Middletown transcript., 1902-12-06
DELAWARE COLLEGE

The students Of Delaware College have
formed an Engineering Society, the
object of which is to aid and encourage
its members in the study Of engineering
practice, in original research, and in
the cultivation Of their powers Of thought
and expression.
Papers will be presented and discussed
by members at their regular monthly
meeting, and leading technical journals
will also be submitted. BY the latter,
members will be kept in close touch
with the latest practice, and conse-
quently many points Of interest and
value will be observed. Besides this,
the College has arranged for series Of
lectures by prominent engineers, which
viii be given under the auspices Of the
Society. These lectures, together with
the more important Of the papers Of its
members, FFill appear !. i. stse The MAsnsial
Proceedings" of the Society, to be pub
lished at the close Of each season.
Membership in the Society includes all
students in the Senior and Junior classes
in the Civil, Mechanical and Electrical
Engineering courses. AT present the
students in these courses constitute 81
per cent. Of the total college enrolment.
Their proportion relative TO the entire
student body, having increased steadily
during the past few years. This is not
the case at Delaware College alone, but
proportional increase in technical students
is noted in all colleges throughout the |
country, wherever engineering courses
are offered The primary cause for
this seems to lie in the iact that tech
nical courses SUPPLY just that useful |
practical knowledge 50 much demanded
BY the commercial and industrial worlds |
at present. Commercial and Industrial
pursuits are no longer looked upon as
inferior spheres Of activity TO the So
called learned professions. For it is |
now realized that the former may engage
all the higher intellectual faculties and |
develop all sides Of the character as
well as the latter. And the education |
which fits young man to follow these
pursuits, il therefore the more valuable
in that it enables its possessor to realize |
his faculties in acts which make, for the |
increased power and strength, the nation
At large. To fact the prospect Of Ameri-
can industrial supremacy Is causing no
small amount Of anxiety in our English |
cousins, and in their efforts. to account |
for it, they have pretty generally con-
c1uded that it is the result of our system |
Of technical education Al the Saturday
Reuiew, London, recently put II, The
American ideal il to make America the |
leader in all the departments Of practical |
life, and the education of the young
American il to be directed mainly to
that end. 10 do things. TO be observant
and quick Of eye, to be ingenious ia con-
trivance, to be clever il manipulating all |
kinds Of material from early years In |
order that school life may be graded |
process leading up to the actual business
Of life, is the system which American
educationists are most intent on estab- |
fishing for the budding American in
tellect. There are advocates Of the old
classical drill; but, they are diminishing
quantity: and the Universities are max
ing wide their gates to admit the new
classes of pupils"
And Delaware College ID striving to
do for the youth Of our State, what the |
other colleges and technical schools are |
doing for the young men OF other states.
and the country 1t large. II the much
needed improvements ID work-shops and
laboratories, which tho institution Ii |
struggling hard 10 secure, can be ob.
tanned, Delaware College will bs we'll
ahIs 10 keep abreast with It'd more ae- |
9resaiye adversafies IN The matter of |
technical education And thus ii hopes
10 offer The youth of our state privileges
and facilities ven qualified ID MAKE, them |
ttbe finest commercial Instruments iii
the world. 4