Middletown transcript., 1914-10-24
DELAWARE COLLEGE

The Dairy Judging Team which will
represent Delaware College in the Stu
dents Judging Contest at the National
Dairy show in Chicago on October 28d,
is made up of L. G. Gibney, of Viii
mington, G. O. Smith, of Narbeith, Pa,
and J. A. Hopkins, of Newark, Del.
The Team accompanied by Ar F. b.
Hills, Instructor, visited number of
outstanding herds of dairy cattle on
Friday and Saturday, October 16 and
18th. On October 10Th, Pennhurst
Farm, at Narbeth, Pa, was visited and
a good deal of time spent judging Ayr
shires and Jerseys. On Friday after
noon, Mr. Frank Graham Thompson, of
Devon, Pa, placed his herd of Guern-
seys at the disposal of the men. On
Saturday, the time was spent at White
Horse Farm and Delchester Farms, the
former in Paoli and the other in New
ton Square. White Horse Farm owns
probably the best group of Jerseys to
be found on any one farm in the country.
Delchester Farms own Ayrshires.
On October 21st, the team leaves for
Chicago The contest is held on Octo-
Der 23d, and the Dairy Show which be-
gins on the 23d, lasts until October 31st.
This trip will be highly instructive for
the students.
INQUIRIES CONCERNING LECTURES
DR.. E. V. Vaughn, chairman of the
Delaware College Extension Committee
has received inquiries from President
Sparks, of Pennsylvania State College,
and Professor Edgar Dawson, of Hunter
College, New York City, in regard to
the lectures offered by the Committee
to high schools, clubs, and other organi-
cations throughout the state. Both |
President Sparks and Professor Dawson |
have practically decided to recommend /
to their respective colleges the estab-
Iishment of courses similar to the one at |
Delaware College, and their inquiries /
had to do mainly with the details of the
work as it is carried on here.
wOMEN's COLLEGE NOTES
The Twitmeyer Library, consisting |
Of 1000 volumes chiefly on subjects con-
nected with education, has been placed /
Upon the shelves, and is now beingeata-
ogued. This library will be of the
greatest value to those students who h
are taking the course in education in
'rder to prepare themselves to take up /
as a profession. The Raub
library, which was recently presented
% the College by the ia rily of the late
Dr.. A. N. Raub, formerly President of
Delaware College, is now also accessible
o the students. The books comprising
his collection treat a variety of subjects
# general interest.
The cnmplere equipment of the de-
,artment of chemistry has arrived and
will be installed Immediately. In
ew days the Women's College will be
Ising enc of the most modern and COM
'lete chemical laboratories in the state.
On last Friday afternoon the usual
weekly reception, to friends of the
VOmen's College was given in the as
emily room of Residence Hall. On the
vening of the same day a chestnut
oast was given by the students of the
Vomen's College to the student of Della
7are College and the people of Newark.
'oth these affairs were we'll attended.
DELAWARE COLLEGE ORCHESTRA
The Delaware College Orchestra, un-
er the direction of E. W. Martin, Is,
as been organized and is now holding
ehearsals in preparation for a series of
Oncerts in Newark and the larger towns
f the state. New music has been pur-
hased and piano rented. 1t is ex-
ected that the orchestra will do better
7ork and make better impression this
ear than did even last years orchestra.
OTATO CULTURE AND POTASH SUPPLY
In my last article on Important Po-
ato Conferences, 1 promised our
eaders later a discussion on the cultu-
al practices together with the yields in
ne various potato districts of the United
tates. Perhaps we would get our
reatest value from two districts with
'hich we are closely interested: the first
le Areestock districts in Maine, from
hence comes our Irish Cobbler seed
nd also district which competes to
ome extent with our late fall crop; the
econd district, that known as the Nor
,lk district of Virginia, comprising the
icinities of Norfolk on the Western
hore of the Chesapeake Bay and the
,unties of Accomac and Northampton
a the eastern shore of Virginia. This
tier district is our first competitor in
le early market.
The Aroostook district is unique in
lat it is country made rich by the
otato crop. The famous Aroostook
1tato district lies in the eastern part of
roostook County, including the country
saching from Cary to Stockholm,
stance of nearly 80 miles as the crow