Milford chronicle., 1926-09-10
MILFORD, FRIDAY. SEPT. 10, 1926

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MILFoRD, FRIDAY, SEPT. 10. 1926
THE OLD CONVENTION SYS-
TEN had it's many sins, its abiding
wickedness and its own evils. 1t was
open to ugly abuses. Bosses manip-
ulated it. There came a time when
the reformer reformed it with club
and set up the primary system IN Its
place.
This was to be full of virtues and
without fault. The voter would so
to the polls and nominate the best
man. Politicians would be confused
and COMPOUNDED. Bosses would hide
their diminished heads and the peo-
ple would rule. There would be no
wicked use of money. All would be
well in the best of all political
worlds.
It has not turned out just that
way. as NAV be noted in Pennsyl-
yania and other States having direct
primaries. The voters must be
brought to the polls at great eX-
pense. When they get there they
name no better men than the con-
ventions named. The politician uses
the primary as he did the conVen-
tion.
The primary is a beautiful thing
in theory, but it has not worked well
or fairly or even decently.
The old convention system was
anathema. While it was a training
school for the statesman as well as
the politician, it had to go. Bad as
it was. it cannot match the iniqui-
ties of the direct primary, that be-
loved child of the professional refor-
mer and the congenitaI uplifter.
The primary system in Delaware
has delivered the political parties
into a bondage that will be difficult
to break away from. Its operation
under the new permanent registra-
tion laws will have to be changed at
the next session of our legislature.
Will it be made more fair to the
voter, or more easy for politicians
to manipulate?
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THE TINE HAS ARRIVED in
public school education in Delaware,
when a longer High School Day is
necessary, for the proper training OF
the boys and girls. Parents fail to
have their children study their prob
lens at home, either in the evening,
or the afternoons when they are out
of the schools; and yet they pro
claim that the teachers do not devote
the amount of attention to their boy
or girl, so that the child or student
will make the necessary marks for
advancement to higher grades or
graduation. If greater results are to
be attained, then longer periods for
at least half of the school days each
week, must be used to get the re-
suits desired.
Nine periods every Wednesday, in
stead of the usual six, in the high
school, would provide needed time
for chorus, orchestra, and glee club
work as well as for meetings Of the
lyceum and school council and other
desirable activities. 1t may be neces-
sary in the future to provide for sew
en- or eight periods every day to meet
the increasing compleXity of Amer
lean life and the increasing tendency
of pupils to do less studying at
home.
The parents want their children
educated in all branches of study
and they must cooperate with the
schools, by insisting that the stu
dent study at home the work set for
them at the schools. Try the sys-
TEN out, not for few days, but for
the school year, and the result will
be more than good for both the stu
dent and the parents as well.
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IN KENT COUNTY the Republican
Party will hold a primary election
tomorrow afternoon for the purpose
of nominating candidates for the leg
islature; both senate and house. Only
those who registered during July and
August can vote at this election.
Candidates for county Offices as well
as members Of county and state com
mittees will be chosen at the same
time-and on these places there are
warm contests-for they will control
county affairs for the next two years.
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WITH 752 CHILDREN at the doors
of the Milford schools. the problem
of seating was a problem. The High
School had 40 Of the number; but
the worst is yet to come, for there
are at least 15O children in Milford
and vicinity, who did not present
themselves the first day of school.
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TWO MORE DAYS for registra-
tion will be the last chances for the