Milford chronicle., 1926-09-10
DELAWARE AIMS and ACHIEVEMENTS
IN VOCATIONAL School BROADCAST
Educators From Four States Told OF Future Plans For Develop
ment In Delaware At Conference Held In West Chester
Last Week.

conference. The outcome of these
we'll attended meetings was the for
nation of definite objectives to be
undertaken this year in the Della
ware schools. Special problems and
the course of study in the home
economics department were discuss
ed and the work to be accomplished
mapped out in careful plans.
''United Control" Needed
The closing sessions of the Four
State Vocational Conference were
addressed by DR.. David Snedden, of
Columbia University, a nationally
known educator. One of the state
ments made by this eminent man
threw the convention hall in an up
roar of applause. He said: '"The one
thing that our country needs today
is cOntrol-cOntrol, not only of ma
tural resources but of personal re-
sources, control of the criminal, the
insane, the bootlegger and all other
individuals who tend toward the de-
struction of our social life. At Col
umbia University there are profess
sors who declare that the eighteenth
amendment is interfering with their
personal liberty, but I say that it is
the cry of the people for united con-
troll" A thundeTous applause greet
ed the lecturer expressing the feel
ing of the whole conference.
DR.. Edwin A. Lee, president of the
American Vocational Association,
stated that the program of the as
sociation in the years to come will
include: better trained vocational
teachers; a higher professional STAN
dard in the vocational field; more
adequate and available supply of
teaching material and a general i'm
proVement in vocational class room
procedure"
Prof. Raymond w. Helm and the
Delaware group acted as host to, the
other three states Representatives at
Longwood during a visit to that Won
derful conservatory of Mr.. and Mrs.
Pierre S. du Pont. Prof. Helm had
arranged the visit with Mr.. du PonC,
who was a former member of the
Delaware State Board of Education
and friend to many educational and
public movements. This proved to be
the highlight in the social features
of the conference and placed the
Delaware group in the front as one
of the chief entertainers during the
weeks program.
The Delaware delegation visited
thu Sesqui grounds at the close OF
tt e weeks sessions and were official
l, welcomed by the host at the Del
aware State Building.
| l)elawareanS Who Attended
Delawareans who attended the
conference were: DR.. H. V. Hollo-
way, Dover; Prof. R. w. Helm, New
I ark; A. B. Anderson, A. Edward
Rhodes, Edwin M. Schuyler, Mrs
Clara I. Kelley, Albert Schaffle
Frank Hall, M. Claiming Wagner
and DR.. David A. Ward, all of Will
mington; C. R. Snyder, Seafordi
Marian F. Breck, Dover; Sadie R
Guseman, Townsend; D. F. Long
Pauline Moore, Selbyville; Naomi
Pepper, Georgetown; Mrs. R. W
Helm, Newark; Stanley M. Wood
head, Laurel; Albert Humphreys
Greenwood; R. E. Bowman, R. T
Des Jardins, Wilmington; George
Butler, Camden; Annette Butler
Camden; Mabel E. Conowin, Green
wood; James w. Hahn, Milton; Mil
lard Fitzgerald, Harrington; Mrs. Oh
lie T. Atkins, Millsboro; Margaret e
Caulk, BIackbird; Mrs. Layton Reed
Milton; Helen T. Duncan, Marshall
ton; Marguerite Mitchell, MiHsboroi
Emily King, Seaford; HANNAH
Deakyn and Eloise Rodney of Laurel
Members of the Delaware State
Board of Education visited the con
ference at different times as die
those interested in the industrial anC
trade developments of the cities
throughout the State.
Prof. Helm, in behalf of the Della
ware delegation, extended vote o.
thanks to the officials of the Statt
Normal School and to the Board o.
Trade of West Chester for the hos
pitality shown them while attending
the vocational conference in Wes
Chester.
In the words of the most promi
nent educators of the day, "The mos
successful vocational conference
ever held came to an end at Wes
Chester when the delegations from
Delaware, Maryland, New Jerse,
and Pennsylvania returned to thei
respective communities to put init
practice the plans and ideals of tn
Four-State Vocational Conference" "
Prof. R. w. Helm returned to Wes
Chester this Wednesday at the invl
tation of Superintendent Saylor VIII
asked him to address the annua
county institute on that day. He ha
proved popular with the West Ches
ter schoolmen.-Sunday Star.