Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-10-09
DELAWARE COLLEGE.
The Year 100000 Begins with Prospects
Of Unusual Prosperity.

The Year 100000 Begins With Prospects
Of Unusual Prosperity.
Communicated
Delaware College begins the session
Of 10000 with prospects of an UNI
usually prosperous year. The dormi
tories cannot accommodate all those
applying for rooms, although many
students prefer living in private fami-
lies. The military organization was
somewhat later than usual, owing to
| the delayed arrival of Capt. Moore,
but it is now running regularly under
the new rules.
The engineering departments, which
have recently materially increased their
| equi pment, are the most popular ones
1 In the college, receiving about go per
cent of the new men. Prot. Wood, the
head of the department Of mechanical
and electrical engineering, is unable to
meet his classes on account of sickness,
and the vacancy is being filled by Prof.
II. w. Brown. Prof. Wood is expected
to return to the college In about a
week. 85g
| The other departments have their
| full quota of teachers. DR.. Dawson
has charge of the English work Of the
college, and Prof. Short has the fresh
man and sophomore classes in mathe-
maticsf
The football team, though lighter
than at some time in the history OF the
college, are doing good work under the
guidance of Coach hoffman, and their
energetic captain. So many of last
years team have returned that the
trainers we're spared the task of coach
ing lot of green men, and practice
against the scrub was begun early.
The following members of last years.
team are in the colleges; Wharton
(captainl, Ferguson, Powell, Schab.
niger, Wilson, Bevan, Lawton and
Marshall. Among the new applicants,
the Two Pies, Davis, Jones, Frazer,
Lawson and Wyatt are probably the
most promising. The practice games
have shown excellent defensive work OF
the part of varsity, but their offensive
leaves something to wish for.
After Thanksgiving q basketball
team will lie organized, coach fol
which is already being arranged for
This most admirable game, filing in thu
J usually vacant period between football
; and baseball, should tie more uni
versally adopted by our smaller col
leges.
! All athletics at Delaware promise t,
enter on q new era of their hiStor.
under the regulations providing for tn
better support Of this important side o
college life.
: The Y. M. G. A. is stronger than a
any previous time in its history. TIL
six young mon who represented Della
ware at Northfield opened the year
! college work with Northteld ech
meeting, which proved to be exceed
ingly stimulating, as we'll rs interesting
) and instructive. Three Bible classe
have been organized under the in
9 struotion of the student body, using th
international text books. These classe
t are probably the leading feature of tn
A Y. M. G. A. work here, work tina
promises to make itself felt in th
student life. A new feature added
$ the Y. M. g. A. this session is
readingroom equipped with all the bes
a periodical literature and open to tb
D use of all students. In connection wit
9 this work, also, may be mentioned th
!: song service which the students hay
J, introduced in connection with the co
fege chanel.