Evening journal., 1923-02-06
HOLLOWAY TELLS
SCHOOL NEEDS.
Increase in Teachers Sal
aries Necessary to Keep
Up Standard
EVENING COURSES
BIG HELP, HE SAYS
star correenondent.

STAFF Correspondent.
STATE HOUSE. DOVER, Feb. g.
The state Board OF Education is
asking the Legislature TO grant 1t a
big increase in its budget for 1928
1924 and 1s24-1925. according to
DR.. II. V. Holloway, state Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction, in ms
testimony yesterday afternoon be-
fore the budget committee of the
General Assembly. For l924-ls2o
the board is asking for Sl,s5o'of4
and for 1924-1925 S2,034.29s Tor
teachers salaries alone. Their re-
Quest for 1s23-1s24 involves an in
crease OF s423,217 which DR.. Hollo-
wsv told the committee is to be di-
vided as follows: State Board. S1O'-
27s: wilmington, S243,23s; special
districts. s114.70S.
He said teachers salaries form
nearly 20 per cent. OF the board 6
total budget and II their salaries are
reduced then the standard in the
public schools of the state will be
reduced. This standard is now lower
than the standard in Wilmington
DR.. Holloway said and Wilmington s
standard is lower than that OF many
other cities of equal size. He said
anv cut in their pay would material
" impair the school system. He said
it is difficult TO get good teachers.
This state cannot supply it's own
needs in this respect and Delaware
has to take what other States do not
want, he added.
DR.. Holloway told the committee
the board fixes its standard on
teachers ability TO pass an exami-
nation in the common school
branches and after she has had six
weeks in the University summer
school. He said the board has been
gradually raising the teachers
standard and their salary depends
on their standing and the certificates
they are able to win for efficiency
He said there is a difference OF
500 in the scale OF pay for the
white and Negro teachers and this is
done on the theory that there is a
difference in the standard of living
between the two races, the greater
amount being in favor of the white
teachers. although the Negro teach
ers have been claiming they should
be given the same salary as the
whites. Who're Negro teachers have
the same pay as the whites in the
same grade, he said. il is because
the Negro teacher has a higher GER
tificate than the white teacher in
that grade.
DR.. Holloway said the local boards
OF trustees hire the teacher5 in the
districts, anu supervising prin-
cipals' salary depends upon the
number of teachers she has under
her supervision-the larger the
school the greater the pay they re-
ceive.
The committee noted an increase
of s11,791 in the budget for text
books and Dr. Holloway explained
this was divided: s10.27S for VIII
mington and S1.I51S for the rest of
the State.
1t was here developed that
these text books are not purchased
by competitive bidding and they are
bought by the business manager of
the board who claimed they cannot
have competitive bidding for them.
Mr.. Adams, the business manager.
explained that If they want an
arithmetic, for instance. they ex-
anime the samples and put their
selection on their list otter they
get price from the publisher at
which they are listed for retail.
The publisher has a fixed price for
Delaware and for Wilmington
which is usually 25 per cent.
off the. retail price. Mr.. Adams
claimed these prices are uniform
throughout the country and the
price to Delaware is the same
as that paid in Philadelphia. The
old text books are rebound when
this can be done, or sold, but some
times they have to be thrown away
SIS useless.
In the item for materials OF in
struction there is an increase of
s21,450 for the next year which is
divided: Wilmington, sl9.336: rest
Of state, s2,114. These materials
are purchased by competitive bid
ding. Mr.. Adams said.
Relative to evening schools DR..
Holloway said most Of them are in
Wilmington. He thinks them the
finest thing in the state. he told the
committee. He believes in doing
all that can be done to inculcate in
the foreign born American ideals
and 10 make Of them the proper
kind Of citizens. He thought there
should be evening schools for adult
American born citizens because 50
many Of them in this state are il
lterate and ne said one big plant
has asked him 10 organize such a
school for this class Of citizens. He
would Ike 20 see Il made possible
for the American adult 10 learn to
read and write. he explained, for
one OF every twenty persons in
Delaware cannot even do this much.
He explained the Board is asking
for $1,000 TO establish such schools.
J. II. Owens. superintendent OF
the Newark special district: Super
intendent snavely Of New Castle
district each explained their indi-
sidual budgets and the reasons fo-
he sums they are seeking for the
next two years.