Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-09-17
DE1aWAaE COLLEGE.
Bright Prospects for a Heavier Foot-ba
Team Than Last Year. f ST

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Bright Prospects for Heavier Football
Team Than Last Year. rave ~
Special Correspondent OF Gazette and Journal
Newark, Sept 1.-THE Delaware
College fall term has opened with a
large and we'll prepared class of fresh
men. or this number there are six
Wilmington young men, Messrs. Trot-
ter, Vausant, Hyland, Conner, Wood
ward and Ayars. The average age of
those matriculated Is is years.
In the examinations for entrance it
was demonstrated that those young
men who completed their studies in the
high schools throughout the State were
fully prepared to enter the college.
Those who failed, Of whom there was a
large number, had almost invariably
failed to complete the courses laid out
by the principals of the State schools
Interest in athletics at the college
has taken on new lease of life. 1t is
being developed among the Alumni as
we'll as among the student body. The
prospects for heavier football team
than last year are good. Tho makeup
of team will be entirely changed.
Capt. Wolf OF last years team. will be
missed at baf-back. All the backs
will be new in their positions. The
candidates for the team were out on
the gridiron this week and practiced
tacSlipg and kicking. The freshmen
showed up we'll. Those who are trying
for positions are: Hali-backs, Supple,
II. X. McCabe and Davis: full-back.
Tenny, r.. Constable and Willis; quar-
ter back, Vickers, Hyland and Vansant
ends, Baldwin. Henry and Trotter
tackles, Springer, Marvel, Pratt and
Ell. McCabe; centre. Mullins; guards,
Morris and Baxter. a
For several years an effort has been
made to secure enclosed grounds.
Games in the past have been played on
the college campus. There was nothing
to prevent anyone, who desired to see
the games, to come to the fence sur
rounding the campus and avoid the
payment OF the admission fee, in conse-
quence of this the games were always
played 90 losing basis.
Now that the Alumni has become in
terested more than ever in the game,
the advisory committee, composed OF
Waldo o. Wilson, chairman, Charles
M. Curtis, Lewis G. Vandegrift, Alex.
Taylor and William w. Reybold,
could sac no other alternative than to
play all future sat home" games in
Wilmington. As a result of this de-
termination petition was sent to the
faculty asking for permission to play
there and at meeting this week that
body granted the request. Either River
view or the Front and Union Streets
grounds will be secured for as many
dates as possible College football will
be something new to Wilmingtonians
aud it is hoped that the games will be
we'll attended.
There will be two cadet companies
during the ensuing collegiate year
under the command Of Lieut.. James
FL. Frier, u. S., Al. A bout 60 cadets
will take the military drill. The fol-
lowing appointments have been made
Captains, Phillips and Ellis; lieuten-
ants, Conner, Pratt and Henry; SER
geants, Craig, Springer, Chapman,
Mullins, Davis, Brewster, Baldwin and
Hellings; corporals, johnson, Brown,
McCabe, Medill, Reed and Stew
art.
Appreciation of the additions to the
library is being shown by the student
body. The library is being patronized
more freely than ever and there is no
doubt as to the good results that will
come from this new departure. Not
only are the students enabled to secure
standard literature at all times, but
they will also be in position to keep
pace with the current events by the
perusal of the magazines to be placed
at their disposal.
The two literary societies, the Delta
Phi and the Athenaan, are carrying on
their annual wrangles in their efforts
to secure new members,
Clarence A. Short, '96, has left for
Lincoln, Neb., after having spent a
week with his former fellow students
Mr.. Short has been elected as an in
structor in mathematics and higher
English and commandment OF cadets in
the academy connected with the Uni
yersity OF Nebraska. He was valedic-
torian of this years. graduating class.
L. Lawrence Smith, '96, has returned
to college and will take post graduate
course.
Raymond DuHadway. '94, Alex. Tay-
lor, 1872, DR.. Walter Steele, 81, Her
man M. Sypherd, '95, George l.. Town
send. Jr., '04, @. Dram Cooper, 'a5,
William U. Reybold, '95. Waldo o.
Wilson, 80. William B. Jester, '96.
and E. @. Reybold, '96, we're visitors
at the college this week. Messrs. Rey-
bold and Wilson and DR.. Steele assisted
in coaching the football candidates.
Lee Ellis, 1913 and '96, has again as
sumed the principalship of the Newark
public schools.