Newark post., 1914-09-02
NEW WOMEN'S
COLLEGE PLANS
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and the prospect Of registering
more between now and September
Is, the day of opening, the Wo-
mems College of Delaware Is gong
rejoicing on it's way. When the col
lege was being advocated, a few
years ago, it was pointed out that
The beginning would be small and
that the affiliated college at Brown
University had started with five or
six students. The large enrolment
for Delaware affiliated is an un-
answerable argument as to its need
in the State. Undoubtedly it will
bring prestige and impetus to Della
ware College as an institution, and
make the college, as whole, a
greater educational force in this
State and the remainder OF the
Peninsula. II makes larger depart
ments possible for the men S college
and as all the men professors are
keenly interested in the new wom-
Ell : college, there is splendid unity
of purpose among the faculty. The
new president, DR.. Samuel Chiles
Mitchell, is a big factor in the well
fare of the Women's College; he
has been greatly interested in it
ever since his appointment, and he,
as well as Dean Winifred ]. Robin
son. will be a guiding influence.
1t is expected the two buildings
erected for the women s college will
be sufficiently completed for Dean
Robinson, the matron, Miss Sara
Churchman, and the secretary, Miss
Edwina Long, to take up residence
in Residence Hall by September 15.
They will then be at hand 70 super
intend the completion OF the build
ings. The other members of the
staff are expected September IA
Miss Mary E. Rich of Oshkosh,
Mich, head Of education; Miss Myr-
tie V. Caudell of Buffalo, n. Y,
home economies; Miss Alfredo
Mosscrop of Rochester, N. Y, dir
ector of athletics; Miss Gertrude
Brady of Lowell, Mass, assistant in
English and French. Science Hall
is to be ready for use by September
II. As is the case with all new in
stitutions, many details and partic-
ulars will have to be completed
after college opens, but speaking
generally, the college will begin
work on schedule time.
On September 15 examinations
will be held for students not enter
ing on certificate, and on Septem-
Der 16 there will be examinations in
English, which every student must
take.
The college commission has done
exceedingly well to purchase 19
acres of ground and TO erect the
two handsome buildings which now
give Newark distinction from Penn
sylvania railroad trains. Economy
has been considered in all directions
and the funds used to the best pos
sible advantage. The grounds about
the buildings cannot be made at
tractive until next season, because
the committee on landscape gar
dening, of which Professor McCue
is chairman, has arranged with
Professor Hayward to use the Ex-
perimental Farm teams for this
purpose when they are not needed
on the farm. This means that the
grading will be done after the fall
farm work is completed, and the
grass and shrubbery planted for
next summer.
Friends of the Affiliated College
have been most generous in their
gifts; several women are furnishing
rooms, clubs are furnishing rooms,
and various individual gifts are of
value, not only intrinsically, but in
association. The browsing-room,
for which Miss Mary H. Askew-
Mather and Miss Alice P. Smythe
are providing not only the furni-
ture and the pictures, but the books,
will undoubtedly prove one of the
most charming and restful spots in
the college. The furniture will be
in mahogany, and several of the
pieces are of historic and literary
value. The center table is an exact
copy of table in Independence
Hall the desk copy OF an old one
in Miss Mather's family there is
replica of the Longfellow chair, and
the andirons and fender are of the
Martha Washington period.
The reception room is being fur
nished by Mrs. A. D. Warner, the
member of the Affiliated College
Commission who presents the Del
aware State Federation of Women s
Clubs, and it will be both attractive