the special schoo
districts Of Newark, Claymont an
+, Smvrna have voted to issue bond
+ for the erection Of new buildings
Newark can bond for S155,0O0 an
2 tho Delaware School Auxiliary As
- sociation has promised S225,O00 o
- condition that this is done, whic
v will give s3S0.OOO for a new consol
a dated high school az Newark. Clay
3 mont can issue bonds for S25O,OO
4 and the Delaware School AuXiliar
!, Association will give S125,0O0, max
10 ing s375.OOO available for a scho'
r. at Claymont. Smyrna can bond 10
s65.OOO and conditioned upon thi
10 the Delaware School Auxiliary As
sociation has promised $4,000
q which will make it possible n
I SMYRNA to build a high school add
ton and reconstruct its preser
3 schoolhouse for the gramma
= grades. The Delaware school Au'
O. niary Association has pledged $50
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EDUCATIONAL BUREAU.
Aitcndnncc Cnmpnign.

When the first school year under
the Code had closed and the teach
ers' reports upon the enrolment and
attendance OF pupils were made
available for comparison and study
Mr. DUPONT, in view of tho startling
disclosures I'm these reports. partic-
ularly requested the Service Citizens
TO invent some way OF creating a new
sentiment for attendance I'm Della
ware schools. Our Bureau of Educa-
| uon, in conjunction with the state
| Commissioner OF Education. out
| lined an attendance campaign pro-
l viding the following awards for pu-
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eulLpINe PRoeRAM.
New
Whlte and colored Grand Total.

Number Of schools built.............. %
Number Of rooms completed. .....a.... 81
schools under construction...... III
Humber Of rooms under construction IN
The above does not INCLUDE the acQui
sition Of the old Academy AT FELTON, for
high school; nor the additional construc.
ton In connection with extending the
kitchen facilities at the Women's Col.
1afra