Smyrna times., 1930-06-18
EDUCATORS PRAISE WORK
FOR BETTER STATE SCHOOLS
DELAWARE CITIZENS ASSO-
CITATION HOLD MEETING
j. E. Goslee Reelected President
and Other. Officers Chosen;
Irenee DUPONT and Others Speak

Irenee DUPONT and Others Speak
Appreciation of the work that
the Delaware Citizens Association
is doing in this state to further
the aims of education, was ex-
pressed by prominent state educa-
tors and laymen recently at the
annual luncheon meeting and cleo
ton of officers held at the DUPONT
Biltmore. Interest also centered
in the yearly report made by DR..
Allan Hulsizer, who is in charge of
the Demonstration School at
Georgetown, and Miss Eta j. Will
son, executive secretary Of the As
sociation. These reports cover the
need for a new technique in the
schoolroom, the result of scientific
research in education, the problem
of obtaining teachers trained in
modern educational practice, the
cooperation given by the forma-
ton of Parent-Teachers' Associa
tions, and a better understanding
between the administrators of
public and volunteer educational
forces. The meeting was presided
over by ]. E. Goslee, of Stockley,
who was reelected president of
the association. Other officers
chosen were: Lammot DUPONT and
Judge Hugh M. Morris, vice-presi-
dents for New Castle county;
former Judge William H. Boyce,
vice-president for Kent county;
Julian E. Townsend, vice-president
for Sussex county; Harry E.
Speakman, secretary; H. Fletcher
Brown, treasurer; ]. E. Goslee,
Hugh M. Morris, H. Fletcher
Brown, Robert H. Richards and
Frank G. Tallman, members of the
executive committee and Miss
Eta J. Wilson, executive secre-
tary. The board of directors was
reelected and Mr.. Boyce and Mr..
Townsend were named as new
members. They are Frank L.
Bancroft, William H. Boyce, H.
Fletcher Brown, Mrs. ]. Thompson
Brown, C. Douglass Buck, Walter
S. Carpenter, Jr, Rt. Rev. Philip
Cook, Irenee dupont, Lammot du-
Pont, ]. E. Goslee, DR.. Frank l..
Grier, Mrs. Francis deli. Janvier,
Frank NJ. Jones, Josiah Marvel,
Judge Hugh NJ. Morris, Robert H.
Richards, Mrs. Alden B. Richard
son, Harry E. Speakman, Frank
G. Tallman, Julian E. Townsend
and Mrs. 4 D. Warner DR.. H.V.
Holloway, state superintendent of
public instruction, in his opening
remarks said that he appreciated
the many things accomplished and
said that when the school at
Georgetown opens in September,
the first six grades will be in
charge of specially trained teach
ers and that special arrangement
will be made to have the State
teachers visit the model school.
DR.. Holloway said that the selec-
tion of teachers personally is one
of the outstanding lessons that the
schools of Delaware may learn in
regard to improvement and if the
boards of trustees had knowledge
and facilities to use like the priv
ate schools, the whole educational
system of the State could be revo-
lutionized in three years time. He
said that he considered the work
the association is doing as one of
the most outstanding tasks that
any group of citizens in any state
has undertaken and the program
is one of the most hopeful signs of
progress that can be found in Del
aware or any other state. Pro-
fessor w. A. Wilkinson, director
of teacher training at the Univers-
ity of Delaware, said the demon
stration school is to provide con-
crete illustration of what some
times is referred to as the new
philosophy in education. He then
referred to the cooperation be-
tween the directors and officers of
the association and the officials of
the University, by obtaining DR..
Hulsizer on leave to conduct class
es in the Summer School at the
college. Burton P. Fowler, head
master at Tower Hill School, said
the work being done by the asso-
citation is really the continuation
of the Service Citizens which
started ten years ago. He said
that he felt sure the type of edu-
cation as offered in the model
school by this association will at
tract attention throughout the
State and inspire teachers, and
make parents demand nothing but
the best in education. Irenee du-
Pont, speaking on the subject of
obtaining high grade teachers, hit
at teachers salaries as being too
low, and then added there should
be something to attract them 9TH
er than just money alone. He said
that the citizens should stand
ready to accept teachers into their
home and to look upon their pro-
fession as one of the highest be-
cause so much today depends upon