Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-06
ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF
SERVICE CITIZENS IN
PAST YEAR REPORTED
Continued from page l

state i'm schools, ana cehiinShehts y" ~"
small interest shown TOWARDS ihproN-
ing physical conditions REMARKS that
mo AuxiIiary can hardly be expected
,o continue it's bencvolence unless acre
Is more Of a spirit OF co-opefaIioh on
the part of the state.
referring 10 the failure OF the iegis-
Iat,,rc 90 make any appropriation for
rnrrvinr on the health work undertaken
three wears ago 10y Chester a. Wells at
tho instance of the Service Citizens, DR.
pdau announces that whilo reluctant
IL do so. the Ass ociation will not longer
continue this expense. His report IN
part follows:
When the Service Citizens of Della
ware was founded nearly three years
ago there was no uncertai1ty as 10 It's
nurpose, number of citizens formed
an association to make demonstrations
which might lea, To an Improvement
OF Fundamental and vital conditions
within the commonwealth. They also
,ad an Interior hope: namely that what
ever we might do successfully here
would serve as n guide To other states
~ the Union There has never been any
difference uf opinion as 10 that purpose
ur that hope. Whenever or wherever
,,, have wavercd, il has been on ques-
tiou Of method.
Tho ServiVc Citizens has carried
through some experiments which have
been of immcnS, value to Delaware. III
,.,. have not received Iuc credit for all
lbtt we have accomplished it is because
81. proceeded with excessive modcsty.
W. thought that greater gains would
a.. tt, y y,, hid ourselves entirely from
N.,v aud r.matncd content tha. other
fuatffsfffpT4u GhOfIid
l.,,fN,. IN tin praise. We believed
.hl, M.tter results could hc obaincd if
s., lhr,w s,u tho credit to the State Board
Educ1ttuu thv Wilmington City
ts.trd "t Eduea|iou the state BOARD OF
II,alth .he INSTRUMENTATION committee
e.. bIavar,. TIN survey commission.
t.. .uiv,r~itH III Delaware. tho Parent
II. .trhcl N-s,,i1tiou and suudry other
rut~ 81 publ, service. Consequently.
t., ,NJ,ut "f uur activities has never
=, il known a. jho public.
i'I.iu- r,,.ut months your Director
..- ,bat Tins attitude had uo par
.tr.t. iu itself. neither had i
sol sl.- which L more frank
u, hnd would have failed
...turs~h For instance. at great
.r..n-a 81 u,on,, 1ud ~ the most unre-
az BAY, soucht s. support
t -r }n,rd rs Education under
ta .. trd. III 1919 ard the School
-rso. Nevertheless. the LeFis-
08- .Nept way hoth these laws
u S,t Board which administered
,r 4uoth,u xJmple the Ser
-s Furnished the state BOARD
Utb Vl.h PA, expert guidance Of
lI Wells who was accepted
Rh.. is- official executive. But
Gyn,ral assembly made no
-. tht continuance Of Mr..
N"
ra..ar, have reached tho Non-
-.u thtt >sty attlc is "a he gained
J.uE things by indirection. There
legitimate and honorable place in
rhs STAT, Tor such an organization as
ta. Service Citizens. and l propose to
tI frankly what VIC have done in the
past At this point 1 would emphasize
that the service Citizens is not politi-
c.. partisan or sectarian body. What
,vcr We do for Delaware, We do be-
cause L is worth doing and not 70 adj
vance the interest Of any set or sect
a. Clique on group in the State. Also ]
th.nk that It should be clearly stated
again that We owe The means Of doing
Nr Pierre y du Pont. From our official
boards and committees We have re-
,0vei the most disinterested and wise
Guidance. hut except FOR about $500 in
membership fees. all Of our financial re-
J. .,urees have coyne from this one far
S ehied and distinguished citizen of Del
JNarr.
What Organization Has Done.
What We have undertaken TO do rs
,.rv ~4np.e- we have tried 70 assist
~. people of this state in making Del
5 ware The healthIest happiest and most
desirable place on earth IN which to
81. Th Few who have opposed our
forts have consciously or unconscious
,44.sin'o pretcd our purpose. the
my vha have been n1isled into sus-
lac.o0 or aut4EonIsm havt been mis-
l.ta,'t.d hy thc hostile few. For. what
se.r mistakes W. may have made. this
5ch etH be said without the slightest
s.rv-.io rha; no one connected with
T.. Strt4.e Citizens has used this or
ftriz4teu for obtaining political office
private gain or popular favor. We
..ts Ut.d and thought and toied TO
al the people of Delaware and
.euEn ,hem ultimately the entire
e.-d states and the whole world.
uar activities have been so multi
.4 -hat ] can touch only the most
..> > aaus features in this report.
Through ;ht e&pc-. assistance we
h.s, h...n abb - give to the State
,al - Health, the death rate II
1#.aNar. has decreased. During the
t~u Eears vital statistics have
l,.,. Standardized and are now accepted
p. SAC Federal Government for the first
u4e. Co-opcratlon with the United
~tates Public Health Service has
bought about a decided control of
ctmuunicable diseases. Our demon
-.1ation in the tuberculin testing Of
,tRe i,-i the General Assembly TO make
appropriation Of 200 u year for
tl4- purpos. Public water supplies
llNr p,-t4 ana wed and arrangements
4tss heeu made for the publication OF
federal locumcu. on The Public
Was,r supplies ~ Delaware
L with the greatest reluctance
'hat Vo relinquish this work owing to
t4 failure ~ the State II act upon
~, evidence which we placed az the
dlspcsa. Of the General Assembly.
Dental Unit.
During the medical inspection OF the
school children Of Delaware last spring,
approx matcly 75 per cent of the chill
dren IN the rural districts were found
20 have defective teeth. AS the majority
of these children were not able to
reach dentist. plans for a travelling
dental unit were perfected. The unit