Middletown transcript., 1914-10-17
DELAWARE COLLEGE

In the presence OF the largest an(
most representative gathering thai
ever attended an event at Delaware
College DR.. Samuel Ghiles Mitchell was
installed as President of Delaware Col
lege; the buildings of the nav Women''
College were formally opened; and Miss
Winifred J. Robinson was installed as
Dean, on October 10. Those present
included representatives of nearly
every educational institution in the
State and of many colleges and univer-
stiles throughout the country; many
representatives of the executive, judi
cial, and legislative bodies of the State
were also present. Altogether, it was
the greatest and most significant day
that Newark and Delaware College
have ever seen, and it marked the be-
ginning of new and a brighter era
in the history of education in Delaware.
At eleven O'Clock in the morning
were held on the campus the exercises
in connection with the installation of
DIR. Mitchell. In opening the exer-
cises Chancellor Curtis as presiding
officer spoke Of the steady growth
of the college in the past and the
bright promise for the future. DR..
George w. Marshall for the Board of
Trustees spoke of the foundation of the
College, of its steady growth, and of
the service it is rendering to the state.
DIR. George A. Harter, the retiring
President, pledged to DR.. Mitchell the
loyal support of the Faculty. Judge
Victor B. Wooley made like pledge
on behalf of the Alumni. Henry Ridgely
brought greetings from the State
Board of Education and the schools of
the State. DIR. Mit-heIl spoke on
Structural Aspects of Delaware Col
lege."
At twelye-thirty o'clock luncheon
was served to all out-of-t town guests in
the Gymnasium.
The academic procession to the Wo-
mems College was the spectacular fea-
ture of the day, The order of march
was as follows: College Band and Ca
det Corps, Mayor and Town Council of
Newark, State Judiciary, State Officials
Members of the Legislature, Board of
Trustees, Faculty, Representatives
from Colleges and Universities and
other invited guests, Delaware College
Alumni, American Flag Council No.
%, Junior Order United American Me
chanics.
Governor Miller presided at the af-
ternoon exercises at the Women's Col
lege. Addresses of interest and pro-
fit were delivered by the following:
(See program)
Among the Representative of other
colleges and universities were G. P.
Graves (U of PENN, Louis Bevier
(Rutgers), Pres. ]. W. Cain Washing
ton College,, Pres. j. H. Morgan
Dickinson, Edward Hayes UNIV. of
Pittsburgh, DR.. N. V. P. Lewis (Ho-
bart), Dr. A. T. Neale (Wesleyan),
Pres. Isaac Sharpless (Haverford),
Dean Louis K. Matthews UNIV. of
wisconsin,, DR.. Pierce Northwestern
University, Bro. D. Edward NaS3lle
College,, Pres. S. M. Newman How
ard Univ Prin. H. B. Frissell (Hamp-
ton Institute), DR.. Edward Dawson
(Hunter College,, Pres. Guth (Goucher
College,, Prof. w. P. Field Carnegie
Instituted, DIR. Lewis (William Smith
College,, Wallace Buttrick General
Education BCard), G. R. Wales Middle
bury College.)
At regular meeting of the York
town Historical Society held recently,
DR.. Samuel Chiles Mitchell, President
of Delaware College, was elected
First Vice-President. The Advisory
Committee of this society includes
leading men of the State of Vir-
ginia and the country at large. The
celebration by the society will be held
this year on October 20, as the ami
versary Of the surrender of Lord Corn
wallis at Yorktown. The object of the
Society is primarily to give fresh and
renewed interest to the study Of Colo
nial, History, especially that which
centers about Yorktown
DR.. Mitchell will go to New York in
few days to attend a meeting of the
Executive Board of the American
School Peace League. At this meeting
matters of Importance concerning the
future policy of the League will be
discussed. Among the members of the
Board are President David Starr Jordan
of Leland Stanford University, Phil
ander Claxton, United States Commits
sioner Of Education, Miss Mary E.
Woolley, President of Mt. Holyoke
College, Miss Jane Adams, Chicago,
Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, Superinten-
dent of Schools of Chicago, Joseph
Swain, President of Swarthmore Col
lege, and superintendents of Schools of
several of the largest cities of the
country. DR.. Mitchell is vice presi-
dent of the board, as we'll as a member
of tho EYacutive COmuittoo