Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-22
POSTPONE OPENING
OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Board OF Health Ostsrs Action
on Proposition Until FRI
day Afternoon.

i,rspltc vigorous pro,csts from tho
oss,,ra ttcnal. medical -nd ministerial
prcfasuion, the Hoard ~ Health at a
wr~,,isi meeting yesterday afternoon.
refused To consider rcor~n'ng the
puhlN schools or ilftlnx tho han on
the quarantine for scarlet fever after
,cday. A "a matter VI fact. no action
will hc taken ny the health officers un-
su Friday afternoon NJ o'clock whom
another meeting viii ne held TO de-
sermlnc the status ~ the fcvcr situa-
,lon. In all probability. according to
pr. Charles i,anhy. president Of tho
Board ~ Health, the schools viii he re-
opened Monday morning.
This dcci-lon by the hoard was
unanimously decided upon following a
private mccilng ~ the board and con-
sultailcn with David A, Ward, super
sntendrnt of public schools Superin.
ieniont Ward declared that Z, was tn.
,on-n-us ~ opinion ~ the school
huard. To- reopen the schools tomor-
,nw, especially the l'ish SCHOOL
when asitcd the attitude of tho
phy.rlana attached 90 the iilrh
Arho,a, Me. Ward declared that one
~ IN. doctors would not commit HIM
.sif" and that the other two were IN
fa,or "a, rrrp.ning tho schools IL was
slatri that inesmuvh na tho schools
w.tr ordered closcd when there were
only ma cas,s ~ scarlet fever. u would
hardly seem wise to open them now,
whom there are "a eases, and the num-
her ~ eases had hccn increasing
gradually since tho drastic action WAS
,shpn IN closlnN up the s'hu1is and
other rinces
Everyone waa rcrtlcsa 20 set the
v.,hools closed" DECLARED Dr Handy
Snow they are restless TO have them
op.n"
Al lhia iuncture Mr. Ward stated
that h VAS tho nencrai impression to
,iosr tho ~'hcnl- only for n week. dur
,ns which time the buildings would b,
sumisa,.d.
other l,hyalcians an the city, whom
pr Handy declared ne had interviewed
s~l~tlye a. the situation, praised IN,
Heard ~ Health Cor their stand IN
the matter ono of these physcians
,aid nr iisnhy had advised him thai
would be- unwiso 10 iift he ban AN
'h the eases " scarlet fever had drop
,sd a. rs.
''rhe people are treating the serious
Ness of thln matter entirely too light
l,." said nr. iianhy. Eight per cen
~ IN. DEAFNESS is attributed 20 ~rar'
bet fever and in many instances Vic
sims ~ the disease nro affected mon
tally. We are dcallns with a. scrioui
sils,as."
n was then explained tha, On,
teachers of the s'hools had co-operatc'
with the lsard fat better than mann
All IN. doctors of the city Superln
s,nJent Ward was assured that II tn,
situation within tho neat twenty .fou
hours warranted further mcct,nk
the ls,ard wuud meet immcdi"ss>,
a. take action,
nurlns tho consultation with super
en'eudsnt Wnr,, y number Of citiscn'
ohvludha nr John II Skilton. head
ceorss White Dawson. pastor OF A.
Oury NJ ". church. Nev. l~cnar
White. r~slor of Me- Sal~m NJ.
shurch, representing the Methciis
ministerial Asss'i~ ~tion, md pr, WI
ham r. ityon % sag klnp street. ha
s,.l,ed In tho snIlroom Of tho hc"l'
Vf'l,g.
When admitted 20 tho meeting Di
avon protested having bcen kcp
Nal,lns. aud asked Ger an oNp,anatio
relative tn the decision cf tho boar
durlns the consultation with Super
,nt.hdnnt Ward
nr ilsnhy stated that IN, board ha
scsch~i NO decision but THAI n furths
meeting would ho held Friday after
srch at which time some definite a,
flOn would be taken. Tho Delegation
however ctnsurod tho hoard for II
sr.calici decision, which, e was point