Milford chronicle., 1923-03-30
ANNUAL CONVENTION
OF P. I. ASSOCIATION
Held In Harrington Last Saturday
With A Large Attendance Of
Delegates Present.
MEETING PASSES RESOLUTION
FavOring State Support And Not
State Aid Of Public Schools
In Delaware.

State support and not state aid of
public schools is favored by the Del
aware State Parent-Teacher Associa-
ton, composed of 253 parent-teacher
associations with a combined MEM
bership of $3.50 men and women. A
resolution to this effect was passed
Saturday at the twelfth annual con-
ventiOn of the association held in the
Opera House, in Harrington.
Prior to the passage of the resolu-
ton H. v. Holloway, state superin-
tendent of public instruction, made a
brief address in which he emphatical-
" asserted that the State Board Of
Education is heartily in favor Of pub
lie schools supported by the State.
"The present time is a serious time
for the educational interests of Del
ware" he said. What will transpire
concerning our educational system
during the next two years will depend
upon the action of our legislature
during the next two weeks.
'"Things will be made all the more
difficult because of the conflict of two
classes of people. There is one class
which believes that State aid for
schools is proper, while the other class
thinks that State support for the
schools is the only proper thing. Ihe
one class believes in large local sup
port for the schools while the other
class believes in large State support.
"I and the Board of Education be-
lieve that in a small State like Della
ware our children can have equal op-
portunities for education only if the
schools are supported by the State and
not depending upon local aid.
Dr. Holloway continued by declar-
ing that wiping out school superVls-
ion would be crippling rural schools
Supervision, he said, is the only hope
for Improvement in the rural schools.
DR.. Lee Driver. director of rural
education for Pennsylvania was anoth-
er sneaker at the afternoon session OF
tbe convention. His subject was GIVE
Him a Chance" His plea was LOT peCo
ter schools in the rural sections OF
every State. Miss Louise Cosnnolly'
educational adviser to the Public Ii
brary at Newark, N. j., also spoke.
During the business session OF the
hoard of managers and State consist
ing of the local presidents and state
officers of the association it was an
nounced that Mrs. J. B. Cleaver, OF
Middletown, president of the assocla-
tion is on the ballot of the national
association as a candidate for electlon
+o the office of corresponding secre-
tarv. The other candidate for this Of
flee is Mrs. George B. Chambers OF
Connecticut, president Of the nation
al association.
The board unanimously endorsed
Mrs. Cleaver's candidacy. The conven-
tion of the national body will be held
in Louisville, KY, next month. Inc
Delaware association is privileged TO
send ten delegates to the convention.
It must send at least two. A collec-
tion taken UP shortly before adjourn
ment of the convention to obtain the
funds to send delegates netted about
$50, about half the amount needed to
send one delegate.
For an hour during the afternoon
session the 800 delegates and visitors
to the convention were entertained by
a pageant given by about 20 scnool
students from the three counties. The
first part of the pageant entitled Love
of Home was portrayed by the Senior
class of the Newark High School. The
second part, "The Health Work Of the
School," was demonstrated by the Mil
ford school children. The third section
devoted to patriotic exercises was CIV
en- by children of the Laurel district.
OF the eight hundred men and Wo-
men present at the convention 2SS
were delegates. OF these 60 were from
New Castle county, 72 from Kent and
151 from Sussex county. Of the $3.50
members of the association, there are
1.642 in New Castle county, 1,475 in
Kent and 3,416 in Sussex county.
During the year 80 new associations
were added, the chairman of the mem
bership committee reported.