Evening journal., 1911-02-03

SEE COLLEGE
Governor PennewiII With
Party That Sees State
Prize Farm Stock
CADETS AS HONOR
GUARD TO EXECUTIVE

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEWARK, Del, Feb. 3.-Members
Of the Legislature and State officials
are making their biennial inspection
Of Delaware College and the State
Farm just outside Of Newark today.
The down-State visitors arrived here
shortly before II o'clock, while the
up-county members came here by
train arriving shortly before 1890
O'Clock and some drove here.
The trustees and faculty Of the
College and Director Harry Hayward
and the staff of the Experimental
Station received the visitors and well
coined them to the farm and the
college.
There is large attendance of the
lawmakers, as they seem much in
terested in the college. particularly
because a proposed new charter for
the college is to be submitted by
Lieutenant Governor Mendinhall. At
torney-General Gray and Secretary Of
state Smithers to the present Legls-
lature, and also because an appro-
priation Of $4,000 for the college
farm Is now asked for under the bill
OF Representative Evans.
Ihere is no doubt but that Della
ware College and the College Farm
are being given more serious consid-
Grafton today than ever before.
Governor as a Guesser.
The Assem- b1Vnou .pI III .tL -
Official visitors first inspected the
college farm and its eouipment. in
Guiding the new barns erected with
me appropriation made by the Legis-
lature two years ago. The greafest
interest was taken in the live stock,
mere being $4,000 worth Of blooded
ana pedig -eed horses and cattle i'm
the new barn.
Director Hayward and members OF
the experimental station staff, escort
cd the visitors about and explained
the different details.
one Of the features was guessing
contest OF the weight of horses and
other live stock designated In which
Governor Pqnnewilr who came with
the down-Statc members. and the
members Of the Assembly. registered
l their guesses. Tho winners will be
announced later and prizes in the
way Of live stock aud seeds will be
awarded the winning guessers.
Need OF $1,000 For improvements.
Prof. Hayward made a speech in
which he explained that improve
monts to cost S9.250 are desired at the
farm. for which the Legislature is
asked TO appropriate $4,000. the adj
diuonal money being desired for
equipment and general expenses.
The principal improvements out
lined include a tenant house to cost
$1,000 a dairy house TO cost $4,000.
the second floor TO be occupied by
students about the farm, aud the re-
mainder for general improvements to
the present building, electric wiring
and other construction work.
Following the inspection OF the
farm the legislators were taken to the
college in hacks and automobiles, the
college cadet corps, under Lieutenant
Edgar 5. Slayer, Z. $. A., military in
structor at the college, being drawn
up as guard of honor through which
Governor Pennewill, Lieutenant-Gov-
ernOr Mendinhall and the other Wis
itors passed while the band played,
HAL to the Chief"
At noon there was an exhibition
drill Of the cadets under Major i. I.
Handy, Jr., following which the vis-
itors were entertained at luncheon in
the gymnasium.
DR.. George A. Harter. president of
the college; members of the faculty
and the trustees welcomed the Wis
itors. The trustees ask the Legis-
lature for $4,000 year for the next
two years for improvements to the
buildings. the laying of new walks,
and general expenses.
Following the luncheon State Sena-
tor George W. Marshall, a trustee Of
the college outlined the work being
accomplished here and the financial
plan under which the college is con-
Quoted. He reported to its 161 stu
dents as an evidence of its success.
Later the Assemblymen made an
inspection Of the various departments
of the college. DR.. Herbert Watson,
State Bacteriologist, explained i'm de-
tail tn work of the State Laboratory.
An appropriation Of $4,000 is being
asked annually for the laboratory, an
Increase of 80 500