Evening journal., 1912-10-23
PROGRESS OF
OLD DELAWARE
l63 Students Are Entered at
State College This
Year
FACULTY ONE OF BEST
In HISTORY OF COLLEGE

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEWARK. Del. oct 22- From the
Office of Dr George A. Harter, presi-
dent. the annual statement of Della
ware College was made today The
institution In many particulars is in
a much better condition than ever be-
fore and friends of the institution feel
that with the numerous improvements
In various departments the college
in the next few years will grow by
leaps and bounds. The new athletic
field, Il is felt, viii greatly help this
growth.
The statement shows that there is
now a total enrolment I'm Delaware
College of 1863 students, of which
number. 81 entered this year The
lfactulty is one o fthe best that the in
shntion has ever had and all are
working together harmoniously The
changes at the beginning which in
creased the length of the periods has
lbeen a great benefit, according to
members of the faculty and the work
lis going along smoothly under the
lchanges.
The statement in part follows:
Delaware College has entered on
lrhe present academic year with a
Freshman class OF 81 and a total en-
lrollment OF 163. The Seniors num-
her 20: the Juniors, 2S. and the
Sophomores. 54. OF the Freshman
class, 10 students have enrolled In
the Arts and Science course, 1S in the
Agricultural. and 33 in the engineer
| ing course (Civil Engineering 49,;
mechanical Engineering, s; and Elec-
ltrlcal Engineering. 10). All OF the
larts and science freshmen are from
Delaware: the agricultural and engi-
lneering coures have drawn somewhat
from surrounding states. Whining
hon sends to us 20 new students, rural
New Castle 10. Sussex county 10, and
Kent county but fve Sixteen fresh
lmen come from Maryland, Pennsyl-
7ania. New Jersey, and New York.
The average age of the Freshman
lclass is Is years, 9 months. Twenty
leight of the new men are graduates
of high school. 3 are non graduates.
Three changes have been made in
hhe faculty; Thomas Mayo Roberts
succeeds T. L. Sturges. Jr., as profess
lsor of electrical engineering. II. X.
lPreston succeeds Joseph M. McVey as
Instructor in mathematics and engi-
neering: and NJ. o. Cooper comes to
ue as Instructor in animal hushandry
Mr.. Preston was graduated from
Lafayette College in 1909 with the de-
gree of c. E.
Various changes or improvements
have been made In the departments
of instruction In the department o.
history and economics, almost a com
iplete reorganization has taken place
Delaware history has been put on
satisfactory basis. A reasonably sat
isfactory collection OF books for II
study is available The new course
in history are modern Europe. Ameri
can government and current topics
and the special courses in Socialism
and taxation are offered. One Of thl
most gratifying features of the worl
lbf the department is the marked In
Iterest that is manifested by the stu
dents in economic problems. A frs
lclasss reference library is being es
ltabliehed for the history work in al
branches. Arrangements are belnl
lmade for a series OF four lectures
lby men who are recognized special
lists IN their respective fields
Several changes have been mad
In the work of the English depart
ment. A new course In American lit
lerature, elective for sophomores an
juniors, is being given by Mr.. Duttor
Most stress is laid on Irving, Haw
khorne, Poe and Howells The cours
In Technical English for Engineer
has been advanced to the Senior veal
where It is possible to correlate ad
Nantageously the work of the two dc
nartments OF English and engineer
bng. A new course in composition
required Of sophomores in civil eng
lneerinE.
TWO new courses are offered
chemistry, a course in industrial chen
hstry and one in chemical calcul,
hions. Two new analytical balance
kor the use of students in quantitatiN
ANALYSIS have been added 10 n
Equipment. The laboratory was s
Dvercrowded last year that additions
room became necessary; portions
Fhe dormitory have been fitted up /
working laboratories-tempo it
hoped-and these will be for the nj
Iof students specializing in chemistr