Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-30

htHn SCHOOLS ~iD'""
Commissioner Spaid's report explained
itan,s on the several sheets. The report
follows
"C.eperai itern . needs an explanation.
According to section S. item 9. on pages
and is Of the school laws of 1921 pro-
vision IS made for paying expenses In
the summer school at the University OF
Delaware but no mention is made any
where in the new law concerning a
summer school At state College for
colored students. However, since the
General Assembly made an appropria-
ton for a summer school at State Col
lege for colored students, II is taken Tor
granted that II is the purpose 10 con-
tinue the summer school at State Col
lege. Therefore ii is understood that
the summer school at State College Is
TO be continued unless this item is cut
out OF the budgets either by the State
Board OF Education or by the General
Assembly.
For Training Teachers.
The following explanation is made
of general item 3 on sheet /
According TO section 5, paragraph
90. provision is TO be made for establish
ing training departments for teachers
I
dard high schools in each county. il
| should be said in explanation Of the
| items given on sheets IL and III that
provision is made for five training
! schools for the following reasons: The
! law states that there must be a training
| department in at least one high school
! in each county. The regular plan would
| be 10 have a training class in each
! standard four-year high school were i;
/ not that in our high schools there would
/ not be sufficient pupils, and the cost oi
/ maintenance is made for one of these
! schools on New Castle county, one il
/ Kent county and two in Sussex county
Two are provided in Sussex county from
the fact that teachers living on ths
west side could not attend any one q
the high schools on the east side anC
I VICE versa.
1T seems that there should be one o
| these training schools for colored teach
| ers in a high school. and as paragraph
/ q, under section 9. provides for higl
school at State College for colored stud
ents, this is the only opportunity which
can be given to colored students wht
may wish 10 become teachers in th'
rural schools.
In states where training for teach
! ing Is given in high schools one OF thre.
plans is followed out The trainins
comes under the first plan in the senio
| year alone and requires but one exper
! teacher. The second plan provides fo
/ the work in the junior and senior class
es and TO be efficient quires two teach
ers, unless the schools are so located
that the second teacher can divide he
time between two schools. The thir,
ers not only in the third and fourtl
years Of the high school. but continue
a graduate course for one year afte
high school graduation, in which cas-
IL would be necessary 10 furnish an ad
ditional teacher. Therefore, TO put tn
cost of these schools at a minimum
only one eacher is provided for in thi
budget
1t is absolutely necessary for eac
class taking teacher training to have
room Of its own in which recitation
may be heard and in which practic
teaching may he done Therefore, pro
vision is made for portable building fo
each Of the five centers, for our presen
high schools do not have room for thi
additional work The cost of a one
room portable building at the present
about $4 900.
Provision is also made for a refer
ence library, at a cost of $500 for eac
center and $1,000 is allowed for eac
center for new furniture and apparatu
1t will be observed therefore, that tn
cost for the initial year is much create
than the annual cost thereafter
School Consolidation.
"As no consultations at this tim
have been planned for the next tw
years, no money is appropriated How
Z ever, it is suggested that 100000 !
appropriated for each of the thre
counties to take care Of the consolida
tions for the next two years From III
fact that it would appear from the la
no provision has been made for putin
? ! into effect a State building program,
: would seem that the State Board
Education can neither borrow money
issue bonds during the next two yeaI
for the purpose of purchasing ne
grounds and erecting new building
On account of the shortage of teacher
consolidation is about the only pla
, | available for taking care of the scho
children in certain sections of the sta