Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1905-07-01
DELAWARE COLLEGE

Lie CATALOGUE vi Jul SldtC OolicSO iS
before US, being volume two, number one,
OF the Delaware College Bulletin, new
series, published in June, 1905. This
annual visitor is dressed this year in a
light cafe au-lait cover and is thinner by
a number of pages than in former years.
Much OF the material printed in earlier
catalogues is now given in the quarterly
bulletins, the pages Of the catalogue num-
Der being reserved for specific informa-
ton directed Immediately to those who
make inquiries about the courses Of in
struction offered. On account of the
omission Of matter OF more indirect bear
ing the convenience and disability Of the
catalogue is greatly increased.
During the past year the College has
made few changes that indicate a
healthy growth, but a comparison Of the
present catalogue with that of year ago
will show a lack of that tendency to
radical innovations which marks SO many
educational institutions of late years.
Among the changes the most important
is the replacing Of the old division OF the
College year into three terms. by the SEM
ester or two term system. The present
method divides the collegiate year into
two nearly equal terms Of about nineteen
weeks each, and allows for no recess be-
tween the terms. The regular Christmas
vacation will be continued, and an Easter
recess OF about week will be substituted
for the recess formerly taken at the end
of tile second term. The new arrangement
has many advantages over the old, chief
among which is the increased continuity
OF the work Examinations recur less
frequently and less stress is thus laid on
preparation for examination" as OPP
posed to preparation for life.
Perhaps the most interesting and i'm
portant single announcement is that
when.the College opens on the twelfth Of
next September the students will have
the use of splendidy equipped Drill
Hall and Gymnasium. This building, the
need Of which has long been felt, will
contain running track, apparatus for
general gymnastics, gun rooms, various
sorts Of baths, and many other conven-
fences and comforts. This new equip
ment will lend new zest to athletics at
our College, which has been exerting its
influences to make college athletics less
'uncollegiate" and more consistent with
the needs Of real students.
Among the minor announcements may
be noted four new prizes, three to the
freshmen class in English, given by an
alumnus Of the College, and one "for the
best essay discussing the principles Of free
government, endowed BY the will Of tile
late Philo Sherman Bennett, Ed The
degrees.Bachelor Of Science in Mechanical
Engineering, in Civil Engineering and in
Electrical Engineering, have been snbsti-
tuted for the degrees B. NJ. i. b. C. Z and
B. T. +. respectively. In making this
change Delaware College is adding her
influence to that Of number Of other in
situations that are working for greater
simplicity and consistency in the matter
OF academic and professional degrees.
Two new names appear in the list Of
professors, Captain L. w. McCaskey hay-
ing become head Of the Military Depart
ment, and Professor M. YANG. Smith
having succeeded Professor Arthur ].
Wood in the Department Of Mechanical
Engineering. The list OF students shows
total enrolment OF one hundred and
twenty-one students, which is the largest
attendance in the history Of the College.
No one who is interested in education in
Delaware will fail to be saddened by not
ing that the names Of those two patri
archal trustees, George G. Evans, E-a,
and s. Nj. Curtis, Esq., will appear no
more in the catalogue Of the College, for
the welfare Of which they were so long
energetic