Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-14
WILMINGTON CAN Oe
lgAoGN m SCHOOLS
e CITY lS WILLING
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WArs School Auxiliary Assccia tion.
The Anal aeolsicn. after the discus
o>on had continued for nearly three
houvA, and every phase OF tho subject
Aad heon covered. wNs tho naming OF
. committee cf eiS 10 arrange for
wlAsswectine ~ the taxpayers of VIII
vntnRton at which the proposition Will
~ lad before them and wh.n they Will
he asked 10 express their views re-
sar'inv the matter. n they. or :air
proportion of them. show willingness
tO cooperate IN tho undertaking and
10 bear thslr prcpcrticns,e and very
email share " the costs. AT least one
new And modern rchool building To
car~ for 1000 children. and give them
the very best ce'alnahlc In tho way OF
an education will be butt without
further DELAY,
This COMMITTEES cf eix includes three
member. from tho naord OF Education
snd three from city Council Howard
N. Ward. president ot city Council.
who will he one of the committee from
that body. selected y. T.. McNahh and
Alexander r. Nhrahams M the other
two members Ellwood Soudcr. prcsl-
dent of th~ BOARD III Education, who
viii ha one OF tho committee from
tha, department. selected James T..
Chandler and pr. Victor ~. WASH
burn TO serve with him. These two
ccmmittocs Will nN the time and place
FOR tho proposed massmccting 10 dis
cuss tho sdvisahli,y of bonding the
city IN tho sum of $1,000. GOO with it's
consequent Increased taxation for new
and modern school benefits.
city HAS Ample Credit.
u nothing else WAS accomplished at
the conference inst night. the great
and over growing husahoo about the
city beinr rcrllously closo to It's bond
'ns limit was exploded and most ef-
fcctivclv SO. Tor II was shown that the
city may issue loco. eco without dan
grr Co its credit. without fear of
stretching its financial limitations in
the icast, ana viii stlll have n wide
margin left for any emergency or
o,hr, purpose that may later develop.
II was cmrhatcally stated, and facts
ana iiHur.e were given TO support the
assertion. that this $1,000. 600 bond
issue could be made by Wilmington
without embarrassing itself In the
loes, In any respect. the only question
hcinr whether the taxpayers are, on
would he. willing 60 pay n few cents
extra IN their assessment O. meet the
additional expenditure
ono ~ the biggest taxpayers IN the
city. who was present at the mcotins
declared he WOULD bo more than will
ins to pay his share of u. an Tho city
rn,elals present were enthusiastic re-
Rsrdins tho proposition and they feli
sure that " tho taxpayers of the city
snev and understood what the pro-
possd improvements mean for VIII
mlnvton ar they know and under
stand tho pruicCt, there would not be
word of protest against the plans
and that it would SO over the top n
short order.
ro Edgar NJ iioopcs Jr. Is due th'
credit Cor sweeping aside the voil OF
Uncertainty and sometimes myster,
which ha~ fof wears cn-hrouded th'
Cltvs financial status 40 far 0s it'
bonding limitations are concerned. lr
mos, interesting and very complct,
report on tho finances ~ Wilmington
complied after thrcs days 81 stronuou
work ~ tho request ~ Dr. odcll. MI
iiccrcs Was shle 60 show that Their
Ia no need for the apprehension tha
has been feit go frequently about IN
Ditvr ability 90 incfcare its hondc
indebtedness. Ne declared and hacke
ur his statement with nvurCs, tina
Wilmington can very wCll afford
issua the 81 .ooo.ooo bonds and utt
rerfcct safety and as he pointed on
the oni, question 90 hc ccnrdercd
whether the taxpayers % the city VI
hs wlllinK 10 siNo it their approval.
After IN. very cxcellon, dinner II
odeii. who presided reminded ,ho'
pr~s.ni that they were there la vcr
uniauc capacity, FOR - was prohabl
tho nfa time city Council and n
Hoard ~ Education had ooEic .torcthl
to conmicr such serious prNhlcm 4
hat which confronts the city no'
Vie thought n dlficult 20 approach u
subject, because sumo of the dine
hsi had tho opportunity 20 obsor'
fof themselves the new school sy
tenn IN p.irol, and others there q
notl some had heard the report
snh,Yitird TO the Hoard Of Educate
MI N'fh ''anihAitk Al' tAhNht sAe
nin,yf recommendations bnscd ,
their school survey of the city. al
others had not. lie emphasized q
fac, that tho auxiliary had made
Recommendations. because II had
c,dsd IN" only thlng 60 DO was for !
concerned 20 cooperate and 20 stu'
eut the problem together.
tor our IWturc Citizens.
D.. odcn said the ono vital thii
N thnt M i~as, one modern school
huin and than ~ the tax payers wa
mets ~ such schools they may ma
1 dssnAnd for thom. lie showed ht
q modern new schcoi costing 81 ooo.o
would take care of ono-fifth OF
the children IN the city n 81 we
rroperl, located. The average a
ef the present school, buildings now
use here. he snid. II so years "a HI
century. and showed how more than
generation has passed since the ci
has done anythinc Tor it, pub
schools. DIR. odcil explained that III
hsA passed the city has seen the liz
hesp their eycs 10 the front and 81
consideration 90 the future and forI
the past.
''our children are the bcs, thing
have IN Wilmington" declared ]
od.il, "r'h.y are the only thing
have aud II Ne don't provide for IA
education then civilization dies.
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