Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-18
.PARENT-1EAcHERs' PLAN
SERIES
State Association Endeavoring
to Acquaint Parents With
School Work.

A second series of demonstration
meetings planned by the State Parent
Teacher Association. wilt be held In
the schools of the three counties dur
ing the coming week. According to
the plan, officers of every Parent
Teacher Association will be invited
once during the year to attend one of
these meetings. where program ma
terlal suggested each month by the
State Association, will be demon
strated. The program recommended
for December will be given at the
meetings next week. The subject for
the year is, Agencies Which Educate
the Child in Rural Community"
and the subject for the December
meeting, "The Church--What 1t
Should do for the Child" The
schedule for the November demonstra-
tions follows: November 81, st.
Georges School in New Castle county,
Miss Estella Wright, teacher, Miss Ina
Barnes, supervisor. Invitations have
been issued TO the officers andNteachers
from the schools at Kirkwood, Della
ware City, New Castle, Hare's Corner
Red Lion. Eden, State Road, Port
Penn, and Hickory Grove. Novem-
ber %. Laws School i'm Kent county
Mrs. Eleanor Mick. teacher. Miss
Elizabeth jenkins, supervisor. The
'schoolS invited p are: Petersburg
Masten's Corner. Potash. Canterbury
Church Hill, Magees, Jumps. War
rens, Forest Lane. Pratt's Branch
Marvels. Black Swamp, Cedar Grove
Viola. Frederica. Uostles. Willow
Grove, Hollandsville, whiteleys
Cedarfeld, Rices. November 90
Stockley School. in Sussex county
Miss Alberta Wiley, teacher. Mis-.
Blanche Pepple. supervisor. The
schools invited are: Springfield
Mitchells, Goodwin, and Phillips
Hill. November "a. Tatman School
in Sussex county, Mrs. Delma Carlisle
teacher, Miss Edith Barger. super
visor. The schools invited are
Woodenhawk. Fishers. Messicks
Sunnyside, Union. Webbs. Shingle.
and Smith.
. The State Association in thes
demonstration meetings, is urgin
the local associations TO regard thei
monthly meeting night as an on
portunity for the adults of the com
munity TO look in" on the schoc
, work. Accordingly. the program in
cludes many exhibits from the class
room work OF the children, and som
actual schoolroom recitations. Th
talk at each of these meetings will b
! given by Edward Sargent of Ne,
! York City. Mr.. Sargent has devote
J 20 years az his life TO educations
! work in the public schools. Fror
his own experience. he has conclude
that the school cannot furnish ade
quate religious training for the chill,
Because he believes that trained ed
ucators must devote fun time to tn
development of this type of ,educa
tional work in the church schools, h
has left the public school systems. an
is devoting his full time TO the dc
velopment of church schools in whic
the same standards required in y,
public schools are insisted upon.
The State Association has obligate
itself to bring TO the officers of ever
association an opportunity TO atten
one Of these meetings. Owing to th
fact that il has been found unneces
sary, on account of the small nun
ber of schools, 10 hold six meeting
in order to bring the opportunity one
10 every Colored association, theg
will he no demonstrations in any
the colored schools this month.