Evening journal., 1914-06-16

NEWARK, June 16.-Much valu-
able information relative to the work
that the Agricultural Department OF
| Delaware College is doing is con
tanned in the annual report Of Direc-
tor Harry Hayward, submitted to the
board of trustees at their meeting
here today Director Hayward,
among other things recommends that
two additional courses OF study be
added TO this department namely
agricultural engineering and poultry
husbandry. He also recommends
number of improvements at the coll
lege farm, and objects to English as
a required study OF agricultural stu
dents in the senior year and asks
that such requirement be cancelled.
"The Agricultural Department
through its varied activities has, dur
ing the past twelve months, rendered
service to a greater number than II
has in eny proceeding year of its his
tory" said Professor Hayward.
He recommended that Professor
Taubenhaus be made Associate Plant
Pathologist-an that his salary be
raised from $1,000 to S1,400, and re-
commended an increase in salary Of
5000 to 4. r. Pailthorp, instructor in
horticulture and f. b. Hills, instruc-
tor in animal husbandry.
Another matter that | wish to pre-
sent for your consideration and re-
commandation has to do with the por-
ton of the Morrill, fund that should
be set aside for instruction in agri-
culture" said Professor Hayward.
This fund, as you doubtless know,
comes from the federal government
and can be used for instruction only.
Since the reorganization OF the
agriculture department. the amount
of the Morrill, fund set aside for
salaries in the Department of Agri-
culture has been determined by
mutual agreement by the treasurer of
the college and myself. The number
of students in agriculture have in
creased so rapidly within the past
four years and teaching has come to
take such a large share of the time
of the Agricultural staff that it seems
best to acquaint you with the facts in
the matter and ask for your recon-
mendations.
This year between forty and forty
! five students have registered for the
courses in Agriculture, about thirty
2 two per cent of the total student
body. The instruction In agricul.
tural subjects is divided between the
divisions of agronomy, horticulture
animal hushandry, veterinary science
e and soil bacteriology The professor
y of veterinary science deyotes practic
s ally all of his time to teaching, his
S station work being confined almost
G entirely TO the veterinary care Of the
4 animals at the farm. The Professor
( of Soil Bacteriology teaches only II
!, the second semester and / judge doe:
$ not give over ten or twelve per cen
of his time to work of instruction
With the number of students now
enrolled in this department, It seems
: to me that a fair adjustment between
q the college and station funds woult
! be to allow full professors salar,
Il from college funds to each of thes,
divisions counting veterinary science
and soil bacteriology as one. Furthe
evidence of the justice of this distri
4 button of funds is furnished by tn
Il fact that all of the ILLUSTRATIVE,
: material kept at the farm is main
tanned at the expense of station anc
farm funds. This is in a measure off.
set by the money derived from The
sale of any such material which goes
into the Station fund.
Wants English Elective.
Another matter that is Just now
causing much concern in this depart
ment, is sur responsibility in refer
ence to our courses of study. There
is no gainsaying the fact that, as out
lined 5y the Agricultural Faculty,
these courses are proving their at
tractiveness by the increasing num-
Der of students enrolled each year.
The progress of this part of Delaware
College has been noteworthy and has
been the cause Of so much favorable
comment through the State, that it
would Seem to be in a satisfactory
condition.
This progress, has however, failed
to impress some members of the Col
lege Faculty and, at the instance of
the Department of English, the Facul-
ty, by a vote of nine to seven, mas
ruled that English shall be a required
subject in the first semester of the
Senior year. This action Is unpre-
cedented and, in my opinion, is an
injustice to the Agricultural Depart
ment for the following specific rea-
sons;
First, ] find no similar require
| ments in any other course in Agri-
| culture. 1t is the unanimous opinion
of the Heads of the Divisions of the
Agricultural Department that this re-
| quirement will interfere with the
efficiency OF the students training.
since graduates from our course are
Judged primarily by the amount Of
Agriculture they know and can ap-
ply. All students are required to
take English in their Freshman and
Sophomore years. This we feel
should give them a foundation upon
which to base their life study of Eng
lish which every man must make for
himself.
Second, the motion carrying this
action into effect had been put upon
the table at a previous meeting and
no time had been specified for its
| consideration. 1t was called up at
the next meeting when there were
number of absentees whose vote
would have defeated it. Two of those
absent we're heads Of divisions N this
/ department and therefore vitality in
terested. There was a proposal to
obtain the votes of absent members
| but this the Chairman refused to
allow, and we are expected to accept
a radical change in the policy of the
agricultural course BY an action of
the minority of the whole Faculty
! We claim that owing to the import
ance of the question and to the un-
precedented effect which it will have