Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-10
NvEsTGTE COST
O. BOOKS AND PAPER
0ogWo oohool Board Mon,bors
Thlnk Supplied Are Too
exponoivo.

"O VVt1iuu8 VsSSsSc anu t"V
1HroAAos of eighty movable chair
oooks to coos approximately 800 was
Aueacrised hy the RoArd OF Education.
es ise regular meeting last night. The
rurchAAs Of the deskn was deemed
absolutely nsceesary by Supsrintsnd-
ent Ward and authorised AFTER one
Of the members remarked that they
should ~ bought. funds or no funds
The r~palra In detail follow:
Closet buiit IN ofsic~ of wymnasium
Tor equipment Of High School. t6b;
itght installed In eight clAss-rooms at
Nigh School. $40; doors on book case
In library ~ No. ~ school, tss: four
doors to take the place Of windows
leading to nrc escape In school No.
.. $50; etrc~t connection made for
electric current at No. 20 school.
o%ss.
Following short abatement by
ehermcr Stradlcy on tho cost OF books
And papers and other supplies which
TO date have totallcd $s7.<ss.50. Su-
r"rintendcnt Ward promised 10 invss-
tiKate this cost. which Mr.. Stradley
Wc'm"d To think was too expensiye
under prevent conditions. The sum of
Oio,e"5 - ON hand To purchase supplies
Sur the remainder of tho fiscal year.
The eighty desks VIII be placed in
the community room. 80 that parti-
uonins VIII not be necessary and the
present stationary desks will be trans
Serrcd to the industrial department.
total OF 3G7 pupils from schoo,
No. - ara being taught sewing In n
room In the High school Three hun
drrd and slxty-slx pupils from the
grammar schools VIII enter High
school at tn. bglnning Of next term,
anu the room now used by the eighth
grade sewing class win bc needed for
Hirh school use. Tho basement room
= school No. IS. which can be put into
very good SHAPE Tor use as n sowing
room ny repairing the floor and paint
'hs IN" woodwork and walls at an
app''Sina;e cost of siio, available
Tnls work was authorized.
'he purchase of fre extinguishers
OF TWO ana one half gallon capacity,
IN accordance with the recommenda-
''ons OF the city fire marshall was de-
ierr"d To he considered In the nsxt
budget Tho cost OF 90 oxtinguishers
was estimated at approximately 81
$50.
proposition made by the Irni-
Nersal Publishing Syndicate. a nrm
epeciaiFiEg IN the rchindng OF old
books, ~ bind old books a, n cos, ~
nfty per cent Of the price OF new
ones was accepted by the hoard
Superintendent Ward reported tha,
o" had sent books 10 tho company te
nc rebound as n sample OF the worl,
ana that they We're In better condition
than when purchased new. An sxper,
on hookbinding viii aid IN sele rims
the books which are NJ 10 be boun\
A saving OF approximately 20 ~,
cent In the coal bill of the hirf
school building can be effected by IN.
installation OF the culm burners. ac.
c"rdinr TO report and personal
statement N +. r. Kaufman. a rep
r~~~nfativc or the Cuim Burning
Equipment Company which has beer
conducting experiments at the high
school The tests showed that IL cos,
tss.sl 20 evaporatc 1000 pounds q,
water with hi,uminous coal and sll.1s
when using screenings with the culn
burners.
large number of books and som,
cash have been contributed In ad
vance of Library Day Superintendent
Ward reported. Indications are tha
library Of nj least 10000 volume,
viii he established as a result OF m,
campaign which Will make nccessar,
The appointment OF a librarian. Su
per'ntendcnt Ward was authorized :.
mako the appointment.
After comforting in private for hal
an hour the members OF the boar,
postponed until the next meeting tn
selection or successor to NJ. Howar,
Jester. FORMER secretary. There ar
twenty-five applicants for the posi-
tien which pays $4,000 a year.
city solicitor Satterthwaite inform
ed the board that Il was responsihl,
Tor an accident resulting from defect.
H. the school buildings such as ,
broken step or hole in the floor
Shermcr Stradley WIS authorized I,
Investigate the matter OF liability In
surancc.
In reply to a letter from the Centra
Labor Union. asking that the boar,
should not commit Itself 10 a fixe,
plan for new schools. until a publi,
mass meeting had been called the act
Ina secretary sas Instructed 10 sa,
that fhe board would nrst inform tn
public Of Its proposed new schools.
National Education Week was oh
served In al the schools of the city
December 4 to 10. In response I,
subjects sent to the principals Of tn
schools. community meetings wer
held in 20 schools. AZ which loca
speakers discussed problems Of inter
est TO the community and the school
OF the city In general. The subject O
New Buildings" was a definite ton,
Tor discussion In ie OF these meeting.
II furnished part of the discussio,
IN all OF the meetings Other subject
~ The Value Of High School Edu
cation" Incorporation Between III
Home and Scnool" were discussed a
these meetings The attendance a
most OF the meetings was good. Tn
unSnimous agreement of speakers an
people In attendance at the meeting