Evening journal., 1912-06-20
DELAWARE
COLLEGE ENDS
BIG WEEK
Wallace A. SawdOn Awarded
$50 Prize for Efficiency
in Studies
specIal 70 nae EvFNING JouRNAL

Special 10 THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEWARK. Del, June 20.-Wallace A.
Sawdon of Wilmington yesterday Mt the
commencement exercises of Delaware Col
lege. was awarded the trustees prize Of
$50 for the most efficient work in three
years This award was inadvertently
omitted from the list Of prize awards
announced.
In the competitive drill for the Rob
erts' medal yesterday, Company c again
secured the honors, making the second
consecutive year that this company. OF
which George w. Sawin is captain, has
won the medal All three companies
made a good appearance. The Judges
were Captains L. S. Edwards and c. T..
n. Howard, and Lieutenant ID. NJ. Ash
bridge, all OF Fort DUPONT.
A large crowd in which the fair sex
WAS we'll represented, witnessed the drill.
The judges gave Company Q total of
lll5 points out of a possible 1900, while
Company A was second with 1858. The
cadets show the excellent training under
Lieutenant Francis B. Eastman, mill
tary instructor at the college, who stated
that the work of the cadets all year had
been creditabe
At the dress parade and review fol
lowing the competitive drill Lieutenant
Eastman's order making most of the ap-
pointments for next year was read. Arti-
san Smith, sergeant in Company A.,
was promoted to major OF the battalion,
to succeed Major David l.. Sloan, whose
term expires. The order as read at the
review follows:
Promotions for Cadets.
Headquarters Delaware College Corps
of Cadets. Newark. Del. June 10Th. 1912.
General Orders, No. Is: With pleasure
the Comnandant congratulates the Corps
of Cadets upon the work of the year. and
announces the following provisional APP
pointments: 10 be major, Artisan
Smith: adiutant w A. Sawdon; com
missary and dquartermaster. A. F. Walker
ordnance, r. Z. Jols. Captains: E. c.
Brown a. S. Houchin. .Ir.; |. s. Lank.
J. q. Gonce, Jr First Lieutenants; Z.
/ f. Blades a t. Price. W. L. Beck. Sec
ond Lieutenants; J. r. Mulin, H. P.
George. Sergeant Major. r. c. Tippett
/ First Sergeants; l.. w Loomis. d. r. Nc
Neal, A. II. Dean. G. f. Grubb. Quarter
master Sergeants: Tobias Rudolph. A.
G, Connelee. A. y. Craig. n. u Mcdaniel
Sergeants f. H. Dean, S. n. Shallcross
C. H. Brown, A. p Scott, A. c. Huston
A. r. Hamel. J. F. Watts Corporals. n
II. Adams, ii. r. Bennett, w. +. Cam
II. H. Deakyne, Rodger Gravel, A. NJ
Jones. r. J. Little James Taylor, G. r
Anderson, w. I. Brockson, w. NJ. Davis
=. D. Geoheghan. H. NJ Grieves, H. V
Lindsay Russell Paynter, JOSEPH
Weaver
BY order of Lieutenant Eastman;
tsgd.)R- G. Lewis,
Captain and Adiutant, D. C. c. c.
Adiutant
Other appointments in the band an,
: non commissioned staff win not be mad
{ until the reorganization OF the corps mex
September.
, Alumni Elects Officers.
Delaware College Alumni Association
at its annual meeting elected Frank Col
Inns. 1883, president of the association t.
succeed Congressman William H. Heald
who had served several years. Georg
Mclntire of New Castle was elected vice
president, Everett c. Johnson, secretary
and Professor Clarence A. Short, treas
= urer.
Nearly a hundred members were pres
ent and an address was made by John S
McAlaster, lawyer of Jersey City. VIII
is an alumms. Announcement was mad
that Clifford NJ. Stelle. Ex. III, had otfere
< an annual prize OF S25, for the freshma
, submitting the best composition in Eng
l lish.
A dance given by the class of 1871
in honor OF the graduates. held in In
= gymnasium last night. concluded tn
commencement week festivities it wa
attended by persons from all parts OF tn
State.