Evening journal., 1922-05-12
EDUCATION
Benefited
BY SERVICE
Continued From First Page, ,

OF us men and women. DelaWar
holds more of value for the futur'
OF humanity than the vast areas o
Mexico and China. Our little com
monwealth has an unusually larg'
number of citizens who posses
spiritual vision.
when the Service Citizens wa
founded its purpose was clearly de
clared. II was not a Chamber Of
Commerce or a Board of Trade de
signed to increase our materia
wealth; II was not a political organ
ization set up to forward the su-
premacy of parties or factions; It
was not a social coterie formed 10
flatter the ambitions or swell the
vanities OF groups or individuals. Its
object was first TO express and then
to realize the highest values OF
human ite, to federate men ana
women of lofty ideals in a common
enterprise for intellectual, moral
and spiritual betterment. TO dis
cover the paths of progress ana
give our citizens the abiding incen-
tive to follow them.
Education Essential TO Progress
tional facilities was the most essen
tial need of Delaware. Native inlu-
ative was taking care OF our varied
industries. Party politics had been
developed to the nth degree IN
every part of the State. But tor
fnscrutable reasons we had fallen
behind the average of the nation IN I
educational equipment and educa-
,io,al technique. Delaware was .
we'll in advance OF the majority OF
tho states in highway construction
in agricultural prosperity and IN
general provisions OF economic self
oreservation: but public education
had not received the support neces-
sarv in order TO preserve perma-
nentlv our financial status or our IN
telectual and spiritual leadership
Therefore the Service Citizens De
HberateIy used the larger part oil l's
resources in the cause OF puonc euu D
cation.
"Our efforts has been 10 supple
ment and assist and never TO dupu-
cate or usurp the functions OF the
state officials. They carry out the /
educational policies as outlined In
the state school laws. but there hap
pened to be a few things of very
vital importance which they were
unable to accomplish owing to lack
of money. II
"Our work has been carried for
ward amid immense difficulties. We
have actually had to adapt our
selves in less than four years TO
four entirely different state educa-
tional systems. In January. 1919,
we were working under uncodified
laws which had grown up since the
beginning of the commonwealth
In the spring of 1918 the General
Assembly passed the School Code
which was repealed in the Spocial
Session of 1920, and new law sub
stituted. The new law was repealed |
again in the regular session Of 1921. /
During these changos-greater than /
in any other state OF the Union
the Service Citizens have made no
effort to influence legislative action.
We have not lobbied for or against
any act. We have consistently
taken the position that the people
had the right to establish any edu-
,ational system they desired. But /
With equal insistence, we have tried j
O cooperate with the constituted /
,ficiaIs in order that the children 1
# the state might have the most 1
mple opportunities available. 1
m happy to report that our rela-
ionship with the present State n
,oard of Education is one Of mu- n
lal confidence and good will. ~ y
Whatever we do for the public ~ ~
,hoois of Delaware is with the full =
and approval OF the - -
ate officials. d
hat Is Education? 70
mo one can define education. -
,rtainly we are centuries beyond G,
e minimum standard of the three c.
s. We are now using the chem c.
ry of the air to fertilize our fields; G.
w varieties in the vegetable world c
oduced by the genius of man, no
niger surprise us; we generate II,
ectricty for lighting. heating and w
Irious forms of transportation; w
visible and intangible waves in w
Ie atmosphere known as radio are
scoming the means of entertain w
ent and instruction.; and in scores
other ways, science has made the
hole world neighbors. Wonderful
IS the past century has been, 1t co
ooks as II the next decade would va
be more wonderful To understand ha
and to utilize these new epoch w,
making events ought not to belong IN
exclusively to the privileged few III
from our universities; the benents
snonld be distributed to each boy n,
ana girl in the country, even to
those of the most isolated farms N
when mileniums are being com Il
pressed into minutes everyone S
should be a beneficiary. II not I
then Democracy is only word by (
which taX-eaung and place hunting I
politicians are juggling the mass of
the people out of their inalienable
rights. Because of this belief, the
Service Citizens has held aloof from
politics and has bent its back TO
distributing the facilities OF educa-
ton to all the people, Irrespective
of local and transient distinctions.
School Auxiliary Assured.
delaware was in desperate need
OF new school buildings. Nea, y
every schOolhouse in the State was
oosolete; most OF them were en-
iirely Inadequate for modern cd
icational work; a great many of !
hem were insanitary and unsafe. i
The Delaware School Auxiliary j
association which is the Educa- ,
ional Committee OF the Service ,
itizens. is administering the Pierre !
DUPONT Educational Fund. Be !