Milford chronicle., 1930-05-09
HARRINGTON new SCHOOL, BUILDING
WILL Be DEDICATED TOMORROW

lie school building.
The ceremonies will be in charge
of the Masonic Grand Lodge OF Del
aware and by a happy coincidence,
DR.. H. V. Holloway, Grand Master,
Is also Superintendent of Public In
etruction of Delaware. AS Grand
Master of the Grand Lodge he will
conduct the ceremonies of the lay
ing of the corner stone, but atJer
the Masonic ritual has been read,
the stone tried by the square, level
and plumb, and the rites are over,
then DR.. Holloway as Superintend-
ont of Public Instruction, will place
within the stone along with otner
mementoes his hopes and prayers
,hat out Of the building erected by
his efforts and ours, there may go
master poet, painter, scholar or
Workman that needeth not TO De
ashamed, and on whose work may
he placed the seal of genius.
Sad will be the day for any man,
when he becomes absolutely con-
tented with the life he is living
ith the thoughts beating at the
oor of his soul, some great desire
do something larger, which ne
nows he was meant and made TO
a." These words from the pen OF
hilip Brooks, found an echo IN the
carts of DR.. T. G. Riley, Il. n.
Dnes. w. B. Turner, S. L. Sapp and
eniamin Knox, when in 1911, as
embers of Harrington School
oard. they saw the children OF the
Lwn. crowded in a frame building
adequate to supply necessary COM
,rt and facilities for their intellec-
lal advancement.
.Learning is an acquisition, euuca-
on a development. At the end OF an
iucational process, the question TO
asked is not what has the lndl-
dual learned, but, what. he has be-
ome? Education is the develop
ent of the whole personality to-
lard that end for which it was ere
ted. and this development could
OF be perfected by the pupils OF
harrington in a building entirely in
ieouate to supply the needs re-
hired.
Realizing that the richest and
host permanent influences of a COM
munitv are it's educational and NOR
al influences and aware of the ne
Oessity of making out of their boys
md girls the highest type of Ameri-
can youth, a movement was started
for the construction of a new school
house.
shThere was some opposition to this
tut that which deserves to live
Ees" and in a we'll attended sDecial
leeting called by the School Board
enator DreXler, in a convincing
beech, succeeded in overcoming the
oposition and reported to the legls-
lture that the citizens of Harring=
bn were favorable to a bill to bono
he town for the funds necessary
~ the erection of new building
was finished and opened in Sep
nber, 1912, by the school boarC
imposed of the following members
~ j. E. Eggert, R. D. Short, Ben
min Knox, D. B. Tharp; w. H
mp. principal; Oliver T. Steele
ce principal; Laura Raughley
siary McCabe, Anna CULLEN, Mar!
Jones, Edith Smith, Jennie Rickard'
IND Catherine Kennerly were The
teachers.
Fourteen years passed, and agall
the school board and progressive cit
izens were face to face with the fac
that the pupils of Harrington
School were fast outgrOwing pres
ent accommodation and in order t.
keep up with the other progressive
towns of the State, it would be nee
essary to provide a large and NOR
I'D to date building. This problem
confronted us just at the time tn
State Legislature. was in session
and voted to set aside two milliol
dollars from the surplus in tn
treasury, for a state school buildlnj
program, to be apportioned by tn
State Board of Education accord1ni
10 the needs of the different com
gunities. 49,
They also decided where it wa
Possible to consolidate severa
school districts, those district
would be given first consideration i
4 the allotment of the money 10
school building purposes. With thl
thought in mind the Board of Edu
cation of the Harrington Spec!a
District consisting of Fred G. Ball
ey. Mrs. Iris L. Masten, L. G. Mark
ert and ]. c. Messner together VII
several interested citizens of tn
community went to work; and ho'
they did work!
Read the following carefully an
ntelligently understand the sple1
did work accomplished by the boar
! and Building Commission:
After meeting of the State an
local Boards of Education on G
about February 5, 1928, at whic
tinSe details and requirements weI
worked out as to building progral
and consolidation, the local boar
called a meeting February % lnvl
ing the trustees of the several rur;
.scRool districts together with IL
State Board of Education to a pal
quet held in the New Century Gu
at which time Mr.. Williams, M
keJohn Shilling and DR.. H. V. Holl'
way presented facts in connectic
with the members of the severi
school districts to consolidate wit
the Harrington Special School Di
tricts. ..
THE following rural school dl
tricts were invited to consolidate
Narvels. Prospect, Maple Grow
Raughleys, Thomas, Smiths, Ande
SON. Mastens Corner and Potash.
- - . necessarV pane