Milford chronicle., 1926-05-07
MILFORD, FRIDAY, MAY Z, 1926

WE ONLY GET CLEAR of the
coal man, just as the time arrives to
pay the spring taxes, and that is no
Joke with most folks. Under the
present way of living, all the wages
or income is gone at the months
end. Too many attractions, too many
amusements, too much expensive
living, too much costly clothing-in
fact too much spending of money
and nothing saved for the tight
squeeze of any curtailment of the
pay envelope from any reason. The
budget system of allotment of the
money before it is spent, and then
sticking to that budget schedule, re-
gardless of resultant inability to
crafty all our desires, will make the
days more happy for everybody. The
home cost of living and taxes will
always be the burden of each per
son who is a worthy part of the citi-
zenship of Delaware, as it is in ev-
cry other state. We have autos and
fine roads and both cost money to
own, as well as to operate after they
are bought These must be paid for,
and in a measure the roads and au-
tOs are indispensable to the prosper
ity of the people. Without the roads
and autos, farm lands would shrink
to less than half their present value.
We wear expensive clothing-that is,
the men wear clothing-while the
women wear the thinest of apparel
and little of it; yet, the cost of
stockings, slippers and a wrap, now
consumes a very large part of the
income of themselves, or those on
whom they are dependent. If the
DeOple desire to change the living
conditions they now live under, it is
a simple matter for them to accom-
plish. The answer is-live within
your income each week of the year.
Fine feathers are pretty, but they
soon perish and are gone without
any substantial remainder for COM
fort of the body or mind. Pay the
taxes first and then see what is to
be used for necessities, including
cost of illness and pay of physicians;
the remainder can be then apportion-
ed for luxury and decorations.
%oS
IN ALL SECTIONS of the United
States extensive efforts to work out
more satisfactory curriculums for
high schools are under way. The
general public should have very
keen interest in these efforts because
what high school education costs
and the time pupils must be held in
school in order to acquire those
things regarded as essential is in a
considerable measure dependent up
on the curriculum. A high school
which offers a narrow curriculum
with heavy emphasis upon such sub
jects as English, mathematics, and
history costs much less per pupil
than one with a broad curriculum
with heavy emphasis upon such sub
jects as agricLltu,e, nJme making,
and shop. If the high school extends
its curriculum down to include
grades z and 8, and eliminates the
gap that has existed between the ell
ementary and high school by pro-
viding for gradual transition from a
characteristic elementary to a char
acteristic high school curriculum,
pupils make better progress through
the grades and acquire :he knowl-
edge and skills which makes them
more effective workers at an earlier
period than has been the case. IT,
through curriculum reorganization
pupils can be brought TO a given ed
ucational status in one or two years
less time a saving will have been et-
fected which is many times the in
creased costs due 10 introducing the
more expensive type Of courses
Economy of pupil time is the vital
factor affecting costs Of education
and economy of pupil time is the
primary aim in curriculum adjust
ment.