Milford chronicle., 1914-07-31
SUMMER SCHOOL

The most interesting athletic event oil
the Summer School session occurred on
the evening of July II, when the Mary
land girls in the school defeated the
Delaware Girls at basket ball bv a score
of IS to s. The game was closely and
spiritedly contested from beginning to
end
On Friday, July "a, Miss Brust spoke
IN chapel on The Art of Story Telling "
AT er saying that story telling is the old
est OF all arts, Miss Brust explained how
the telling of stories may be employed
IN the school room to teach gool con-
duct and to train pupils in the art of ex-
I pressing themselves in a clear and in
teresting way. In concluding, Miss.
Brust told in a charming manner a story
suitable for trst grade pupils On Mon
day last Mr.. I. B. Hilles, instructor in
Agriculture, spoke on The Agricultural
Possibilities of the Delaware MARYLAND
Virginia Peninsula. Mr.. Hill es first
called t-nti n to the former 1Iom u
ence of the peninsula in the growing of
peaches. He then discussed the advan-
tages of Delaware as an agricultural state
on account of its equable climate, its
nearness to city markets and distributing
points, and the comparative cheapness
of really desirable land
Trustees of Delaware College will bor-
row sS4 900 for equipment Of new Wo-
mems College. The board Of trustees at
a meeting held at the Hotel du Port on
July "a adopted plans for securing the
money necessary to purchase the equip
ment for the new buildings of the Wo-
mems College Of Delaware The money
will be borrowed by the Board of Trus-
tees Of Delaware College from the Penn
sylvania Railroad Relief Fund and turn
ed over to the board of trustees Of the
Women's College Of Delaware.
According to the plans adopted at the
meeting, the board of trustees will Dor.
row SS4, ,000 The money will be repaid
in three payments, January IS 1915, 1916.
and 1917, and will bear interest at the
rate of four and four-tenths per cent. per
annum. Under the provisions OF the act
the women's college. the
State will pay the trustees of Delaware
College $50, OOanuually during the years
1915, 1916, and 1917
The meeting was attended bv a major
ity of the members of the board. Dr.
Samuel Chiles Mitchell, the recently
elected president of Delaware College, /
was present and made brief address,
outlining the prospects for the coming
year at the college.
The tennis tournament at the Della
ware College Summer School will be fin
ished this week. The women's matches
have reached the semi finals, and the
mems matches the finals. Most Of the
matches this week have been much closer
than those played earlier in the tourna-
nent. The finals in mems singles will
be played between c. B. Sypherd and NJ.
R. Mitchell. The semi-fnals in the
s singles will be played as fol-
lows Miss Emily A. Scatt vs.. Miss Hur-
ock, and Miss Curry VS.. Miss T. Wilson.
Professor Mitchell has received a letter
rom Lieutenant Herman military in
'tructor at Delaware College, saying that
le has recovered from an operation per
ormed in a hospital in Washington. and
will spend the rest Of the summer at
ocean City, n. ]. The operation was
made necessary by a severe injury re-
eiyed by Lieutenant Herman last winter
Trough the breaking down of a stair
7ay.