Middletown transcript., 1914-08-15
DELAWARE COLLEGE
At a Special Meeting the Directors
Elected Advisers
DEAN ROBINSON RETURNS

DGfAN AODANOON kEIUkNS
> At a special meeting of the Board of
Delaware College held at the Hotel du-
Pont, Wilmington, on August TO-
Messrs. M. o. Pence, of Converse
Indiana, and w. C. Pelton, of New
Jersey, were elected agricultural ad-
visers for Kent and Sussex Counties
respectfully. These positions were
provided for in bill recently passed
by Congress.All the states will be bene-
flied by the provisions of this bill. To-
gether with Mr.. Levi Cooch. recently
elected for New Castle county, these
men will take up the work of helping
farmers in the state to make their
lands more productive and to realize
the largest returns from their farm
products. They will announce later
more definite plans of work. Mr..
Cooch will receive $25OO year; Mr..
Pence VIII receive $1,000 a year; and
Mr.. Pelton will receive 50, 900 a year.
Mr.. Pence is a graduate of Purdue
University, Indiana, class of 1911. At
Purdue he specialized in agronomy.
Under graduation from Purdue he was
made an assistant in the Indiana Soil
Survey. Thisposition he resigned to
become an assistant in the Extension
Department of the Delaware College
Experiment Station. During the past
two years he has been managing a
farm at Converse, Indiana. Mr.. Pence
is twenty-seven years old.
Mr.. Pelton is a native of Erie. Pa.
He is graduate of the Pennsylvania
State College, having specialized in
horticulture. In 1911 he came to Della
ware College as assistant in horticul-
ture. For the past year he has held
the position of instructor in horticul-
ture, and extension lecturer in Butgers
College, New Brunswick, New Jersey
AGRICULTURAL NOTES
DR.. R. G. Reed was called to Laurel
on August 8 in the interest of the State
Game Preserve. Professor A. E. Gran
than and Mr.. W. A. Lintner visited
the country around Dover and FELTON,
this week for the purpose of conferring
with several farmers who are doing Co
operative work and also for the pur-
pose of gathering samples of soil to be
used in experiments being carried on
by the department of agronomy. Pro-
fessor C. A. McCue has returned from
a months vacation spent with his par
ents at Cass City, Michigan. Mr.. R.
A. Pailthorp visited the farm of Mr.
W. B. Gorny at Laurel, where the hor-
ticultural department is conducting
tests of fertilizers on sweet potatoes
DR.. J. j. Taubenhaus has been working
in Sussex county on sweet potato dis
eases. Professor McCue spent Aug
ust II at the farm of Mr.. George Whit
lace at Townsend where the depart
ment of horticulture has a demonstra-
ton orchard.
DEAN ROBINSON RETURNS TO COLLEGE,
Miss Winifred J. Robinson, dean of
the new Women's College of Delaware,
returned to Newark last week after an
absence of six weeks. This time Miss
Robinson acted as dean of women at
the Summer School of the University
of Wisconsin. During the absence of
Miss Robinson, Miss Myrtle Caudell,
professor of home economics, has been
acting dean. Miss Robinson will live
at the Deer Park hotel the remainder
of the summer, or until the building of
the new college, which are rapidly
nearing completion, are finished.
STUDENTS REGISTER AT COLLEGE
Miss Robinson dean of the Women's
College, who has just returned from
the University of Wisconsin, reports
that plans are practically complete for
the beginning of work at the new col
lege in September. All indications
point to successful years work. Miss
Robinson is receiving letters of inquiry
daily from all parts of the state, and
a number of women have signifed
their intention of coming, in addition
to those who have already registered.
A complete list of those who have reg
istered up to the present time is as
follows: Misses Beatrice Crossmore,
Wyoming; Elizabeth Dawson, Elkton,
Md; Selma Bachrach, WilmingtonS
Catharine T. Schunder, Delaware City;
Isabel Stott, Dover; Edna Coale, Dela-
ware City; Elizabeth Eggert, Harring-
ton; Viola E. Smith, Odessa; Marian E.
Newark; Alice Jeffrias, Wis
mington; Virginia Harrington, Harring-
ton; Myrtle Morgan Chincoteague, Va;
Myrtle Steel and Margaret Cook, New.
ark; Margaret D. Postles and Ethel c..
Smyrna; Ruth ClendanieI,
Nd; Elinor Harter,
Newark; Helen s. Barkley, EIsmere;
Helen P Brown, Wilmington; Emily
B. Frazer, Elkton, Md; Mildred Fer
guson, Newark; Rebecca Churchman.
Rebecea ChursFr,S1,
port; Rebecca Sp7
garet VanDul