Smyrna times., 1926-12-08
STATE SCHOOL BOARD WILL ASK
THE STATE FOR 100000
TO PETITION LEGISLATURE TO
CARRY OUT BUILDING PROGRAM
Money to Be Taken From Surplus
Without a Direct TaxatiOn-Wil-
mingtOn to Get Forty Per Cent

without D1Fect IdAdtAOit-Vh-
mingtOn to Get Forty Per Cent
Members of the State Board of Ed
ucation, in session at Dover, Wednes
day decided to ask the next Legis-
lature to appropriate $2,0OO,OOO for
the next two years, with which to car
ry out a schol building program thru
out Delaware. 1t will be suggested
this money be taken from the surplus
funds collected for the support of the
schools. It will further be proposed
that the appropriation, if made, be
divided 40 per cent to the city Of Will
mington and so per cent to the rest
of the state outside of Wilmington.
The members of the board were in
session during the greater part Of the
day and much Of their time was occu-
pied discussing the proposed building
program as formulated at their last
meeting. After adjournment DR.. H.
v. Holloway, the secretary, issued the
following formal statement from the
board relative to its decision:
fThe board decided to ask the Leg
islature to appropriate not to exceed
/ 100000 for the next two years, said
amount to be taken from the surplus
in funds collected for support of
schools. 1t was further agreed that
the funds should be divided between
the city of Wilmington and for the
rest of the state on basis of 40 per
cent for Wilmington and so per cent
for the rest of the state outside of
Wilmington, divided approximately
between the school enrolment of Will
mington and the remainder of the
State.
''This is as far as definite conclu-
sions of the board seemed to go.
"The secretary was authorized to
have an attorney prepare the draft of
a bill which is to be definitely passed
upon by the board at its next meet
ing.
''The draft will probably provide for
a building commission though no de-
cision was arrived at as to whether
that was the best plan for carrying
out thep rovisions of the bill. 1t will
likewise probably provide for state
dIu W AlSLIlCLS ilCCulIlS llCN SAIOOAo
after the said districts have bonded
themselves for the 5 per cent limit
now provided by law"
The next meeting Of the board will
likely be held within two weeks. A
delegation from the State Colored
Teachers Association was headed by
J. B. Aiken, who introduced Prof. /.
w. Howard, Of the Laurel colored
schools and president Of the State Col
ored Teachers Association. Prof.
Howard made a statement as to the
salaries of the colored teachers in
comparison to the white teachers and
thought they ought to be uniform in
that all were working for the same
end He presented every phase Of the
school work as done by the colored
teachers and emphasized the fact that
they were on equal basis as that done
by the white teachers.
Others who spoke on the same line
and endorsed the arguments presented
by Prof. Howard included DR.. w. c.
Jason, DR.. r. S. Grosley, S. l.. Con-
well, Alfred Raikes, Mrs. Alice Dun
OAR NelSOn, anu MIS-. Duuuy, do wen
as J. B. Aiken, chairman of the dele
cation.
State Superintendent H. V. Hollo-
way reported that he had seen to the
matter of investing the $4,000 bequest
from Mary H. Askew Mather for the
establishment and maintenance of
school libraries and reported the same
to the board, resulting in the author
ization of the board that $4,000 of
Kent county bonds be purchased with
the bequest.
The petition from patrons of the
Rose Hill School requesting author
ization of state board to rent and
equip rooms in Holloway Terrace and
.Minquadale, owing to the overcrowd-
ed condition of their school, was re-
ceived and discussed, but in view of
the fact that the state board has no
funds with which to rent or equip the
rooms asked for, the secretary of the
state board was authorized to notify
the Rose Hill authorities that they
could not comply with their request.