Smyrna times., 1929-09-04
ger which position he accepted in
1915.
War Correspondent During War


War Correspondent During War
At the breaking out of the
World War DR.. Odell went to the
front as correspondent for the
Outlook and also as a volunteer Y.
M. G. A. worker, remaining on the
front for more than a year. He
wrote number of articles on the
war. He went to Wilmington to
be director of the Service Citizens
of Delaware, formed by Pierre S.
DUPONT to aid Delaware, and also
director of the Delaware School
Auxiliary, also formed by Mr.. du-
Pont to aid in building and i'm
proving the public schools of the
State. He held that position until
the former organization was dis
solved three vars ago. The Del
aware School Auxiliary was sue
ceeded by the Delaware School
Foundation, which is still active in
school work, and DR.. Odell became
President of that organization
which position he held at the time
of his death. He was chaplain of
the 18th Pennsylvania Infantry for
more than ten years, was a mem
Der of the Advisory Board of the
p. F. Collier Magazine Company,
and a member of the council of the
National Civil Service Reform
League. During the war DR.. Odell
accepted the position of federal di-
rector of employment for Whining
ton and with the aid of a number
Of other influential men did much
to handle the employment situa-
tion in trying manner. DR. Odell
was a member of the Wilmington
Club and of the Wilmington Coun-
try Club. He was also g. member
of Westminster Presbyterian
Church and was interested in Tow
er Hill School. He had contribut-
ed to the Atlantic Monthly, the
Outlook, Ladies Home Journal and
a number of British magazines. He
was the author of number of
books and at the time he was TAX
en- i'll was writing a history of ed
ucation in this country for which
he had gathered large number of
new and interesting facts.
did Much for School of Delaware
1t was in connection with the
work of improving the school sys-
tenn of this State thar DR.. Odell
was best known to the people of
this community. AS director of
the School Auxiliary he handled
the vast sum of money contribut-
ed toward new schools by Pierre
S. duoPnt, aided in securing and
approving the plans and oversee
ing everything in connection with
the work The association also
gathered together vast quantities
of statistics concerning the schools
of the State, the first statistics of
the kind ever compiled in Della
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this work can be gained from the
fact that it is estimated to have
cost a years work and more than
100000 in money before statistics
could be secured which would en-
able Mr.. DUPONT and his organiza-
tion to intelligently map out a plan
for building schools and meeting
the needs of different localities.
Numerous publications were issued
by this organization on the school
question all of which were written
either by Mr.. DUPONT himself, by
DR.. Odell or jointly. They were the
only publications which gave this
desirable information Some of
these pamphlets have been adopted
by colleges to train teachers as
textbooks. In addition to the
schools in this State schools and
colleges in Pennsylvania were also
aided through similar organiza-
tons formed by Mr.. DUPONT with
DIR Ode1l as director