Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-17
RICHARDSON PARK,
STANTON, ROSE HILL
!. WANT NEW SCHOOLS
To Provide Rooms Required in
State Board Says A,200,-
900 Will be Needed.
AUxlLlARY'S AID Is. SOUGHT

danrering tho health of both students
and scholars. trustees OF tho Stanton.
Rose Hill and Richardson Park
pchools yesterday afternoon asked the
state Board OF Education for new
buildings.
The board met late in the afternoon
in the rooms of the local Board of
Education in City Hall. following a
conference in the offices of the Ser
vice Citizens of Delaware in the du
Pont Building, with the Delaware
School Auxiliary Association.
The Stanton trustees esk for new
four-room school; the Rose Hill
people want an eight-room school and
the Richardson Park trustees want
twelve-room school immediat tely. In
addition to asking new building the
Richardson Park trustees announced
Hhat they wish to be made into a
special district, declaring it could ac-
complish its plans more satisfactorily.
This request was taken under con-
sheraton by the board and will prob
ably be settled at meeting between
Governor Denney and the board In
Dover today.
While the meeting with the AUX
Hilary Association. earlier in the day.,
was not public meeting. II was learn
ed that the state board asked the
auxiliary what aid il could give at the
present time on a building program for
the white children of the State out
side of Wilmington. 1t is estimated
that to care for the present needs of
the students 200 additional rooms will
have to be built, each at a cost oi
about $4,000, making total eXpendl-
ture of s4,20o00o. The auxiliary, 1t
was stated. is being asked if II can
contribute about one-third of thie sum,
No decision was reached at the
meeting. it was further learned, the
auxiliary stating that 1t would learn
how much money it has available for
the purpose.
DIR. Joseph II. Odell, president OF the
auxiliary, made a report in which he
stated that about one-half Of the
school population is being cared for
bv the auxiliary at the present time
and has settled the problem of housing
tho Negro students in schools. The
auxiliary. he said will now concen-
trate it's efforte' on the white children.
The Delaware School Auxiliary,
the report deddabotaicUes-CM
the report added. realizing that the
building of Negro schools by private
funds would leave the state free TO
concentrate it's entire resources and
thought upon the erection OF white
schools. decided to purchase the land.
erect and furnish the schools without
anv State or local aid, and turn the
completed buildings over to the public
school authorities of Delaware. This
program has been completed with the
exception of very few schools, at
cost of 81 900 900, and 1t may be as
sumed that the Negro school problem
so far as accommodations are con-
cerned, is solved.
Now we turn to The white pupils,
of whCm there are 10000, Counting
out the money raised by the local dis
tricts of Laurel, Lewes, Stockley and
SMYRNA. we have provided accommo-
dations for about $500 at cost Of
ss25. 900, of which we have paid s67.-
600 for sites for white schools, which
have not yet been used.
with the money still at or dis
posal and which we hope TO be able to
use on behalf of the white pupils of the
state, we Sndli pe dbte " PAON rue Aot
5000 more white children"
When the Richardson Park trus-
tees announced that It wished TO be-
come a special district, members OF the
board urged them not to be hasty
stating that it is proposing the pas
sage of a law by the next Legislature
which will allow school districts, othes
than special districts, to exercise new
privileges. The proposed law will al
low school districts to raise funds, just
as the special districts are allowed tC
d. permitting them to bond them
selves for per cent of their valuation
The proposed law states that a school
district, after a referendum and ap-
proval of the State board. will be al
lowed to bond itself for school pur-
poses, but will be held personally re-
epcnsible for the payment of the bond
and it's interest.
The trustees argued that II the
Legislature did not pass the proposed
law the community would be thrown
so days behind in its plans. They de-
cided that they would rather he made
a special district now, so they could
go ahead with their plans. William
ii. sewer, memDer OF the CIVIC AS
socistion of Richardson Park and
spokesman for the delegation from
that place, stated that they would be
willing to raise $4,000 for new
building If the board or state would
provide other sums.
He emphatically declared that some
thing must be done Immediately tc
relieve the overcrowded and unsani.
tary conditions IN the present build.
ing. The board visited this school ant
others Yesterday and found what they
termed deplorable conditions.
The Stanton school trustees ash
that the board consolidate the thre,
districts in that territory and suppl,
them with four-room school. 4
present the pupils are housed in a di
lapidated 75-year-old cottage, tn,
foundations of which are falling away
and small room III the little churcl
nearby. They announced that the,
believe that Forrest Oak and Sunny