Evening journal., 1923-01-25
NEWS GOSSIP
OF NEW CASTLE.
Club Women Reach Dover
to Advocate Parole Law
at Hearing
PRESENT SCHOOL
LAW BEST; MEN SAY
special to The Evening Journal

special to The Evening Journal.
NEW CASTLE. Jan. 25.-Accom
panied by several members OF tn
New Castle Century club Mrs. A. +
Goudiss. Mrs George Mclntire, Mrs
Horace l.. Deakyno. Mrs. NJ. p. Phil
lips and Miss Carrie Gemmill, OF the
legislative committee OF the club,
are in Dover today to boost the two
pet bills Of the late Wardsn NJ. >.
Pummer. who died while tL-tod!an
Of the New Castle County Work
house about three weeks aro.
The bills interesting them most
are the proposed parole law for all
convicts. and the erection OF sepa-
rate prison for women criminals
and drug addlcts. A large majority
/ of the legislators are against enact
: ing the second bill, "A Separate
Prison for Women" II Is felt this
bin will die In the committee. or be
tabled II presented on the floor Of
the House, where both bills orig
mated.
While the women and their men
friends OF the Legislature are mueh
Interested in these two bills, con-
siderable attention IL being paid TO
the educational measures now pend
ing before the Legislature.
Delaware at this time has one OF
the smallest school tax rates Of the
country. and Notwithstanding the
lnadequacy OF the school buildings.
the system has made trer endous
strides during the past four years.
An four-year high school graduates
are now admitted TO the University
Of Delaware and other universities,
with only classification examinations
necessa rs" The above statement
was given out by prominent Cit
zen and business man last evening
before about % professional and
business men in a private conference
in his place OF business.
Continuing, he said: We must
not so back a quarter century in /
our educational provisions for our |
children, but must advance. There |
fore / for one am opposed to max !
ing any change al this time in our .
school laws"
1t was said by some OF those pres
ent that letters would be written to |
the Legislature asking that the |
present law be not disturbed except .
TO make IL more efficient. One /
clause or amendment to he suggest
ed by them will be TO provide more
stringent compulsory attendance.
The conference praised he move
ment to place the prosecution OF all
truancy cases in the hands OF the
Justices OF the peace and not COM
pelling the officer to so before the /
Superior Courts OF the three coun- /
ties or the state TO prosecute the
violstors OF the educational laws.
The local school attendance FOR
The past three weeks has decreased
10 an alarming extent Il is said to
he due To the many pupils. Tho un-
Ter normal conditions were pune
ual in the school attendance. being
confined to their homes through ul-
less. About 80 per cent OF the pu-
pills and several teachers OF the
Ichools are compelled TO remain at
nome because of illness
The weekly meeting OF the Ep- d
worth League will be held in the
Sunday school rooms OF the Meth
'dist Church at O'Clock this even
ng and that OF the Community Bible
Class in the First Baptist church
'ocial room at the same hour. The
subject for discussion will be the
Book OF Genesis. The class will also
make an effort within the next few q
weeks to have every member Of the
lass commit to memory the diner
mt names OF the books or the Bible
n their regular order. This plan
vas carried out In the sunday school s
several years ago by tn Rev.
ieorge T. Street then pastor OF the .
,hurch.
Marie. the 1l-year-old daughter
n former Mayor and Mrs. Theodore
". Cavender. who was returned
rom the Homeopathic Hospital.
last week, is much i'm
proved. She was treated at the hos
,ital for acute appendicitis.
A bake sale will he held at the r
Pharmacy Saturday
morning, under the direction Of the
iome and School Association OF the h
ocal public schools for the benefit |
u the library fund OF the school.
The new residence on West sixth
'treet for Edward V. Plat, has been
completed, and Mr.. Platt and HE
amily moved into the new home
PHILIP d. Laird was the host At a