Evening journal., 1910-10-28
ACTIVITIES OF
COLLEGE BOYS
Delaware Juniors Are Wear
ing Class Hats for the
First Time
MANY STUDENTS TAKE
THE AGRICULTURE COURSE

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEWARK, Del, Oct. 2S-The Sopho-
more class of Delaware College has
followed the custom established by
the present Junior class, that of buy
ing class bats. The "class of 1913" has
purchased forty-two grey felt hats
with their numerals embroidered
thereon in silk.
The Agricultural Club of the college
recently held its first meeting of the
year. New officers were elected and
: number of new members were admit
ted. Plans were made for the ensuing
term. The members are full of enthu-
siasm and intend to make their club
the liveliest organization of Delaware
College.
The new silo on the college farm is
now being filled. It has a capacity OF
about 200 tons. The power that is be-
ing used is furnished by the engine
and boiler that were taken from the
store house, mounting it on a set of
trucks, and thus making it into port
able engine.
The farm has recently made some
very satisfactory sales of pure bred
Berkshire and Yorkshire pigs. Three
OF the Berkshires have been shipped to
Ticonderoga, N. Y. Three of the York.
shires and one Berkshire have been
sold to G. ID. Robinson, class of 1910.
who is going In for pork production
in Sussex county.
j. Paul Browns expert photograph
er was busy about the college yester-
day gathering suitable photos for the
new Junior Annual. Pictures we're
taken of the 1910 baseball team. Delta
Phi and Athenean Literary Societies.
the champion class football, baseball
and basket ball teams of the Class of
1872" and the Junior Annual board
hard at work in their editorial rooms
in the dormitories.
Robert G. Dunn, II, was a recent
philadelphia visitor.
Prof. Lawrence Smith, OF the
modern language department, spent
Wednesday in Philadelphia
William e. Crozier, of Johns Hop
kins University was Sigma Phi
Epsilor and Kappa Alpha visitor on
Tuesday.
Eugene Shallcross, O5, was a re-
cent Kappa Alpha visitor.
Charles W. Bush, of Wilmington,
was a college visitor during Rhodes
Scholarship examinations held in Dr.
ildIltI private OIlCc.
Arlington Porter, ex-'13, is in the
employ of the DUPONT Powder Com
pany at Pompton Lake, n J.
Robert NJ Carsmell, '09, was a re-
cent visitor Of the Sigma Phi Epsilor
Fraternity.
One of the attractive features Of the
college farm this year has been the
peach orchard. Some of the most ex-
perienced growers in the State have
expressed themselves as never hav-
ing seen a better peach orchard than
the one now growing on the college
farm.
Louis Korngold and William Mat
tingly. ex-'1O, have re-entered the col
lege as members of the class of 1912
Messrs. Attix, Sloan, Sawin and
Reynolds have been made instructors
in the Freshman Surveying Depart
ment.
There are more students taking agri-
! cultural subjects than ever before in
the history of Delaware College. Some
of the classical and engineering stu
dents have elected subjects in this de-
partment.
Texas Bacon, 10, was a college
visitor for a week while the Bethel
High School, of which he is principal,
was closed during an epidemic of
diphtheria.
Messrs. Walls. Stayton, Price, Pos
ties, Spruance, Bell and Hutchinson
were Smyrna visitors last Sunday.
Ihe cadet uniforms for the Fresh
men are expected every day
Ralph Wilson, Outen Laws, George
Chambers, Hough Fisher, George MIL
lington and William Beehan were Wis
itors at the Dover homecoming cele-
bratiOn.
The battalion has been furnished
/ with rifles and side arms. Considering
that they handled the guns but a few
times, the Freshmen are doing nicely.
T. B. Tenney, '09, has returned to
college TO take post graduate work in
engineering
The agricultural students are pre-
pairing to attend the New York Horse
Show next month. They will go under
the care of Prof. Hayward.
The Blue and Gold eleven will clash
| with the Muhlenberg College team I'm
Newark tomorrow. The contest will
be called at 3 o'clock.