Milford chronicle., 1923-11-02
GIFT OF P. S. DU POINT
S8OO,OOO TO WILMINGTON
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\cOQCiQueu EIOu IISL pdSSJ
think it is about time for the city Of
Wilmington to move on. am ready to
vote at any time to help anyOne's son
or daughter to get an education"
Mr.. McAIanus was corrected by Dr.
Odell, when he said this is clear gift
of 100000 to the city Of Wilmington.
Saves City Money
1--WE Offer" DR.. Odell said, Gin this
proposal to take from the shoulders of
the city all architects costs, all the
costs of supervising engineers, the
bookkeeping and furnishing OF vouch-
ers upon which the city shall make its
payments. That, will cost us approx
mately 100000" He then explained
that another 100000 approximately
will be saved in the 20 per cent usual
" figured for supervisory service in
contractors bids. 1--WE haven't any
such COSTS" he said. 1--WE can't bid,
but the city will have the advantage
of our engineering and clerical force" "
DR., Odell made it plain that every
cent of the 100000 will go into the
construction and equipment Of the
building in the southwestern section
and that in accepting the Auxiliary
offer the city obligates itself to ex-
pend $1,OOO,O00 for school buildings
and equipment, exclusive of the cost
of sites.
The proposed 100000 school, he
said, will take all the pressure OFF OF
nearby schools in the southwestern
section, and provide adequate facil1-
ties for the Union Park Gardens area.
DR.. Odell also pointed out that with
plans and specifications made by
James o. Beetle, the official architect
of the Auxiliary, and the fact that the
building will be built absolutely With
ont any profit to the Auxiliary, the
CITY will set a much better building
and in this way the proposition is an
economical one for the city.
The proposed S1,200,000 bond ordl'
nance was referred to the law and IL
nance committees and will come III
for final reading and passage this
Thursday night.
Thanks Pierre DUPONT
As the Board of Education and thu
Street and Sewer directors are to CO
operate with the Auxiliary in tn
working out of plans for the building
members # the Board of Educator
were requested by Mr.. McManus t.
sit with City Council as committee o
the whole at 8 o'clock Tuesday even
ing.
On motion of Mr.. McManus, Coun
ell gave a rising vote Of thanks to Mr.
Pierre dupont "for his magnlnceh
gift to the city of Wilmington.
The proposal of the Auxiliary Asso
citation, said to be the most generous
of it's kind ever offered municipality
in the United States, reads as fol
lows:
ITO the Mayor and Council of the
City of Wilmington:
1.-THE Delaware School Auxiliary AS
sociation, administering the Pierre )
dupont Educational Fund, has thus
far devoted it's resources to the State
outside of the City of Wilmington, and
we have actually spent or are under
contract to spend $2,500,000 to pro
vide educational facilities and to pro-
mote educational progress in Della
ware.
Gas many Of the schools within the
CITY are so inadequate, unsanitary
and unsafe, we now feel it to be OuI
duty to unite with the constituted city
authorities, namely, the Mayor anC
CITY Council, the Board of Education
and the Street and Sewer Commission
ers in an endeavor to meet some OF the
most desperate needs.
"There are three principles or con.
illusions in which probably we snail
all agree:
'First-The city should not under.
take a building program which VIII
strain its financial resources anC
weaken its credit by too large a bono
issue. This means that, although prac-
tically every school needs to be re-
nIaced or to be consolidated VIII
other schools in a new building l,
would he an unwise policy to attempt
to solve the entire problem at tnls
time. , 49, 1i,,i+o+ior
If funds available and the points o
',aost immediate congestion, the star
should he made with new schools iol
oroJo children. The minimum OF euu
cation necessary to secure intelnSeIl
citizenship is that each chllu SN''i
connIete the first six grades 49,,
' a'Third-Any construction at tnn
4,r,a should provide for the maximum
nm of children at the least pos
.ib1e e cost consistent with m9oe ,,1,, e :,
Tcational methods. New puniu IIans,
u uE"It he MANNED to meet the mos