Smyrna times., 1922-05-17
EDUCATIONAL AIDS PLANNED
FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS Of STATE
NEW HISTORY OF DELAWARE TO
BE PLACED IN EVERY SCHOOL
Big ColOred School With Auditorium
To Be Built At DOver.-Service
Citizens Show Great Progress


Citizens Show Great Progress
Preparation of a history of Della
ware, copy of which will be placed
IN every school room in Delaware; the
history to be prepared by Miss Kath-
crime Pyle. Building at Dover, of the
largest cOlOred school in the state, the
school to contain an auditorium for
community purposes, equipped with
motion picture and stage equipment,
at a cost of $1,000. Giving of inan-
clal assistance to the University of
Delaware to make possible the carry
ing out of DR.. Hullihen's plan of per
hitting qualified men students to take
their junior years work in French
Universities. Investigation of the adj
Visibility of a community chest for
Wilmington, and publishing of infor-
nation gathered, at a cost of $4,000.
Engaging of a field agent, to induce
older persons to enter the colored col
lege of Dover are the new projects,
which the Service Citizens of Della
ware will undertake during the COM
ing year. The annual meeting of the
organization was held in the duBarry
room of the Hotel dupont, Will
mington, Saturday morning. Pierre
S. dupont presided. About sixty
men and women attended. The Uni
versity of Delaware will be the first
University to make the arrangement.
whereby students, may receive credit
for years undergraduate work in
France, and later expects to be Joined
by other universities and colleges, in
developing the plan, DR.. Walter HUI
linen, president said Saturday after
noon.
10 College Men Take Year in France
Professor Raymond Kirkbride as
slstant professor in the Department of
Romance language, will spend the
coming year, in France, investigating
Its educational institutions, and in
July, 1923, Is men from the Univer-
slty OF Delaware, will go to France, to
study economies transportation. and
international law, at its universities.
They will be under the direction of
Professor Krkbride, during their wear
In France. None of the expenses of
the students will be borne bv the Uni
verSity. DR.. Hullihen, estimated that
the total cost of the project to the uni
versity would be about $4,000. allow
ing SZlOO for an instructor, 500 for
travelling expenses, and 5000 for mis-
cellaneouS items. He expressed the
belief that such a course would no of
great value and eventually would pave
the way for formation of a School of
commerce as part of the Delaware
Cnlversity's functions. Before max
ing the formal report of the work If
the past year, DR.. Joseph H. OdelI.
director of the organization, discussed
In a general way its establishment
and record.
Costs 1915 Per Pupil to Erect ScbooI
DIR. Odell estimates that it costs
1913 per pupil to erect modern. fully
equipped brick schools to accommodate
6OO or more pupils; S185 per pupil
Tor brick schools of four or five rooms:
Sl27 per pupil for frame schools of
TWO or three rooms, and 1852 per pupil
for frame schools of one room. with
indoor toilets. Concerning the bureau
OF education maintained by the Ser
wee Citizens, DR.. Odell quoted from =
report by DR.. Richard Watson Cooper.
who is in charge of it. It was shown
that the enrolment in Delaware
schools is, for the ages of seven to
thirteen, larger than the number of
children of these ages given in the
1920 United States census; is larger
for both cOlored children and for white
1t also was shown that in general.
school attendance is much better in
high schools than in graded schools.
Graded Schools Show Great Progress
The fully graded schools of Della
ware, enrolling about 5000 pupils, are
the standard schools of the State with
an average per pupil attendance of
1879 in elementary grades; that the
high schools have the best attendance
and the fewest absences and present
no serious attendance problem; that
white schools and color
ed schools, which enroll more than ten
thousand pupils including all ages
from six to eighteen and all grades
from one to eight, have the poorest
DR.. Odell reviewed the
campaign