Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-13
COUNTY CITIZENS
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of the n. T. A., which furnishes good
platform for all teachers and other per-
! sons interested IN good schools:
| Society cannot insure TO every child
n good homo, devoted and intelligent
| mother, and wise and provident father
| but society can insure to every child q
good school and competent teacher.
This is by all odds the most direct and
effective channel through which the forces
| of social control can operate To provide
these advantages is by all odds the most
serious of social obligations. Furthermore,
| by making such provisions now, the pro-
/ portion of good homes and wise and provi-
| dent parents wifi be vastly increased IN
succeeding generations. Investment at
! this point will not only return large divi-
dends in the immediate future; the in-
| tercst will hc compounded ut rate ln-
| paralleled by any conceivable, form of
material investment
| "It is related of certain king that,
when embarked on n voyage, attended, by
some of his Courtlcrs, and carrying with
| him some of his treasures, n storm arose,
which made il necessary TO tighten the
ship; whereupon, he commanded his
collrtiers to be thrown overheard; but
saved his money. How is IL with parents
who are embarked with fortune md fam
ily on this voyage of life, when they need
n better schoolhousc 20 save their children
fromi u health. or n better teacher To res
cue them from immortality and Ignorance
or even n slate or shllling's worth ot
paper TO save them from idleness; have
we any parents amongst us, or nave We
not. who, under such circumstances, VIII
fling tho child overheard end save the
shllIngf'
This illustration used by Horace Mann
many wears ago is quite suggestive ~ the
wear 1921 For some reason the people IN
many parts of the TTritcd states fail TO
appreciate the value Of our public school
system. In spite Of the fact that nearly
GOO 900 buildings-homes, more than d,oUo
of her municipal governments were dc
strnyed and nearly 1000 COO Tcsldcnts ot
tho devastated area were forced TO flee
before the invader and moro than 6WlO
schools were wiped out oi existence,
France has, in two short years alter
destructive wnr lasting for four years,
Ic-pstahlshed more than 5000 OF the
schools DESTROYED Although many OF the
z. 1000 900 inhabitants who hAvs returned
are rebuilding as fast as they can the
homes from which they were driven. they
have looked first after the education Of
thoir children. To he sure France has
received assistantce from othpr parts oi
the world Nevertheless nothing could
make Franco change her system Of good
schools for the children.
Therefore, every teacher and every
patron and every voter IN Now Castle
county should campaign for this million
dollar bond issue for good school houses
with the same enthusiasm that VIC used
in putting over the bond ISSUES for the
federal government WHOM tho peace and
happiness of our country was Threatened
Very truly yours,
4 II Spaid
Commissioner Of Education.
MEETING At YoRKLYN-
A. r Sraid. state commissioner ot
education. addressed a largo meeting at
Yorklvn last night on tho proposed
81 900 900 bond issue for improving New
Castle county schools His audience was
composed largely Of workers IN the SNUFF
mills and chemical works Mt Sraid
illustrated the Importance Of the bond
issue hv stating that u ono ot the bows
SIT ng n tho room Cvcr turns ont Z" ho
ar Olson / I will hc worth many tmcs
tho 81 600 600 asked for ~ improve the
schools
Miss Ina Barnes rural supervisor
smoke AZ length ~ the condition nf tho
school buildings rs she has found them ~
enc county pointing out particularly thC
crowded conditions ~ mauv places ~hc
apDealod ~ tho people of the county - src
thor responsibility to poStcnty
At IIoclc=sW a largo mocting vas
addressed by superintendent " II
I,lr,n Il + strickland. member ot tho
board and Miss Ruby \ Miilo}
MIR Jump compared tho expenditure
of g 600 600 and the contemplated OK
r,enditlrr az another 81 0C1 600 TO im-
prove roads. and tho large sums spent on
the county building and almshouso. mono
of which ANYBODY would now think Of
doing away with lie compared these
expenditures with the possibilities Of the
$1,000 600 to the 4200 school children II
the county,