Milford chronicle., 1911-10-06
DELAWARE COLLEGE.


usually large and well prepare
Freshman class. and increased fund
from the State and the Nationa
Government, Delaware College ha
entered upon what should be tn
most successful year in her history
The new department of History an,
Political Science, made possible b,
a liberal appropriation by the las
Legislature, is already in good work
ing order under the direction of DR.
Vaughn from the University o
Missouri. The efficiency Of the Ag
ricultural department has beer
added to by the appointment O
three new assistants in the labora.
tories. and new lecturers in the de-
partment of Agricultural Extension.
The entering class is the largest clas;
Of well prepared students that has
ever entered the College, and espec'
iallv noteworthy is the large number
Of agricultural students. The in
crease in the funds of the College
and farm over those Of last year to-
tails about S11 900. Altogether, the
outlook is most encouraging.
The total enrolment in the Fresh
man class is now 6S, the new stu
dents being registered as follows in
the various courses Classical, Z ;
Latin Scientific, 2 General Science,
5 Agricultural(4 yr.), Is; Agri-
cultural q yr.), Z j; Civil Engineer
ing, Il; Mechanical Engineering, 8;
Engineering, not specified, 6; Special,
1. The most noteworthy increase
comes in the agricultural courses for
which % Freshmen are enrolled.
This large registration is owing to
the marked improvement in the
efficiency of the agricultural depart
ment and the growing interest in
scientific farming which has been
aroused in the people of our State.
1t is gratifying to note alsD the grow
ing popularity of the Classical
course, a course which offers a valu-
able training to the boy who expects
to enter any of the sO-called learned
professions, teaching, ministry, law,
medicine. The engineering courses
as usual attract the largest number
of boys, 81 having already enrolled
themselves in the various depart
ments. Most of the new students
come from Delaware, New Castle
County sending 50. Kent 8, and
Sussex -. From Wilmington we
received 19 Freshmen, from Newark
5, from Lewes 5. Other towns send
from to 3 new men. Half of these
students are graduates of /
high schools all of the others, with /
the exception of few men admitted
to the agricultural courses, have had
three years or more of high school
training and are fairly well equipped
for their work. Unless pressing rea-
sons COMPEL otherwise. parents
should by all means send their boys
through the entire course of the
high schools. Boys who do not
have the full high school course are
in many cases seriously handicapped
in their College work. Twenty
three Freshmen entered with~.no
The remaining 45 are
mainly in English Com
position, Modern Language, or Solid
Geometry. The large number of
nen who are poorly prepared in
shows the urgent neces-
ity for better instruction in English
n the grammar and high school
t is hoped that every principal in
he State will require thorough train
ng in English, involving much
writing of composition. during every
ear of the school course. Ten men !
re conditioned in French or Ger t
nan; nine in Solid Geometry.
'hese men in every case came from e
chOols which did not give instruc- 4
ion in these branches. The small g
lumber, however, indicates that c
most of the high schools are now L
saching at least one modern Ian .
uage and solid geometry. The un- !
character of the Col '
,ge is strongly emphasized in the a
for church attendance !
S indicated on the cards of appli- n
alton of the entering students. Is
wenty-six boys attend the MethO- v
list Episcopal Church, Is the Pres Il
9 the Episcopal, 10 the g
oman Catholic, 2 the Friends B
Letting, the Baptist. Z
Several changes and new appoint =
ents have been made in the Fac Il
lty. The State of Delaware Chair j.
History has been filled by the ap- Il Il
ointment of Ernest van Court Il
aughn, Phi. D. Professor Vaughn "
as graduated from the University cs
Missouri in 1900; received the
NJ. degree from the same Univer- th
ty in1904 held the Harrison Eel til
wship in History at the University m
n TOnO rnrn 4