Milford chronicle., 1929-11-22
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vided the number of teachers in his
district by six instead of by ten
when delegates were being chosen.
The rule says one delegate to every
ten and when the number was di-
vided by six this supervisor obtained
an unfair advantage. There was no
further discussion over the matter
and it was dropped.
An invitation was received from
the University of Delaware to hold
the next meeting of the association
in Newark but the choice of place
for meeting was referred to the ex-
ecutive committee which will later
choose a place.
On Thursday evening a joint ban
quet of the Delaware Educational
Association, the Delaware Inter
scholastic Athletic Association and
the Delaware Vocational Education
Association was held in the Com
munity Building.
DR.. ]. Roscoe Elliott, a member of
the Laurel school board was toast
master. Frederick Rand Rogers, di-
rector of Physical Education of New
York, spoke on Educational Crisis
in Social Development" E. A.
Hirschman, secretary of the Cham
ber of Commerce, of York, Pa,
spoke on "The Looking Glass Eye"
Singing at the dinner was led by
Miss Opal Wheeler of the Tower
Hill School, Wilmington, and enter
tainment was furnished by Albert
N. Hoxie and his Harmonica Band.
Thursday afternoon, those attend
ing the meeting had variety of ses-
sions to choose from, as both the ell
ementary and high school groups
held sessions. The elementary
school program was held in the
Plaza Theatre from until 4. The
program opened with musical en-
tertainment, which was followed by
an address by DIR. Edward Randall
Mcguire, of New York.
Each class of the elementary
schools selected some grade subject,
and were led by teachers in that
branch of work. At p. m, there
was a meeting of the general assem-
bly, of voting delegates scheduled.
Miss Marian E. Breck, State su-
pervisor of home economics, was
chairman of the home economics
section, which met in the Milford
school at p. m. An exhibit of ar
ticles made by the Delaware home
economics teachers to illustrate
types of home crafts suitable for
the art unit in the State course of
study for home economics was CIV
en-. Miss Rachel Taylor, State direc-
tor of art, discussed the application
of art principles in home and craft
work. Miss Christine Ross, of Do
yer, was in charge of the exhibit.
A discussion of the recent devel-
opments in the field of child care
and training was given by Miss M.
E. Brugger, field worker in child
guidance for the Delaware Service
Citizens Association.
r. w. Helm, state director of vo-
cational education was chairman of
the agriculture section, which was
held in the Milford High School, DR..
C. H. Lane, of Washington, was the
speaker.
w. 1. Tawes, of Claymont, was the
chairman of the department OF In
dustriaI arts, which met at 2:3O.
The speakers were: John Shilling,
afmember of the State Department,
and A. M. Anderson. A discussion
led by Frank Hynson, of Smyrna,
followed.
Miss Violet Findlay, director OF
nature study, was in charge of the
science and mathematics section.
Biology, mathematics, chemistry and
physics and general science were
included in the section. The speak
ers were: Miss Hattie Cool, Dover;
Mr.. Musserr, Wilmington; Mrs. Ro-
sa, Milford; Miss Nora Stuart, Will
mington High School; H. M. Snyder,
Wilmington High School, and Miss
Elizabeth Jones, Wilmington.
The physical education section
with P. s. Prince, Dover, chairman,
and the foreign language section,
with Professor w. A. Wilkinson, OF
the University of Delaware as chair
man, also met at 2:30.
Miss Helen Millikin, of Whining
ton. was chairman of the high school
English section, and James A. Bark
ley was in charge of the history sec
ton. The commercial department |
was led by Ralph T. Talbot, Will
mington. Il