Milford chronicle., 1921-09-02

THE MIL
of professions business agricultural pursuits The hg
school has assumed importance which forty years ag
only granted as being the perogatve of the coeg
We have reached the point the free schools furns
and equip all the people for citizenship in this wonderfu
country.
THE FUTURE? AS we stand facing another schoc
year. ready to apply law for the management of al
the free schools of the state very mportan
problems Problems which must be solved by the Stat
Board of Education the Boards of of the Spec
ial School Districts and the people themselves.
The new school law is so far beyond any aim educa
tors who desired to advance public school education il
Delaware, that it necessary study act care
fully that nothing serious shall disarrange it's workings
After careful consideration of the new laws it Seems
that the legislature has granted great latitude to thu
State Board of Education to administer the laws
with ample safeguard of the expenditure of more thar
two millions of for public school education
aware each year.
The awakened realization of the need for many large
school buildings in all parts of the state has already
caused three four communities to provide for build
ngs which at first to be large and costly that
the communities will be swamped to maintain
fear for this Churches built which cost many
thousands of dollars and the church people pay them
this is true of churches, then it is easy matter
all people build support the largest and most
modern system of public schools. We shall the rural
schools equipped for starting the smaller children
the great centres throughout the rural
the towns will large handsome and highly equipped
school structures, which the children delivered
daily scattered and in for training the children
well educating them through study. Physical training
for every child in the schools of Delaware will
complshed fact Domestic Science training will make
better homes for all the people. Manual training will de-
veop and capable to manage thef affairs
hat intelligent assistance will bring the doubling Of
1ucng Play grounds at every school with trained
teachers the children how exercise body
through play acrobac work, little ones
Will develop physically future citizenship, of which Del
lwareans Of the next decade will be- proud.
Do we believe this? Yes. 1t is dream, but even
it is growing into actual actthrough the starting of
he work in the more advanced public schools.
The upheavaI and agitation of the school question
Which at high fever stage for two years. has
lished what could not have been accomplished without it
through legislation only by this great agitation of the free
chOol question The burden of support Of the schools
been lifted from real estate to very great extent
nd should be the purpose of newspaper in Del
ware keep the schools out of politics-as ISSUE
ther than for the advancement of the benefits of the
choos 1t will require several years to work out the
est in the laws it will be necessary for the
apers work in harmony with the and who
charged with administering the free schools Of Della
are
Teachers receiving salary equal to the ser
ice they rendering-and the school laws pro-
de for their advancement in the pay schedule, accord
g to their development greater ability
ce. This the people have also recognized 1t is also
of the work of the to impress this fact upon
e people at large as well the teachers
With real understanding between the educators of
elaware and the newspapers of the state the
schools will be far for the welfare the cit
ms of tomorrow, than they have been in the past
Modern schools will through and by, persistent
Id earnest education of all the people, that is
ry to put through a building program for all of Del
5are. That is the accomplishment to be aimed for
at is to each newspaper owner editor, bring
the support of free school education
The laws worthy a fair trial Read them, E
nsider them and finally boost advancement the free
hOOls of state. S
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