Evening journal., 1922-02-06
as mental and manual.


IS. The equalization of educa-
uonal opportunity for every boy and
girl in the State. regardless of where
he or she may live; TO which end the
smallest number of one-teacher
schools possible, and no such school
with more than six grades
IS. A comfortable place in COM
Portable. well lighted, well ventilated,
well equipped and sanitary school
building for every child in the State
when he works, and an adequate
playground, adequately supervised.
when he plays.
~. Every boy and girl OF school
age attending such a school a mini
mum Of 900 hours, a little less than
one-ffth of his waking time, each
and every year OF his school life. and
school sessions in summer, IL neces-
sary, to make this possible.
"8. Greater permanency in the
personnel ofs the teaching profession
guaranteed by adequate laws provid-
ing for tenure of office and for re
trement with part pay after a GER
tain term of service in the State
when incapacitated for effective SER
vice by virtue of age or physical dis
ability.
80. No retreat from the ground
that education has already gained"
when 1 was at college 1 belonged
to a society whose motto was Capt.
tate occasionem.' The Laurel Board
OF Education has followed the same
injunction, and have been first to
seize the opportunity presented by
the renaissance of educational in
terest in Delaware. The new build
ing, which will be the pride of tEis
community for years TO come, is the
result. The motto followed by the
board should be followed also by
tho parents, the children and the
teachers, to see that, as this is at
present the best public school build
ing in the State, it shall also house
the best school activities in the
/ state, that there may go forth from
! its walls men and women who. in
I these superior surroundings and
! through the guidance and inspira-
ton OF competent and sympathetic
/ teachers, lave learned to find in the
/ great book of the past those lessons
of faith and reverence, OF patience
and tolerance, OF courage and fidel-
I ity, OF industry and patriotism,
which shall enable them TO pass on
to the future the glorious heritage
which they have here received en-
riched and ennobled by a passionate
devotion to the ideals which have
been here implanted and the visions
which have been here fostered. In
this way will you best show your
gratitude to the one whose generous
I interest in the progress Of public ed
ucation in this State, combined with
that Of this community, has made
possible for you this beautiful build
ing. this temple to the spirit of our
democracy"
Presentation OF the keys to the
new school, made by Mr.. Torbert.
one of the architects OF the build
ing, to the Laurel board, a song by
the fourth grade pupils, Miss Mil
dred Horsey teacher, and benedic-
tion by the Rev. w. o. Bennett will
close this afternoons exercises.
which will be ended in time to per-
nit the out-of-town guests to take
the north-bound train at 4.31
o'clock.
The dedication exercises will b'
continued this evening with the fol
lowing program:
Invocation. the Rev w. L. Hon
man; song, fifth grade. Pauline
Walker teacher; address, "Thi
Peoples University" John Shilling
State Department OF Education; Sc.
lection by band; address, the Rev. J
II. Straughn. President Maryland
Annual Conference; benediction, the
Rev. +. II. Marshall.
Construction OF the Laurel High
School was begun on March 21 OF
last year. IL Is located on a site COW
ering seven and one-half acres The
building contains 13 regular and
special class rooms, and will accom-
modate col regular and IS specia
pupils. The building contains 60O.-
000 cubic feet OF space. is two stories
in height. Its exterior Is OF rec
brick laid up in Flemish bond II
combination with terra Gotta
Rooms are provided for manua
training, cooking, sewing, chemis
try, physiology. agriculture ant
study classes. There also is a librar,
and on the second floor there is ;
handsome combined gymnasium an,
auditorium with a motion-pictur'
booth. Guilbert and Betelle, New
ark, n. j., and Vance w. Torbert
New York, are the architects OF tn
building. The II. ID. Watts Com
pany, OF Baltimore. and Whining
ton. have done the construction
work.
It is expected that pupils will oc
cupy the building at once.
TO SING sPIRATFS