Newark post., 1922-04-12
NUMBER II
Parent Teachers
Met In Harrington
Newark Represented at State
Meeting Last Saturday,
Miss Medill Honored

WAS represented at the
meeting OF the State Parent Teacher
ASSOCIATION in Harrington last Sat-
uroay by Misses Eta Wilson and
Agnes Snyder and DR.. R. w. coonor
At the election held at the after
noon session, Bliss Agnes Medill of
newark, was elected to Office as is
shown in the election which follow
At the afternoon session tho sor
eral speakers included DR.. T. p
Brown president of the State Board
OF Education: DR.. H. V. Holloway
state Supervisor of Instruction: Dr.
h'chard Washburn Cooper and Ide G.
sargeant, of Paterson, N. J.
Durlng the course of his address
". brown expressed his belief in CO.
operation and declared that it VISA
better to save the present school law
been granted.
been gained.
Dr. Holloway in his address said.
livery community has as poor q
school as it is willing to tolerate. and
as good school as it is wi11ino ~
fight for. "
lhree years ago we made a care
1ul examination of our schools, Tho
examination was made by experts.
who measured them by the tbinns
which have become standard in mod
ern education,
lhe special districts in Delaware
IN this measurement made an averapa
OF 333 out of a possible 1000 Tho
rural schools made a score of 275 ont
OF possible 1000. Just eight schools
IN the netire State scored over 5Oo
points. Colored schools scored as low
as 200 points.
600 White Teachers
There are in this State working
under orders of the State Board of
Education about 600 white teachers.
This means the State Board must SUM-
ply 700 rooms for children under these
teachers.
Il personally believe that stand
OF $4,000 per room shrdlu shrdluluuuu
ard schoolroom conditions can be cre-
ated for these children a ia cost of
$4,000 per room.
Il Our problem then is to raise Sd
100000 outside of Wilmington. The
valupe of real estate in Wilmington
and the rest of the State is about the
same. Wilmington has an assessed
valuation of 100000; New Cas-
tie county has an assessed valuation
of $55, 100000; Kent of $7,7OO,OOO and
Sussex of $29,00O,OOO.
Il eff we bond the State at per cent
/ it will give s4,400,0OO for State needs.
4 Sussex county is at present carrying
/ two million dollars worth of road
i bonds. This amount, supplied to
4 schools, would seat every child in
! room equipped with everything which
4 modern education calls standard.
Roads VS.. Schools
"The State is carrying S5,3sO,OOO
i worth of road bonds. The roads we
are building cost $4,000 per mile. A
standard school would cost US as much
as 264 feet of concrete road.
81 "One plan that might be suggest
4 ed is to go to the Legislature and ask
for the privilege of issuing bonds to
the extent of s mills on the dollar
for series of years until this pro-
gram is completed"
Il Realizing the desperate straits in
4 the colored schools, P. S. DUPONT
! made his gift of 100000 for the re-
4 building of these schools. 1t is ex-
pected that by the time the next
Legislature meets the colored school
building program will not be very
far from completion.
A discussion of the continuance of
j the State school libraries form the
81 major part of DR.. Richard w. Coop
Il er's talk, while Ide G. Sergeant spoke
on the subject of what modern school
q may mean to community.
81 A boar of managers consiting OF
4 the State officers and the presidents
of the various associations met at
noon and selected three persons to
serve on the executive committee.
They were Mrs. Addie Culver, Of
Delmar; Mable Draper, of Milton,
and H. B. Boyer, of Smyrna. Mrs.
4 Culver was named delegate to the
81 National Parent-Teacher Association
81 to meet at Tacoma, WASH, May 8
81 to IL.
81 At the morning session Mrs. John
81 B. Cleaver, president and Mrs. Floy
81 E. Booth was parliamentarian. The
81 following were elected officers for the
q ensuing year: President, Mrs. J. B.
81 Cleaver, of Middletown; vice-presl-