Milford chronicle., 1926-05-21
DR.. ODELL OFFERS new
PALM TO REBUILD ALL
SCHOOLS In DELAWARE
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of the S9,2OO,OOO required Tor a ota.e l:i''y
School Rebuilding Program IeaNlHs
S3.446, 600 to be raised. .s 4,,o+
1T should be remembered Iha'
+bore will be a surplus in the Cen
eral Fund on June 80, 1875 ol "p
nroximately $2,OOO,OOO, any part AZ 70
which may be available LOT the
briIding program according 10 tne
discretion of the General AssemDly'
"The City of Wilmington ana d
sou, otber districts have ALREADY
bonded themselves either close 10
~ % ner cent or above that
amount" ,-oo,;,irg
DR. Odell remarks that "realzlne real.e5
that the Wilmington schools W. We.
even worse than the rural scnooiS'
the rebuilding program was uhu1l
taIen in that city, under when the
DaIoware school Auxiliary Assocla-
+jon buiIt the Bayard School ana Is
~ 49, Construct a colored high school,
md Citv Council and the Board Oh
1NdTcotion - built the Gray School anu
the Bancroft school and Is Vo DuliO
two more schools for whlte Puplie.
..DeIaware-a State and State VI
Mind" was the subject of DR.. Odell
oxtansive report, which treats ol
~aonv subjects of public WelIare,
I've have envisioned the ideal state
no remarks. There are no reasons
,,-bv Delaware should not De Ine
leader of all the states. .,o
..The Service Citizens toresees lno
time when by the perfection OIL oul
ecbools and colleges, the develop
~oents of transportation, the equlI-
atIo adjustment of taxes, the coop
cation of producers in wise
scheme Of marketing, the mlniih2A,
inc of senseless rivalrles anu
ar7,does in the interest of the COM
mon good, the cessation OF secloIIan
strife. the wiping out OF Dllnu paILl-
canshiD. the elimination OF blgotry'
eectionalism and geographical pref
,,dice.-ves. the Service Cltlzehs
foreeees and foretells for Delaware
. nersonal and community life so
near the idea that few can peheVe
= today This dream must become
a reality" ,.u ir+o the
DR.. Odell goes into detail INTO tIe
advantages and opportunities Oh D5l-
aware as he sees them, stresslng tiIo
fact that the total cost of the Slale
highway system, including @llts Vi
CoDator r Coleman DUPONT ana
pierre s dupont. is $21 100000. The
construction of roads does nave
,,arl[ed effect upon the educational
work in which we are SO ueeily
committed" Dr.. Odell observes ne
increases in salaries OF puDllc
school teachers has not yet 0rouShC
nc tn tbe schedules of Maryland New
Jersey and Pennsylvania Dr. Ooell
saws. He gives the total cost Oh new new
schools built entirely since l9l'-L9lo
from the P. S. DUPONT fund as $z'-
~ 600. and other schools We're
built with $S16,770 from the uuFon'
fund and $1,933,596 from local us
tricts schools costing S3Z,o4o "1lo
hnilt entirely by local districts, tne
total cost of all schools being T4'ooV'-
493. - tba
DeIaware Safety Council and lauus
the benefits accomplished Dy tiie
delaware Parent-Teacher AsSocla7
tion and the Americanizatioh anu
Admit Education Bul eaus' Wnose
work he discusses at length. Speah-
ing of the University OF Delaware
Dr Odell tells of the adoption OF the
foreign study plan-initiated D%
other colleges, and commends tne
oe--u oe-,,;oos of professor R. w. Kirk
bride. He says it seems aeslraole
mat the university "coptlnues 10
maintain it's position OF leadership
in the field in France. e.-
lie recounts scme ot the oeheh'S
of that plan. - tho
"What Delaware may be in the
,,oor ond distant future will depend
NOT unon the initiative OF one man
and not in the service or any Vi
MANY organizations, but upon tne
clarified vision of the mass OF the
citizens, upon their determlnatloh u
confront facts without tiinchlng' up
ON resolution to work together III
creative and constructive ways, Dr'
OdelI remarked in conclusion.
The annual election of the TWEEN
+v-nine managers to serve Tor
term of six years was held follow
ING the report of DR.. Odell had been
read and accepted. The only changes
made in the board of managers loI
the six-year term was in the elec-
tion of the Rev. John ]. Dougherty'
of ST Peters Cathedral, and Mrs.
Robert P. Robinson, in place OF
Mrs Charles R. Miller and former
Secretary of State William G. Tay-
lor. who died during the past year.
DR.. Walter Hullihen, president OF
the University of Delaware, was
elected to succeed Everett c. John-
son. of Newark, who died recently.
DR.. Hullihen will serve four years
The newly elected Board of Man
ayers is as follows: Six year terms:
II I. Cannon. Russell H. Dunham'
Rev. John J. Dougherty, H. F. du-
Pont. Lammot DUPONT, Mrs. Pierce
6 dupont. Mrs. T. Coleman dupont
Charles B. Evans, of Newark; Peter
J. Ford. J. E. Goslee, of StOckley;
DR.. G. Layton Grier, of Milford; Her
vev P. Hall. of Smyrna; Everett
Hickman, of Frankford; John 3.
Hutton, of Bridgeville; Frank NJ.
Jones, of Georgetown; William f.
Kurtz, Arley B. Magee, of Dover;
Harry Mayer, of Dover; James o.
Kane, r. G. Paynter, of George
town; Henry Ridgely, of Dover; Mrs.
r. P. Robinson, John S. Rossel,
Miss Ellen SamwOrth, John c. Say
lor, H. Rodney Sharp, Henry B.
Thompson, Mrs. II. B. Thompson,
William E. Valiant, of Georgetown;
DR.. Walter Hullihen, of Newark.
According to the budget adopted
at the meeting, the bank balances
on April 80, 1925, totaled S22,225.7S