Middletown transcript., 1914-03-14
DELAWARE COLLEGE


During tpe week of February 23-28
Miss Winifred Robinson, dean Of the new
Delaware College for Women, attended
the conference of the Division of Super
intendents of the National Educational
Association, held at Richmond, Virginia.
From March until March Z, she at
tended a convention of the Religious
Education Association at New Haven,
Connecticut During the spring months
Miss Robinson will devote her time to
organization work, and to becoming ac-
quainted by means of visits to clubs and
other organizations, with the people of
Delaware.
MIR. AND MRS. LEA GAVE RECEPTION
On the afternoon of Tuesday, March
10, Miss Winifred ]. Robinson dean of
the Delaware College for Women was
formally presented to Delaware at the
reception given by Ex-Governor and Mrs.
Preston Lea at their late residence,
909 Delaware Avenue, Wilmington.
Prominent educators of the State and
city, including the faculty and trustees
of Delaware College, judges of the
courts and others in official life were
present, tomeet Miss Robinson. MIR. and
Mrs. Lea were assisted by Mrs E. Tat
nall Warner, Mrs. A. D. Warner, Mrs.
Charles M. Curtis, Mrs. William N.
Barnard, Mrs. John Biggs, Miss Mar
garet Barnard. Mrs. William C. Spru-
ance, Jr., and Mrs. Charles B. Evans,
of Newark.
MEN BOOKS ON DELAWARE HISTORY
The Department of History at Della
ware College has been striving for some
time to build up a good working library
in the history of the State. Considerable
progress is being made in that direction.
though somewhat slowly, as much of the
material is hard to find. Last week
several important works bearing on
phases of Delaware history were added
to the College collection. and others will
probably be added in the near future.
Among those received were the follow
ing:
O A Calender of Delaware Wills,
New Castle County, 1682-18OO Com
piled by Colonial Danes of Delaware.
(2) Journal of Danckaerts and Sluy-
ter, 1679-169O. Edited by B. B. James.
This valuable journal, recently repub-
lished, gives descriptions of Delaware
and Maryland and is chief source for
the Labadist settlement in Bohemia
Manor.
(3) The Welsh Settlement of Pen
nsylvania. C. H. Browning, Our Welsh
Tract was largely an offshoot of the
Pennsylvania colonists.
(N immigration of Irish Quakers
into Pennsylvania, 1682-175O. A. C.
Myers. This work contains an account
of the New Castle County Meetings,
and also valuable photography of the
Irish Quaker movement in general.
COLLEGE EXTENSION PLANS
Some time ago a Committee on Col
lege Extension Work, consisting of DR.. |
E. V. Vaughn, chairman, Professor C. |
A. Short, and DIR. R. C. Reed, was ap-
pointed by the President Of Delaware I
College at the request of the College |
Faculty. This Committee, according to
the plan adopted, was instructed to
consider three definite and important |
phases of work, all more or less closely
related in scope and purpose, as follows:
O to prepare list of popular ex-
tension lectures to be offered by mem
bers of the College faculty to all high |
schools, clubs, or other organizations, |
wishing such lectures; ~ to prepare
plans for an Essay and Oratorica Con-
test to be held in the College Oratory,
on the evening preceding the Field Day |
Meet on May 16. CThis contest, open
to all high schools in the State, ought to |
prove of considerable interest and will
uuuOuUCSuly lCdu W oudAP LLOuSA
rivalry between the representa-
tives of the three counties. 1t is plan
ned to offer two $25 prizes to the win
ners in these contests.) (9) To visit |
all the high schools of the state as soon
as possible, for the purpose of getting
together and talking over various prob
lens of mutual interest. By this plan
the College and the High Schools ought
to draw close together, strongly to the
of both.
The Committee is busy on its plans
and hopes shortly to make announce
ments regarding its work. Editorial
of such extension work in vari-
GUS papers, as the Morning News and
the Newark Ledger for example, seems
to show that the College will meet with
a hearty spirit of cooperation in this ex-
tension of its activities and usefulness.
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