Milford chronicle., 1923-09-28
FLAG TO FLOAT OVER
EVERY DELA. SCHOOL
State Board Also to Inaugurate
Extensive Health Program

= AN extensive health program for the
B. geuplIS OI every public school in the
: otdCe Is one OF the details of the be-
SInnl1S OF the school term this fall
cnaI' because 1t has not been in gem
eraI practice throughout the State.
may De styled new. Some school
rooms mad their health exercises last
year put this year the State Board of
Educatlon is Incorporating a system
OF exercise for health purposes in ev-
cry school room in the StaUe.
Under the suggestion for Inaugural
tlng these health exercises, the teach
er is called upon to participate. Some
call them exercises, but the children
call them play. In any event the teach
er dlrects the exercises or play. and
through her influence rallies around
those children who, for some reason.
nave never taken part in general play.
GreaC thlngs are promised as a re-
suit OF this play or health exercises.
and the schools at Laurel, where bows I
and girls underweight and overweight. ,
nave been made more nearly normal J
is pointed to as one of the living ex- }
ampIes in Delaware of how the plan .
has worked out successfully. :
Flag Over Every School C
An American flag over every school e
room and school house in De1aware O
Where sessions are held this fall, and "
at least five verses from the Bible to y
De READ every morning at the opening c
OF each room in public schools in Del Il
aware, is the result of an act passed h
by the Legislature at its session last g
winter This ic /
many schools, but in some it is GER in
am accordlng to reports made to the pt
legislature last winer, that the Bible
vas not read every day in the schools. Sc
5ut there is no laXness this year re- pI
'ardlng the nag. Wherever a flag is VI
eeded, the matter is referred to the Be
roper committee, and the flag arrang- co
d for. fir
At the present time the State Board CIR
Education is finding much difficulty thu
nlllng vacancies for teachers. There We
re many applicants for teachers but the
ley cannot pass the required tests or the
At the present time fire
ere are between ten and twenty DO to
tlons open waiting to be filled, and, tha
cause all available material in Del the
Eare that is qualified to fill these DO der
tional officials are seeking to obtain wit
Ions has been exhausted, the e6u- at
structors from outside the State. rou
hereVer it is possible for Delaware flag
ung man or young woman to pass icaI
: required test, he or she is given wOr
preference over all others, so that not
laware boys and girls who have the 1t
bition to become public school in that
uctors, are given first choice. ton
As to Courses of Study nLl' IlneS
me of the details of the school pro- will will
m that is causing much discussion oner
the arranging of a balanced pro- stan,
m and course of study. All the ru- that
supervisors met at Dover last wber
Irsday and discussed what ought rood,
what ought not be emphasized in and
9olUoI ", CeaCHlns program accord ment
~ eIeII Iueds' 1nese supervisors has I
Gu Will pdIenC-teachers as sales
q q luis , tesdI ullS me SCHOOL pro- to be
u IL ailu IlUln t, tnIs conference ana five-y
otneIs InaC are scneuuIeu TO De best
t5 uuIln Ine IaL ana WINTER II is and, {
~ oteu tudC program Will De work it wa
Ut CndI VIII De tnoTousnly satls- time
70 t4e parents ana also from an chase
aIiOIsIL VI sta4upOlnC: of thi
y VI SAAC SA4A50 IlotJ IL Is uUDCu Tho
come about soon in Delaware is sbins
to a room plan. In some made
d rooms in Delaware today, as n1e1. ',
as eight grades are under con- out tb
tiOn. There are various reasons handiT
this should not be. This problem eion =
other detail that the educational wear
'iS anu ''SSIsIanUs are SIuuy4HS costs
can 81
Ter the appropriation made by der +bt
gislature for the State Board Of ner to-
ltion last winter, there was not sbins
? enough to continue statistical handle,
as there had been in the past eficien
result, efforts are being made in tbo
Ill to continue the work and as aft is
e data, and to divide this work 1ivino.
long principals of schools. It is from Fl
that this will not mean the WAGES
Onment of the statistical part IF wa
school work. which is extremely tbe Gov
lie, according to educational au- imnosee
es. 1ybioh :
PEELED t
BIG GAME FENCE bear tn