Smyrna times., 1912-05-22
BIG DELEGATION SMYRNA
WOMEN At MIDDLETOWN
STATE FEDERATION OF WOMENS
CLUBS HOLDS FINE SESSION
Move For Higher Education For Won-
en-TraVeling State Libraries and
Many Other Important Things


Many Other Important Things
Miss Bertha Smithers, Miss
Eunice B. Anthony, Miss Eba G.
Wilds, Miss Laura A. Bell, Mrs.
Hervey P. Hall, Mrs. William G.
Hill, Miss Margaret Handy, Mrs.
L. Irving Handy, Mrs. John A.
Hoffecker. Mrs. James P. Hoffecker,
Miss Anna D. Hough. Mrs. Alfred
Hudson, Jr.. Mrs. John P. Hudson.
Mrs. Charles H. LeFevre, Mrs.
Frank S. Malcom, Miss Esther A.
Megear, MRS. Frank E. Postles,
Miss Alice M. Read, Mrs. Samuel
Reynolds, Miss Mary W. Roberts,
Mrs. John W. Roberts, Mrs. Joseph
Smithers, Miss Lillian Speakman,
Mrs. William H. Stayton, Mrs.
William W. Tschudy, Miss Cora
Tschudy and Mrs. S. Gilbert Wilds
were among those of the Twentieth
Century Club of Smyrna who at
tended last Thursday and Friday the
annual meeting of the State Fede-
ration at Middletown. All returned
home warm in their praise of Mid
dletown hospitality and of the ex
cellent program of the two days
gathering. Miss Bertha Smithers,
Miss Eunice Anthony and Miss Eba
C.Wild represented Smyrna officially
and Miss Smlthers gave the report
for Smyrna which was "that our
club has a membership of lac.
They have installed a sanitary
drinking fountain in the public
school, put curbing round the stand
pipe and sowed grass around it.
The country fair held by the club
netted $625, greatly reducing the
mortgage on the clubhouse. The
club is planning to invite the sister
clubs to Smyrna on July 2. 3 and 4.
Many lectures and entertainments
have been given"
For Co.education at Delaware College
The pet project of the club women
of Delaware State College for
women affiliated with Delaware
College at Newark-received fresh
impetus. Friday afternoon of the
closing session of the convention
was given to the consideration Of
the idea, prominent educators joining
with the women in indorsing the
scheme. Especially were the prac-
~ &c koa v0n0.aoad 1auEsfrt
tion, the cost of establishing and
maintaining it discussed. and the
whole plan so recommended itself to
the convention that resolutions call
ing for the creation of the school
were adopted. The subject was
brought up when Mrs. A. Il.
Warner, chairman of the Committee
on Education, reported. Besides
giving statistics on the work done
by the committee in behalf of the
project, the report urged definite
action toward the consummation of
the proposition. Rev. George Ed
ward Reed, former president of
Dickinson College, gave eloquent
Endorsement in an address on "Col-
lege Education for Girls" and in
''Some Modern Ideas in Education. 4"
In the discussion which followed, the
idea of establishing a college for
women was upheld by DR.. George
A. Harter. president of Delaware
College; George W. Twitmyer,
Superintendent Of Schools in Will
mingtou and president of the State
Board of Education; Professor Hay
ward, head of the Department of
Agriculture of Delaware College,
who presented practical estimate
of the cost of establishing s'n
affiliated college including salaries
of teachers, cost of buildings, etc.,
based on recent personal i1vestiga-
tion in other States; ]. E. Carroll,
Superintendent of Schools in Keat
county; E. J. Hardesty, Superin.
tendent of Schools in Sussex county,
and others.
Accent Invitation to Meet in Dover
In the transaction of the business
of the session, the Federation acrept'
ed the invitation of the New Cen
tury Club, of Dover, to meet there
next year. Miss Lydia Cochran,
president of the Middletown New
Century Club, was elected thirc
vice president of the Federation, tC
succeed Mrs. Frederick Brady, de.
ceased, and Mrs. George V. Hunter
of Milton, was elected director t.
succeed Mrs. H. Atkins, of Milton
resigned; as delegates to the blen
nial General Federation, Mrs
George W. Marshall, of Milford
Mrs. H. C. Tschudy, of Smyrna
Mrs. M. o. Caulk, Of Camden, ant