Middletown transcript., 1914-03-21
DELAWARE COLLEGE

Mr.. III. III. Morgan, OF the Experiment
Station, recently conducted a seven-dag
official milk and butter fat test on
seven cows owned by the St. Joseph's
Industrial School at Clayton, Delaware.
The Records obtained were very credit
able.
The College Farm has sold two inn
ported Percheron mares to Mr.. George
Huber, of Newark, and registered
Guernsey calf to Mr.. Avery Draper, of
Wyoming. 1t has bought pair of gray
draft mules from Mr.. T. Lawrence Aver,
of West Chester, Pa.
Among recent visitors at the College
Farm were Messrs. Hollingsworth and
Chandler, of Landenburg, Pa, and Mr..
A. 7. Snyder, of PhunsteadyilIe, Pa.
EXTENSION WORK
The recently appointed Committee on
Extension work to be undertaken by
Delaware College has completed a list
of lectures offered by the College to
all high schools, clubs and other organi-
cations which may desire such lectures
or talks. This list is the result Of de-
sire on the part Of the college author
tiles and especially the Faculty, to in
crease the usefulness of the College to
the people Of the state and to bring the
college and the people Of the state into
closer relationship. The spirit back of
this movement may be expressed as
follows: eff you cannot come to Della
ware College, Delaware College will |
come to you" AS the list of lectures
gives a wide range in the selection of |
subjects, series of lectures may be
arranged from it as desired.
The list Of lectures printed below com
prises those offered by teachers in the
of Arts and Science. This
list will be followed shortly by lists Of
lectures offered by the Agricultural and
the Engineering departments.
Further information regarding these
lectures, may be obtained by writing to
DR.. E. V. Vaughn, chairman of the
Delaware College Extension Comm ittee.
A list Of the teachers who offer lectures,
and their subjects, follow:
Professor Elisha Conover-O .''Pri-
vate Life of the Greeks and Romans;
~ "An Old Greek Hero; 81 THE
Study of the Classics; az 1.-TWO Typi-
cal Romans.
Assistant Professor G. E. Dutton-
u Student Life at Delaware College,;
(2) ''The Preparation of Debates; (9)
''The Spirit of American Literature;
(N Poetry of the Revolution" (5)
Sidney Lanier";; (6) 'Walt Whitman. p"
President George A. Harter-O ~ ''The
Physics of the Weather.; ~ ''The
Solar System"
Professor W. ]. Rowan-O "The
Making of the Orator";(2 "Our Bird
illustrated, 70 colored
,lides.)
Professor E. L. Smith-O "Victor
Hugo; ~ Napoleon Bonaparte" (3)
paris; AZ Goethe and Schiller;
o. "Great French Writers of the Sew
Century; (6 "Great German
Cities.
Professor W. o. Sypherd-O ''Lit-
erature and Life; ~ What Should a
High School Student Read?" (9 "a
Discipline in Reading; (0 'Dick MS
and the Modern Reader; (0 ''The
Battle Of the Books; (6 "Othello as a
Shakespearean Trag-
edy"; (0 ''Kipllng as a Short-Story
Writer"
Professor E. V. Vaughn-O 'Some
Curious Facts in Delaware History;
(2) Evolution of the State of Della
ware"; (3) Delaware during the Rev
(4 ''The True George Wash
(5) "The True William Penn;
(0 "Our Unwritten Constitution; (0 |
'Tammany Hall"; (8) 'The Immigra-
ion Problem; (9) 'The Essentials of
Socialism; qO ''The Crowd; A Study
IF the Popular Mind; (11) "Our Town;
A study of Typical Community; Q2) |
"a Summer in Europe"
FRESHMEN HOLD BANQUET
On Thursday evening, March IL, the
class of 1917, Delaware College, held its
banquet in the Rose Room of the Hotel
dupont, Wilmington. In addition to the
members Of the class there were four
invited guests all closely connected with
the college, as follows: DR.. w. o. Sy-
pherd, professor of English; Professor
E. L. Smith, head of the department of
modern languages; Mr.. W. ]. McAvoy,
physical director; Mr.. E. C. johnson, an
alumnus.
J. Wilson O'Daniel, president Of the
class, acted as toast-master, and the
following members of the class responded |
to toasts. ]. C. Hastings, of Laurel,
spoke on "Class Spirit; B. T. Steele,
Of Wilmington, discussed ''The Facul-
ty"; E. G. Smyth, of Wilmington,
pointed out Future Prospect" and T.
B. Wilson, of Georgetown, responded to
L.. II II ~