Evening journal., 1910-10-06
DELAWARE MAKES
GOOD BEGINNING
New Students Entering College
Almost Daily Since Begin
ming Of Term
SEVERAL CHANGES
In THE TEACHING STAFF
Special to THE EvENlN4 JOURNAL. !

Special to THE EvENlNS JOURNAL.
NEWARK, Del, Oct 6.-Delaware
College Is now we'll settled in the
work OF another academic year. Since
the opening day, September is, new
students have been entering almost
daily, cid students have been engaged
either in removing conditions which
prevent their advancement to a high
er class or in adjusting their new
schedules, and both students and in
structors have been endeavoring to
make good beginning for year OF
study and instruction.
The total registration of students to
date is 158, four less than the num-
Der enrolled at the middle of the year
l9O9-l0 The Freshman class is
slightly smaller than last years, num-
bering at the time of writing AZ. OF
these hail from Wilmington, IA from
rural New Castle county, from Kent
county, and from Sussex county
This record shows a gain from the
rural districts of the State and a de-
cided loss from the city of Whining
ton which sent "a Freshmen 10 Della
ware" last year. Nine Freshmen are
enrolled for the civil engineering
course, for the mechanical engineer
ing, z for the electrical engineering,
and for an engineering course, the
specific one to be selected later. 4 for
courses In agriculture. for the gem
eral science course, l for the Latin
scientific, and for a special course.
There are several encouraging feat
ures OF this first year class, even in
the face OF comparatively poor show
ing in numbers. In the first place the
registration is fairly satisfactory, if
one bears in mind that the REQUIRE
ments for entrance are more severe
than heretofore. Solid geometry is
required for entrance to all engineer
ing courses. Students who have sat-
istied the requirements in other sub
jects and who have been admitted with
condition in the subject must enter
special class for the first half year
The rural parts of the State are better
than Ia previous years.
thus showing the widening influence
OF the college. A large majority of
the new men are graduates of high
schools or other preparatory schools
and the non-graduares with possibly
one exception are boys who have al
most completed the regular course
These Freshmen have entered this
year with fewer conditions than pre-
ceding classes. They are also on the
average older in years and of better
build physically. The average age of
the Freshmen is almost 19 years.
Changes in Faculty.
Several changes have been made in
the Faculty and in the courses of
study since the close of last year. T.
l.. Sturges, Jr., has been promoted TO
the position of Assistant Professor of
| Mechanical and Electrical Engineer,
left vacant by the death of Professor
| Freudenberger. Mr.. Sturges will have
charge of the advanced work in Elec-
trical Engineering. q. H. Srager, -Rut-
gers College, 1909, has been appointed
Instructor in Mechanical ands sElectri-
cal Engineering. The position of In
structor in English. left vacant by the
resignation of E. K Maxfield, who re-
turns to Harvard for graduate study,
has been filled by the appointment of
T. H. Wade. Mr.. Wade is a graduate
Of Emory College, Georgia, and of OK
ford University, England. and holds
the degree of Master of Arts from
Columbia University. In 1909-1910 he
was Instructor in English in the
Brooklyn Polytechnic Preparatory
School. H. H Morgan has been added
to the staff of the Experiment Station
as Assistant in Chemistry. Mr.. Nor
gan took a special course in chem
istry at Cornell University between
1902-1904. From 1904-1909 he held the
position of chemist for the American
Smelling and Refining Company
Aguascalientes, Mexico. In 1909-10 he
was chemist for the Grasselh Chemi-
cal Co., Chicago. w. ]. McAvoy, c. E
Lafayette, in addition to his work as
Physical Director will conduct the
course of Solid Geometry, which is
given for the benefit Of those who
have not had the. opportunity to pur-
sue this subject in the high school
Water Supply and Sewerage. and
Highways, two courses for Seniors in
Civil Engineering, will be given by
Professor Short. AS so,n as the new
requirements for entrance are thor
oughly enforced, 1t will be possible tc
remove to the earlier years Of the
courses subjects which hitherto have
necessarily been taken up in the
} Junior and Senior years. The eff.
cheney of the work of all courses will
, thus be greatly increased. All appli.
cants for admission must take an ex'
animation in English Composition. II
view of the conditions in this subject
! in June and September, it is urgently
! desired that our high schools shall
/ devote more time and attention to thi;
/ important part of their work. Pupil:
! should not be advanced from year t
year unless they are reasonably pro
, ficient in spelling, grammar, punctua
/ tion, 3nd sentence structure The at
tention of teachers is directed to tn,
, statement in the annual catalogue o.
the requirements In composition anC
, literature. Solid Geometry was re
quired for the first time this year Of al
applicants for admission to the engi
neering courses. More than half OF The
class entered on certificate. 1t is graft
flying to find that this subject is taugh
in most of the high schools of thu
state. The examiners report that th'
majority Of the entering students werI
extremely weak in Algebra and tina
far too many were poorly prepared II
Plane Geometry. Teachers are urge6
to see that their pupils are wei
grounded especially in these two fun
damental subjects, English and Math
/ ematics Beginning with 1911 all ap