Smyrna times., 1924-02-13
IIffIII DEDICATION !! CATION.
aSIIII Al ST. GEORGES

|A SHDUL H Ol'uLU"OLO
,,orcH SCHOOL, GO COSd5NT pdNT
7a,I9T GIVEN BY P. s. DU FoNi
-, Day" St. Georges Brings Bring
IsiI'I u Idtics Ir, What is being lsIo Done
Ir .iss sap;1rl'p zoo persons, several raj be- be,
thin iIon NJ smyrna, attended tended, the he
ia' llU'l nv saturday afternoon n.,C5 GI
ion .,5nrs On 'ifn Thomas MacDonOugh
'nnslei' l1o,le5 by P. S. dupont near ear
l,.5ss .5s:''a and / given by him s,3l to 6oe 6oe
u ia' sr,t consolidated school l.l IN
ths les .'I,, county. Addresses were 44
I,''ls I. Tr DUP DUPONT, DR.. Joseph .tic Il,
by ~ iiiont of the Delaware
PlssT, ',,iIisry. which administers
suAlrp,Tt 4 4,pont Educational Fund;
N J. Holloway, SjI State Superinten- in n
', o.SIio IJ,' Instruction, and II. '.
I i1D,s, ,narican Consul at Dundee
"a from from 1897 to 1910. Henry r,
y lrI,s.president ,lTl, of the Delaware =
(. I. an ,rziliary, presided. The school
! A.,,l, .atsr six and one-half acres
y ~, 'I,., 5sen laid out with artistic
\, Nh 'Iel and shrubbery. Space has
.S,.sd H. for a baseball diamond
m il',r ,ridiron and playground 1or
.,n,Ssr ~ children. Particular care
w. ...o,i t,ten in designing the inter-
!, n -ss building. The auditorium
4. u center and surrounding this
y, \, class rooms, each with a
n, ',,'s entrance, a principals room'
A, picture room, a lunch room
\ rIl seat S4, kitchen and boiler
The student body will be made
4 children from the Red Lion and
sr Grove School districts. Chill
from other nearby districts also
5,Sy will attend the school.
dupont Greeted With Ovation
Nm Dr.. Holloway had presented
tgs Of the school to John W
mT. president of the board o.
-s,. Nh. dupont made the princi
address. He was greeted by tn
na rising en- mass and giving
tie Chautauqua salute. "There /
zrng Of obligation imposed upOI
,T nsiher Of this audience by tn
yans Of this gift" he said. "W
Z pD5ably use to the great ad
aa Of the children of the Stat
nre schools like this one. Ou
q Hye must be to see that tn
ammunities that need thes
mE secure them through the hel
Sa legislature and the peopl
'sisye that we have furnished
st advertisement by this schoC
q been placed on a curve on Il
he Highway where every mOtori
4 slow his pace. ! ask everyOi
m to be prepared to show tn
A 70 all Of Delaware, to show Il
legislature what we may ha'
Moderate cost and what it m;
n to Delaware children. Find o
'i the cost Of the building; be pr
a 70 advertise it, and have it b
3 tie legislature.
''a and Gifts Formally Presente
D. Odell, as president of the D,
N School Auxiliary ASSOCIATE
presented the deed of the buil
% d. Thomas R. Brown, pre-
o. the State Board of Educati,
local chapter of the Daughters
,l'a 4 presented a Bible, which
yam principal of the school,
The Rev. Ivanhoe Willis.
~ u o. the Junior Order of Anne
...s -.'naaes' presented a flag. Jc
~, Y 7, o. New York, represent
: + DuttOn Publishing Compa
= 51'ed the school with $50 voiur
u ,eryman's Library" Mn.
'lal ..3 | volumes were given bv
u Lucy a. Belvie Jester, of v
en' On The books were accepted
,'.-, -.' 4 1aman, president of the
Farent-Teacher Associat
g .g Of the new school, DR.. O,
We are certain if the child
\ AMY, ~ 'nelr own in the school t
!, am an 70 go on doing the ri
N, lungs as a matter of ha
.sa,. NJ lIYes' ,s Children that grow
49, 's s.l IKE these where evervtI
y, y ala inspiring will not toleI
\ n. Y any Of the menaces .0i or
laS,s.I; sI We see in our civilizat
s,Sii.a s.y 4 our best investment i,
NV me very best in educa
,''i' a Child Not Worth ss7
/. a,@t 1sFSnt On has asked you to
sss.di osi ne cost Of this buildino
"A h ! will tell you. The 'r,s''i +, I
y. :. .a.' Of the equipmnet that +
n, 4. cost 100000; the busgss s,as.
Al " Is,.lg garage, $4,000; the the .
,51'.lg l'siag Of the ground w Witt (
s's15;I9s' siS :oo walks, drives s'''
llaJsl11e,' 11,'OOi the site $1,000. .