Milford chronicle., 1923-10-26
PARENT T-TEACHER
PROGRAM ISSUED
State Association Sends Out Booklet
Telling Plans To Be COnsid-
cred For Present Year. "
Much PROGRESS IS NOTED
Among School Libraries In Many
Delaware Districts Since Plan
Was Inaugurated.

was Inaugurated.
The first Program Leafiet for tn,
year 192S-1924 school year has beer
mailed from the Executive Office OF
the State Parent Teacher Association
Inc subject of the bulletin is "The
SchooI Library" which school associa-
tions throughout the State are asked
to consider at the November meeting.
The Delaware Parent-Teacher AssO-
clatlon, two years ago, pledged itself
to work for the development of a
school library for every rural district.
AS a result of the slogan, "Thirtv
books year for every school, was
carried to every local association. The
first year fifty-four associations ac-
cepted the challenge, and provided the
thirty books for their school: last
year seventy-two associations pur-
chased books for their libraries.
The bulletin just published cites a
number of schools as illustrative of
the splendid constructive work that,
as result of the leadership of the
state association, has been accom-
plished in a number of districts.
Among these are: Little Creek, Caes-
ar Rodney, New Castle, Townsend,
Cannon, Atlanta and Delmar.
Little Creek-The Little Creek
school started its library last year.
The books are available at all times
during school hour for the convent
ence of the children. On Monday after
noon, from four to six, the librarian
opens the shelves to residents of the
community.
Caesar ROdney-The library at Caes-
ar Rodney, which-is rapidly assum-
ing the proportions of a real library,
illustrates another advantage in con-
sOlidatiOn. The school to date has 600
books on hand for the benefit of the
pupils. The library is open every day
from $3.50 to 900 and from 400 to
4:3O, also for three fifty-minute per-
iods during the school day.
New Castle perhaps holds the laur-
els in school library work, a collection
of from 800 to 1000 books. Every
Tuesday two P. T. A. members visit
the school and give to the children
applying for them, books for home
reading.
TOwnsend-Every member of the P.
T. A. at Townsend contributed so
cents to a library fund last year from
which 60 books were purchased for
the school library.
Cannon-CannOn, tWo-teacher
school in Sussex county, under the di-
rection of Mrs. Katie Handy BurtelIo
has won honOrs among the smaller
schools of the State. This school Ii
brary includes 100 volumes all of
which have been carefully chosen to
meet the needs of the children.
Atlanta-Atlanta, One-teacher
school near Bridgeville started it's Ii
brary association last year when 80 |
books were purchased by the Parent
Association.
Delmar- -Delmar, the senior associ-
alton of the State, has played in splen-
didly on the State P. T. A. program by |
purchasing 80 books for the school Ii
brary each year.
Books for Attendance Records
Whatever may be the condition of
the Parent-Teacher Association treas
ury, however much such money as
may be available, is needed for other
purposes, there is one means at hand
by which the new books may be Sc
cured this year for the school library.
This is through the attendance cam
paign being conducted for the State
Board of Education by the Delaware
School Auxiliary Association. Accord
ing to the plan mailed to the teachers
in all schools on the opening day, but
tons are offered to the individual
who make a certain attend
ance record and book for the school
library is offered to any school or
grade room which makes it's attend
ance record up to 80 per cent for
period of one month. Books are offered
FOR so per cent records for each month
from September to April, inclusive,
so that it is possible for a school
without expenditure of one cent, to Sc
cure eight books at least for the I
school library.
The State Parent-Teacher Associa-
lion is asking each local president to 1
appoint an attendance committee,
which in some instances is the same
rs the library committee, to keep up !
he interest and regular school atten- s
lance, and to help the children in
heir effort to win a library book for i
he school
Five hundred and thirty-one books i
lave been delivered to schools to date
or attendance records for the month Y
If September. Among the special dis
riots, Claymont, Milford, Harrington I
md Laurel won books for every grade I
'oom, both white and colored. In the I
Georgetown and Smyrna districts ev- 7
,ry grade room in the white school t
Yon book.
Although this is a splendid showing i
or the month of September, it is rec /
Dgnized that there is a shortage in en-
and the book requests for I
he next month are awaited with great I
interest in educational circles. i
The Denny's Home and School As
was organized Thursday ev- /
ming in Denny's School, No. 81, near
Dover, by Mrs. John B. Cleaver, pres S
dent of the Delaware Parent-Teacher h
association. Among the features of the
vening was a program arranged by
he teacher and given by the children,
which included recitations, songs and
he dramatization of a health play.
his program was greatly enjoyed by d
he large number of people of the fl