Middletown transcript., 1901-06-08
CATALOGUE OF DELAWARE COLLEGE

The catalogue of Delaware college fol
the year 1901, just issued from the John
NJ. Rogers Press, is pamphlet of 10a
pages, being larger by 9 pages than the
catalogue of 1900. Two excellent photo
gravures, one showing front view Of
the campus with its buildings, the other
view of Recitation Hall, decorate the
volume. For the first time an index to
subjects is included in the catalogue.
The pages devoted to the Faculty show
a regular teaching corps of Is professors,
and instructors besides several occasional
lecturers from the staff of the Agricul-
tural Experiment Station. This last in
stitution has staff of six persons, with a
council composed of the President of the
College. the Director of the Station, the
Agricultural Committee of the College
Trustees, and the staff.
Itis announced in the discussion of re-
quirement for admission that beginning
with the year 1902 ability to read at sight
easy French or German, and knowledge
of the Grammar of one or the other of
those languages will be demanded of all
candidates save those intending to pursue
the Classical course The entrance ex
aminations for the year 1901 will be held
at Newark on Friday and Saturday, June
21st and 22d, and on the same date at
Wilmington, Middletown, Smyrna,
Georgetown, Seaford, Laurel, Milford,
Dover and Lewes, if any candidates shall
notify the Secretary of the Faculty that
they intend to appear at such places for
examination. Those who are not ready
for examination in June may appear for
the ordeal at Newark on September 10th
and 18th; part of the examination may be
taken in June and part in September.
Delaware College has for several years
required special entrance examination
in American Literature. Such require
ment is continued, save that candidates
who choose may offer in lieu the regular
college entrance requirements in English.
The latter requirements are much more
difficult to meet, but as it might easily
happen that candidates undergoing the
usual course of preparation for college
would have done the reading and study
indicated in the regular college entrance
requirements, and might not have read
the authors indicated in the Delaware
College requirements, choice is allowed.
A decided stiffening in the mathemati-
cal work of the Freshman year has re-
Gently been made, and after 1901 some
what corresponding advance in the
mathematical entrance requirements will
take place; this advance will take the
form of the required submission by every
candidate of problems in Algebra and
Geometry solved by himself under the
supervision of his teacher. The pro-
blems will be furnished to all who apply
to the President or the Secretary of the
College.
In view of an increase in the teaching
force in Agriculture, the amount of re-
quired work in Biology has been some
what increased.
The roster of students shows an en-
rollment of ninety-two young men, of
whom three are doing graduate work.
The graduating class of this year num-
bers eighteen. At least two of the grad
yates will return next September for a
year of graduate work.
Delaware College is making for herself
an excellent reputation as technical
school and as place of preparation for
advanced courses of professional educa-
ton. Her graduates in the Engineering
courses early obtain places of professional
trust and responsibility. According to
the new catalogue two-thirds of those
who finish the course in Civil Engineer
ing, upon graduation go directly into the
field or the drafting room. As an aid to
those students who expect to study law,
the College has elective courses in the ele
ments of law and international law.
Many students elect these courses.
1t is generally known that tuition at
Delaware College is free to bona fide resi-
dents of Delaware. The entire College
dues for such students amount to but $40
per year. An additional sum of $22
per year affords the student heated and
lighted room in the Dormitory. The con-
Improvements of the coming
made possible by the State ap-
of $25,OOO, will render the
dormitory rooms much more attractive
than they have hitherto been.