Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-07
4AUoIl oeotcATES
NEW NloA SCHOOL,
A ThRoNo ATTENDS
Continued from rage 1

pr. Thomas n prown. president of
~ state Board cf Education, was
htrc<iuccd by Mr.. Adams ~ the pro-
Ming ctncer os tho meeting and COM
bonded tho public apirlt cf tho laurel
Dpard cf Education and the citizens
- tina town.
Superintendent Mark u. stinc pre-
Onnsesi to Mr.. du ront handsomely en-
1rcs@~d and framed resolutions adopt
by tha laurel Board of Education,
ND when MIR. du Pont accepted them
Win ncd of acknowledgment the
audience arose and aprlauded.
The sixth grade. OF which Miss Sal
ue Mill'xan In teacher. sang well
ecmc song. concluding with I'VE
thsnk YOU. Mr.. du Pont."
nr nrown introduced Mr.. du Pont.
oANing. We arc living I'm an age OF
fwoercss. where the srrit OF tho
nincs seems to he 20 set all you can
md keep all you get. The county
<vculd lose tho noble purpose I'm lie
were II not Tor the influence of good
Dncn and women. who are guided by
Vh, noble idea 81 lie profits most who
Derives best | can think OF no one 10
whom the words Ito profits most who
seryos best more aptly apply than MIR.
tin font. ltc has not only given OF HIS
sneans. but he. with HIS entire office
ossocintcs, has spent weeks nnd
Sonths studying the school question
~ our dear old Delaware. Have you
over stopped 20 think that no gift or
honor that we could possibly bestow
On him would over repay so much "a
= fraction 81 tho interest we owe him ?
NNd Yet he has done all these things
Scr the boys and eirls without the
elightest thought OF return I'm any
~sv. What he has done here and
elscvhcre has been done out OF the
Eoodnes- of his heart and take keen
pleasure In Introducing 60 you and
th" h,,s and uifls of Laurel the best
eriend you have ever had"
Mr.. du pont spoke briefly. 1T IL 90
eour everlasting credit that YOU did
ahis thing" he said You wcre the
nrst community IN Delaware Go CO.
ppcrate to tho extent that YOU did
n providing n school building,
cannot imagine building more
beautifully equipped than your ar
chi'ccts, James o. Hetelle and James
W. Torhert have equipped here. The
good results viii not only be felt
by your own community, hut your
wnemrle win be followed all over
Delaware. all over the United states"
Sraianr tho efforts of those who are
vrying 90 mako the state and Nation
better. he impressed the value Of CO.
operation. lie referred 10 the School
Code. rcmarking that some persons
Thought without it education would
fail. that Delaware would GO back 70
che old school system. Tho School
Code has been repealed and another
Nrhool law enacted. and the state IS
probably better OF without the code
he stated. without cooperation tho
new law win be null. Although the
voda was annuilcd because OF it's un-
popularity, educational progress has
not been hindcrcd. Time. thought and
money have been contributed for
hiucsiionai improvement.
Mentioning his visits 90 laurel
while the seed of bstterment was be-
hp sovn. Mr. du pont reviewed the
Negotiations. commended the coop
nsation OF tho people and expressed
DO wish TINT every community would
pront by faurel'e example. An enter
prise Of this kind requires more than
Che rift 81 funds. he said The parents
ViA w 'nthAfNA f'tilh - A4AANtAtt't.
must back q. laurel had the proper
elements and took tho lead I'm CO.
orerat tion. People from an parts Of
Tho state win see this building and
rcaliHe its advantages. lie could not
snaflne n building better equipped
Nnd stated laurel had great reason to
b. proud of g. Realizing the bcnef;
conferred on tho children. the people
will maintain tho building he said
Twenty wears hence they win hardly
rcniiye tho Laurel % that period Is
she laurel ~ today. Illustrating the
valuc of cooperation he cited SUSSEX
roun,y's eood roads. improved church
buildings etc.
After selection by the Laurel Fire.
mons Band. Henry T.. Scott. vice
president of the Delaware School Aux.
Hilary Association. congratulated
laurel on its notable achievement
pe told the peoples relation 20 tho
association IN developing the new
schooi plant and stated there had beer
perfect harmony. Rcmarking tha'
public scrviro il usually private sacri.
Hcc, he snld tho Laurel Board OF Edu
catlon must feel the greatest salts
1koticn ana reward IN obtaining IN,
Ane building. lie believed Deiawar'
Will Get the best school facilities 70
she children.
Or. Joseph N. Odcll. president of IN,
Delaware School Auxiliary Associa
uon. also mnde n brief address. stat
sng education gives tho tools by which
~ earn livelihood, makes citizen
chat can live and cooperate one witt
n. other and helps us 90 release q
others good things IN ms 20 be share,
hy othors--love. friendship. hope. vi
| zion. ct,. lie would rather sit down II
corner and feast on the buildinl
and the dcdlcatory exercises. he said
There are larger school buildings tha,
this that cost more per pupil. bu
there cannot be found In the countr-
n q better school than the consolidate
hinh school of laurel Torber-
1'c'olle were the architects. and Alex
andcr j. Taylor was the consutln
engineer. The audience had no ide
cf the hours spent over weary detail,
nut all drenrincss and WEAKNESS coul
bo forgotten on n day like this. whe
We ree the finished result.
A stream OF young life comes I'm m
SCHOOLS, and "A stream of graduate
10 out in the commercial. nation,