Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-10


selecting the candidates. THE Citixenl
Committee Is coming In for this =
cism because IL IL soiuethng new ant
because of the unusually large iuteres
being taken In Its actions" he said
He expressed the hope that the com
mittee would fix on some slate and bacf
IL To the limit. I'VE cannot back Ia ol
20 candidates" he stated, because II
that way we have no assurance of thcll
success. If four members of the boare
are chosen by opposing factors. the worl
of the committee will be useless az -four
will be-a majority In the new board"
Stradley's Request Denied.
Shermer Stradley's letter. asking tn,
withdrawal OF the committees lndorse.
ment. was read. DIR. Robert Watts mo.
ton to accept Mr.. Stradley's Withdrawal
was defeated. after considerable debate
as to what Stradley's motives were ir
making the request. A motion made
by ]. =. Long. that the communication
be laid on the table. was carried.
The Consumers League. through a
communication signed by it's chairma n
Miss Edith Spruance, stated that IL had
unanimously decided not to indorse the
ticket for the following reasons: The
general committee had no chance fot
consideration of the candidate tes: the
ticket was not balanced. being too one
sided in its political complexion; the
persons named were from the north
western part of tho city only, not one
representing the laboring class and be-
cause the league believed that no ticket
SO constituted could he elected. The
communication asked that tho nomina
tions be reopened and suggested that
the candidate committee suggest to the
executive committee ID names. white
women. white men and 2 Negroes
from which final selection should be
made.
Seeks Best Candidates.
For the purpose of clearing up the
impartial spirit of the COMMITTEES Dr
Watt read lengthy statement i'm
which he outlined the aim of the com
mittee TO select the best candidate
possible. Sectionalism. which has de
veloped to great extent recently should
be subsidiary to the desire to secure a
good school board Every opportunity
had been given for filing the names of
candidates, he said. and Il was not
until last Monday that any criticism
OF the committees actions developed
The enemies of good schools in the
city Of Wilmington are hoping for
one thing. that we should be divided
let us stick to one method" he urged
The committee had made mistake
in trying to get too good candidates.
J. i. Long stated. They had considered
everything religion, politics. color. but
forgot one thing class. The people who
IL
schools should have a say in their
management. He said 4i names had
been submitted. i2 OF which were
eliminated on account OF non-residency.
leaving 80. These 90. together with
others. he suggested. should bo brought
before the executive committee for con
sideration.
Dr. Watt. who frequently during the
meeting rose TO points OF parliamentary
procedure. declared the committee had
no right 10 consider the names of any
person so publicly unless with the
individuals consent.
Rev. Zack Wells criticised the com
raittee for not choosing a person south
OF Eighth street. We are as good as
the people north Of Eighth street he
declared. we feel as IL we have been
done an injustice and we do not pro-
pose 10 stand for it
IF errors have been made, they were
errors Of the heart and not OF the
mind" Mr.. Warner said. The trans
actions OF a week ago do not seem to
meet with the general approval. II they
were not done ia accordance with demo-
cratic principles the ticket should he
readjusted to meet tho sentiment Of the
1t would be wise for other
TO file their names and m
May %. the last day for such acl. :.
the committee can take stock OF the
available candidates. he suggested. A
board must be chosen that the people
will be in sympathy with and that The
people are going to be hack Of. ! be-
ieve that this situation will iron itself
Dut.
Rev Raymond W. Cooke. assistant
pastor Of st Paul's NJ. F. Church. added
sideration OF ali candidates whose names
we're filed with the committee.
Joseph Bancroft. WHO has been great
y interested in the schools Of the city
or many years described at length the
conditions in the city schools as brought
put in the surveys. In regard to the
he said. things got 10 such
. point that some members OF the Board
IF Education. led by Mr.. Strzdiey. felt
hat something constructive and definite
should be done. This led 10 the APP
1ointment Of ten citizens by the Board
1f Education, ten by the president of
Aty Council. and ten by the mayor.
ollowed by the election of an executive
Of nine, who recommended
/ survey as a background on which to
the school system OF the city
on a firm basis" lie told OF the diff
,ulty confronting the Citizens School
Committee in its endeavors 10 change
! system that has been in vogue for
1ver so years. and made a plea against
;ectionalism.
The trouble said Mr.. Bancroft.
is that people have not yet learned
o trust each other. People in the
over part of the city don't trust the
people in the upper part. because each
section has been living in a community
Of is own. We have got TO learn 10