Smyrna times., 1922-04-05
lFII TEACHERS BODY HAS
f||:IlN[ ||:Il NEW POWER IN STATE
.,,z.TION LEAPS FROM rs
',.' MEMBERSHIP, Is MONTHS
Meeting at Harrington Prom
lnns = Re- Interesting-PrOf. I.G.
20 ,rt " Patterson, y. j., to Talk

:. Meeting at Harrington Prom
nHs - Re Interesting-PrOf. I.G.
=, s',,sant, "a Patterson, \. j., to Talk
S.,, S a membership of only rs to
...fSOOO .lt and from SIX local assocla-
.: = 70 or1 two hundred and twenty-five
s \ hos been the astonishing grow
't : tbbe Parents-Teacher movement
U.lsr.re y ~ within the brief period of
a't fifteen months. The organi-
e. will hold its eleventh annual
=. ~ convention in Harrington next
s...,d,y. Preparations for it are al
.s elaborate as those for some
..E-i,a N uarty powwOw. Incidentally
4. parent-Teacher Associations do
J, anticipate in politics per Sc, new
's,sIe;s it rapidly is becoming appar-
! hat they are destined to WELD
!, and more powerful influence in
!. .baping of legislation for the
Soos in Delaware, more especially
= that women have the vote. De-
.l,rment of the Parent-Teacher idea
9rgely the result of the develop
!. 0f the greatest community spirit
.rriug from increased discussion of
,sNl urOblems. The influence exert
| 1 M the generous donations to new
gml buildings by P. S. dupont,
mounting to nearly S3,O0O,O00 for
In schools and S5OO,OOO for color
likewise has tended to stimulate
mater interest by fathers and moth
a not Eerlly in the study of the
+ne Rs" but in the environment
Ih surrounds their boys and girls
1.-THE school houses.
Matters to Be Before Legislature
When the General Assembly conven-
{ next January at Dover and school
ntteE come to the fore, as they are
Sni to come, almost from . sheer
hHt if not from circumstances, the
usnts and the teachers of the State
no wish to advance certain ideals OF
I'M, changes in systems or curricula
VII be able to do so as an organized
hm and not as mere unrelated groups
q Individuals. Moreover, at the pre-
xi rate Of growth the present or
lrilahOn of 5000 mothers, fathers
uiteaCherS is likely to be greatly in
aA;ed before next Fall. Formation
in association in neighboring COM
miteS. The convention next Satur.
d. in Harrington will be held in the
aSe Opera House. Mrs. John B
lzer, State president, will preside
Ei0ih the morning and afternoon ses.
aN. Among business matter which
I'll be considered in the morning will
zae adoption of a new constitution
-i'F the present constitution already
y become too antiquated to meet the
alslding requirements of the organ
naan Then the advisability of EN-
iaEhg a permanent field recretar!
10 the election of officers for the en-
Hng two years.
hd' |, 6. Sergeant to Address Bod,
appropriately enough, the after
@ session will largely be devoted t,
@aOlect Just now uppermost in Del
asieS educational problems. DR.. H
holloway, of Dover, State Superin
Naelt Of Public Instruction will dis
as Better School Buildings for Del
"as' and DR.. 7. R. Brown, of Wy
wing president of the State Board O
1laaOn, will supplement his re
lI Oy viewing the subject from tn,
-ap0lnt the State Board. Ide G
sAnL, principal from Patterson
~ Will tell What a Modern Schoo
Mean to Community" AS Nj
gsant for the last ten years ha
= giving his home community
.-'as'ratlOn of what a school ma,
~ % a neighbOrhood, his talk j
'A'0 Forward to with unusual zest.