Evening journal., 1914-10-01
Dedication OF
WOMAN'S COLLEGE
DIR. Harter, DR.. Marshall
and Judge WOOlley to
be the Speakers
JUNIORS WILL
PRESENT A FLAG

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Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEWARK, Del, Oct while it
will not be officially completed for
several days, much OF the program
for the exercises in connection with
the Inauguration of Dr. Samuel
Chiles Mitchell, as president Of Del
aware College, and the dedication Of
the Women's College of Delaware with
the installation of Dean Winifred J
Robinson, has been planned by the
committee. The exercises will take
place on Saturday, October 10. The
committee in charge of the arrange
ments consists OF Chancellor Charles
NJ. Curtis and Thomas Davis, repre-
senting the Board of Trustees of Del
aware College, and Mrs. Alfred d.
Warner, representing the Advisory
Council Of Women Of the Womens
College. DR.. w. owen Sypherd
Professor Charles A. McCue and Lieu
tenant c. c. Herman, of the faculty
Of Delaware College are also assist
ing the committee.
The exercises will start at II
o'clock Saturday morning, October
10. with the Inauguration Of Dr.
Mitchell, as president Of Delaware
College. These exercises will be held
on the steps leading to the oratory
There will be three short addresses
One by Dr. George w. Marshall, rep
resenting the Board of Trustees: one
by DR.. George A. Harter, representing
the faculty and one by Judge Victor
B. Woolley, representing the Alumni
Following these addresses will come
the inauguration. During the exer-
cises there will be music by the col
lege orchestra. At 70 o'clock luncheon
will be served to the out-of-town
guests in the gymnasium.
At 10 o'clock the academic process
sion will form on the college campus
and march to the Women's College
/ for the dedication exercises. This
procession will be made up Of the
college band and cadets led by Lieu
tenant Charles c. Herman, the mill
| tary instructor, followed by the
Mayor and Council of Newark; the
State officials and members OF the
Legislature: representatives of other
colleges and universities; members OF
the Board of Trustees; members OF
| the faculty; Alumni members and
members of the local lodge of Masons
and Junior order of American
Mechanics
The exercises will start at o'clock
The first part of the program will b,
the laying of the corner stone b!
members of the Masonic order Thl
buildings will then be presented t,
| the Board of Trustees by the Affiliat
cd College Commission, followed b.
the dedication and the installation o
Dean Robinson by President Mitch
ell Announcement of gifts 10 tn
college will be made by Mrs Warner
The principal address will be made b.
Dean Lois Matthews of the Univer
sity of Wisconsin, followed by tn
presentation of an American flag b,
the Junior Order American Mechan
les. The college band will furnisl
the music at the dedication exercises
Governor Miller will preside.
After the dedication there will be
football game between Delaware an,
Baltimore City College elevens. Thi
game will be started at 3.45 o'clock.
Now that Delaware College has be
come a co-educatiOnal school afei
20 years of being just for men. tn,
statistical report of u. II. Srager. o.
the faculty of Delaware. coming out a
this time is especially interesting.
In his report, Mr. Srager points ou
in actual figures just how the colleg,
has grown and shows the attendanc,
of the school in the last Al years b,
compiling his record in five-yeal
| periods.
According to his report there were
in attendance at the college between
the years 1870-1S75 an average Of q
men students and IA women students
The next five-year period marked
an increase of II men students, anC
one woman student there then beinl
at the college 80 men and Is women
while during the last years in which
co-education was in force at the col
lege the average attendance was 8!
men and - women.
Since 1885 Delaware College ha
not been co-educational. and when
through unfortunate circumstances
the college was closed entirely il wa
not re-opened until 1870 since whicl
the yearly increase of the averag
number Of students has been remark
able. growing from an average of 5
to 200 which is the number for tn
present year.
or these 200 students. 54 are wo
men. who have matriculated at tn
new Woman's College. It is interest
ing to note that of these 54 women
l9 are registered in the arts and sci
ences. eight are taking the education
al course, Is the home economic
and 10 are registered in specia
| courses.
OF the entire 200 students now a
the college 35 are registered as mem
bers of the senior class. 81 are mem
bers Of the junior class. 80 are so
phomores and 9S are freshmen. Fifty
six of these students are taking agri
cultural courses, 5S the arts and sci
ences, Sc the engineering courses.
GANGRENE PROVES FATAL.
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