Evening journal., 1896-08-31
DELAWARE'S NEW YEAR.
All In Readiness for Opening
the Fall Term Wednesday
NEW ADDITIONS TO THE FACULTY


Parts OF the ColIeEs-MAny New stu
dents Expected to Matricu ate This
Tsrm-ArrAnEements Being Made for
Athletics.
Special Correspondence Evening Journal.
NEWARK, Aug. 81 Every thing about
Delaware College Is In readiness for the
opening Of the Fall term on Wednesday
Rad the indications are that the col
lsgiste year of 1895 z will be one of the
most successful in the history of Della
wares we'll known Institution OF learn
ing.
DR.. George A. Harter, the newly.
elected president, has been hard at work
all Summer and large freshman class Is
probable Among the students who are
expected to matriculste are q number Of
Wilmington High School graduates OF
the '98. '95, and '96 classos. Young
men from Lewes Georgetown, Delaware
City, Snyrna, Ekton, and other towns
on the Peninsula have signifsd their in
tsntion Of entering. besides q number
will take the examinations for admission
at the college to morrow.
Improvements about the dormitorlos
| and recitation hall consist Of q complete
renovation Of these buildings and the
bsttering of the sanitary arrangements
In the former. The wood work In the
dormitorlea has been repaired aud
painted.
The Alumni is taking decidedly 40
| tive part In the affairs Of the college this
year, more 30 than over before. A rsa
son attributed to this unusuRl interest
is one stated recently that the inntitu
| tion had reached the eve Of a nav era, 10
which Delawareans may be able to point
to 1t more proudly than ever In It's his
tory. Again an Alumnus Professor
Edward N VallAndigham, has been ap
pointed to the chair OF mental, moral aud
| political science.
The engineering courses. OF which
there are three, have q reputation and
are fsvorably compsfed with any Of The
university courses. Not only theorstical
Instruction, but practical, as well, II
given In the finely equipped shops
These courses are being improved con
sinually with all the latest appliances nee
sary to cope with mooe ern ideas. An es
peciRl interest will be dlre,iei Ia future
to the scientific and classical courses
The large. we'll lighted room on the
second foor Of the recitation hall. ths
has heretofore been used for drawing
room, will be transformed into a library
1t will bs fitted mp In such manner .
TO be Rocessibls to the students daily, an,
arrangements are being made TO have
open on stated evenings The intention
of the trustees and faculty eventually
is to have the library opel
every day aud evening, that the student
may be enabled to spend their spar
moments In improving their lterGr
tastes Heretofore the library was opene
but one afternoon in q week Besides I'll
several thousand volumes In the ol
library, $500 worth Of new books II
cludiDg reference books and works OF th
standard authors, have Just been pul
chased, and more will be secured File
of ell the daily newspapers and MONTH
periodicals. will be kept In the library
A portlon Of the auditorium will b
used for drawing. The reason for max
Ing this change Is that q compArativ
few, those students in the engineering
courses, have use for this room. ard the
but two or three times a week. The oil
orAtory will AgAin be used for pubic oc
oGslons.
Additions to the Faculty.
} The additions to the faculty are three
, William A. Pratt. professor Of me
chaniesl and electrical engineering
whose practical experience as divisio
supervisor of the B. & o. railroad 10
seven years will add much strength
3 1 the instruction In the class room an
. shops; Edward N. VAllandlgham. pr,
fessor of mental, moral and politic
science, comes fresh from the acti'
6eld of New York jourp paism; Eugei
, | W. Manning, professor OF modern lei
= guAaes, has just returned from thr'
ysRrs's tour ia Earope, where be trAv
elod Ia the search for Information on th
French and German Languages He hl
also taught Ia American colleges and
Cornell University.
Interest In athletic exercises Is dsep
rooted 10 the minds Of the Alumni an
. they are doing much toward making h
D physical side Of college life worth sesl
Il ing. MAioiRl Cor football. baseball an
= other sports is being sought for. A
d effort is being made to secure q tralns
Il for the football team This, however
j. Is not determined Yet whether one
10 secured OF not. the students prop ose
y do their utmost In putting up team
defend "old Delaware" The fact th
last year not 3 single player was injur'
is very inducive to students TO try 4
. the loAms lueu buo uaubor ~ loaoouc
70 from the fact that none bu
% teams representing educational instit
of tions will be Played.
The faculty contemplatss Rrrangin
: the recitation schedule BY which
students will be permitted to take
n systematic course In athletics. daily.
IS oftsner than they have been in the pa
ly The composition OF the football tee
X cannot be detsrminsd until the stucsE
II return. The eleven will be chos
ny Immediately after the candidates hn
en- shown efficiency. They will begin prs
it. tice this week IL IL an assured "a
,R though, that some of those who col
Q; posed the Wilmington High School te
i. OF 80 win be on the team. Man ~
Slpple has made arrangements for gan
- with SWGrtbmore, Haverford and VI
Nova but the dates have not been hx'
y He VIII Accept.
Interviewed at Rshoboth yesterday
thot Hnuld darllna