Milford chronicle., 1921-08-19
SCHOOL HEADS DISCUSS
| POLICIES WITH EDITORS
The FIRST STEP TO SECURE PUBLIC CO.
OPERATION Was TAKEN AT REHO-
BOTH LAST SATURDAY.
MEETINC.FOLLOWED DINNER
REPRESENTATIVES OF NEWSPAPERS AS
- .SEMBLED WITH STATE BOARD ATA
, get TOGETHER DINNER" J."

What is regarded as one of the first
and important steps in obtaining the
co-Operation of the general public
with the new State Board of Educa-
tiOn was taken at RehObOth last Sat
urday afternoon.
Representative of leading newspa-
pers of Delaware assembled with the
State Board in what was styled by II:
V. Holloway, secretary OF the board
and State Superintendent of Public In
struction, as a "get-together dinner"
All three counties were represented
and if the affair is to be taken as
criterion of the future policy OF the
new board toward public education in
the State. there will be steady ad-
vancement in spite of the disputes
which have occurred in the past.
The dinner was held in the Bel
haven Hotel, Rehoboth. Superintendent
Holowav outlined the work ahead or
the new board under the general
heading, "Our PrObl en-" He then in
troduced DR.. Tho1Ias R. Brown, Wy
omiug. president of the board, who
discussed "A Method of Attack"
DR.. Brown emphasized that the
school administration, to be success
full, must do the work expected OF II
by the public at large, and, therefore,
must gain the good will of the people
and do their work as enjoined by the
new school law.
Colonel Theodore Townsend, editor
of the Milford Chronicle, spoke on
Schools, Past and Present" James A.
Hughes. editor of the Dover Index,
took up the phase of School Laws
in the Making"
John Shilling, assistant superinten-
dent in charge of high schools. gave
an explanation of high school organl-
zation under the new law and Wilbur
H. Jump, assistant superintendent IN
charge of elementary schools, discuss
ed the application of the new statute
with regard to the grades within MS
jurisdiction.
Charles B. Farmer editor of the EV-
cry Evening, Wilmington, relatively a
newcomer in Delaware, told how "A
City Paper Can Help the Schools" He
was followed by George Carter, editor
Of the Evening Journal, Wilmington
who spoke on how City Paper Can
Help County Schools"
Roger Totem, of the State Depart
ment of Education, spoke on Meas
uring Our Work" and State Senator
James F. Alice, Of the Dover Sentinel,
diIated on collection Of School Taxes
bv the State School Commission"
Colonel Robert u. houston, editor OF
the sussex Republican, talked on
'"The Making of the School Law ana
James o. Adams, business manager OF
the State Board of Education, spoke
on Schools and Business Detail.
Fllwood Souder, Wilmington, who IS
a member both of the State Board OIL
Education and the new seven-member
Wilmington Board of Education, dis
cussed the Bond of Union Between
City and State"
Those at the dinner were: Dr. II.
Y. Holloway, State Superintendent OF
Education; Dr.. T. r. Brown, Presl-
dent of the State Board Of Educa-
ton: w. H. Jump, Assistant Superln-
tendent in charge of elementary
schools; J. A. Adams, business man
ager: r. l.. Totten, Statistician; M. d.
Culver, member of the State Board;
Jobn Shilling. Assistant Superinren-
dent in charge of high schools; Eli
wood Souder, President Of the Viii
nineton Board OF Education and
member Of the State Board; State
Senator James F. Alice, Jr, State
Sentinel; George Carter Wilmington
Evening Journal; James II. Hughes'
Dover Index; Edwin c. Totem, Dele
ware Leader; Robert G. Houston, Sus-
sex Republican; J. Harvey Burgess,
harrington Journal; G. Marshall
Townsend. Milford Chronicle; James
c. Wickes, Dover News; w. G. Ben
nett. State Register of Laurel; b: F.
Simmons, Jr., Dover Republican; Ey-
erett c. Johnson, Newark Post; Theo-
dore Townsend, Milford Chronicle;
Charles B. Farmer, Every Evening"
Albert w. Cummins, Morning News