Newark post., 1911-09-27
A new YEAR AT DELAWARE
The Official Report from The Old Institution

unusually ldl SS dlld "SAA - NtoiN ~
Freshman class, and increased
funds from the State and the Ma
tional Government, Delaware Col
lcge has entered upon what sho!ti
he the most successful year in her
history The new department oE !
History and Political Science, |
made possible by a liberal appro-
priation by the last Legislature, is
already in good working order TN
der the direction OF DR.. Vaughn
from the University o: Missouri. +,
The efficiency of the Agricultural
department has been added to by |
the appointment of three new as
sistants in the laboratories, and
new lecturers in the department of
Agricultural Extension. The en-
term g class Is the largest class Of
we'll prepared students that has
ever entered the College, and es-
pecially noteworthy is the large
number of agricultural students.
The increase in the funds Of the
College and farm over those OF
last year totals about Sill 900. AL
together, the outlook is most en-
couraging.
The total enrolment ~ the
Freshman class is now o8, the new
students being registered as fol-
lows in the various courses: Clas-
steal, 7; Latin Scientific 2; Gen
eral Science, S; Agricultural a
yr,) IS; Agricultural (2 yr.) =;
Civil Engineering, II; Mechanl-
cal Engineering, 5; Electrical En-
gineering, 9; Engineering, not
specified, 6; Special, 1. The most
noteworthy Increase comes in the
agricultural courses for which 22
Freshmen are enrolled. This
large registration is owing TO the
marked Improvement in the eff
cheney of the agricultural depart
ment and the growing interest in
scientific farming which has been
.arouled I'M f1e people 0f sbur
State. 1t is gratifying to note
also the growing popularity OF the
Classical course, course which
offers a valuable training to the
boy who expects to enter any ol
the so-called learned professions
teaching, ministry, law, medicine
The engineering courses as usua
attract the largest number of boys
81 having already enrolled them
selves in the various departments
Most of the new students come
from Delaware, New Castle Co
sending IS, Kent 8, and SUISSE,
II. From Wilmington we receiv
ed 10 Freshmen, from Newark
from Lewes 5. Other towns SEN
from l to 3 new men. Halt o
these entering students are grad
uates of high schools, all of tn
others, with the exception of fe,
men admitted to the agriculture
courses, have had three years @
more of high school training an
are fairly we'll equipped for thei
work. Unless pressing reason
compel otherwise, parents shoul
by all means send their boy
through the entire course of tr
high schools. Boys who do M
have the full high school cours
are in manv cases seriously hal
dicapped in their college wor
Twenty-three Freshmen enterk
with no conditions. The remain
ing As are conditioned mainly
English composition, Modern La
guage, or Solid Geometry. II
large number of men who al
poorly prepared in composite
shows the urgent necessity i
better instruction in Engli
in the grammar and high scho'
1t is hoped that every principal
. the State will require thorou!
training in English, involving mu
whiting aT composition, duri1
every year of the school cour@
Ten men are conditioned
French or German; nine i'll SO
Geometry. These men Ill eve
case came from schools which {
not give instruction in these Ira
ches. The small number, no
ever, indicates that most OF t
high schools are now teaching
least one modern language a
solid geometry. The undenor
national character. of the Collie
is strongly emphasized in the p
ferences for church attendance