Evening journal., 1914-01-15
NEWS NOTES
FROM COLLEGE
Students Have Not Felt the
General aigh Cost Of
Living
MUCH INTEREST In
SPRING FIELD MEET

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
NEWARK, Jan 15.-To Some extent
those students OF Delaware College
who thke their meals at the College
boarding Club have solved the prop
lem OF high cost Of living. Although
city prices for meats and produce
prevail in Newark these students
nave had TO pay no more than 10
cents a meal, even during the time
between Thanksgiving and CVistmas,
when everything TO eat was excep-
tionally high. Most Of the timo the
price Of meals has been less than
Is cents. This club is a cooperative
one run by the students themselves
under the direction of a matron ap-
pointed by the college. Since a dining
hall is also provided by the college,
The students have to pay only for the
actual cost of the food and service.
Moreover, the fact that groceries and
such produce as potatoes can be
bought in large quantities and there
fore much cheaper, materially lessons
the price of meals. The meals served
at the Boarding Club compare favor
ably in both quality and quantity with
the meals served by the hotels and
boarding houses in the town. This
club has made it possible for many
students who might otherwise be
denied the advantage of a college edu-
cation to get meals at comparative
ly low price, while they are pursuing
their college course.
by the Delaware College faculty a col
lege extension bureau mas been es-
tablished to cooperate with the high
school teachers of the State Through
this bureau the members OF the
faculty Will be glad to make appoint
ments to talk before the teachers and
pupils OF any high school of the state
on subjects of general interest or
SUBJECTS more definitely related to
high school work. The purpose of
this movement is to give the schools
OF Delaware the benefit OF the training
and experience of the teachers Of Del
aware College, and it is hoped that
the exchange OF ideas will make for
the improvement of educational con-
ditions throughout the state. Further
Information can be secured by writ
ing to the president OF the college
Professor Al. v Smith, head Of the
mechanical engineering department.
of Delaware College. by the installa-
tion OF an Ing ngersoll-Rand Air COM
pressor. has succeeded in obtaining
a creditable laboratory for the use
Of students taking This course. The
laboratory now compares fayorably
af
ment. with similar laboratories in
much larger institutions The work
OF the department is handicapped
only by lack OF room for the machin-
cry that has been Installed and for
the students who desire to use the
machinery for experimental purposes.
The present laboratory was built
only two years ago. but the develop
ment of the work OF the department
has Been so rapid that the laboratory
is no longer adequate. The same
statement holds true of the electrical
laboratory which. except for lack OF
space is thoroughly equipped for the
work. connected with the teaching Of
practical electrical engineering.
Among the machines that Professor
Koerber has recently had placed in
the electrical laboratory are the fol-
lowing. one II. p. G.. +. Induction
Motor; one II. p. ID. c. Reliance Va
riable Speed Motor; three instrument
Transformers; two Potential Trans
formers; one Thompson Watt Motor;
two Weston A. G.. Ammoters; one
Whitney A. C. and ID. G. Noltmeter.
Preparations are being made for
the issuing of a preliminary bulletin
relative to the courses to be given IN
the summer school 90 be held at Del
aware College six weeks next sum
mer under the direction of the State
Board of Education and the college
authorities. In addition to the work
given last summer. which was chief
ly elementary. it is likely that some
advanced courses will be given for
those students who have taken the
elementary work and desire to quail
ify themselves for teaching higher
courses or TO prepare themselves to
enter either Delaware College or the
Delaware College for Women. Fur
thermore, it is expected that a greater
variety of work will be attempted
this year than was taken up last
year. In certain cases students will
be given credit on their teachers
certificates for courses taken in the
summer school without their having
to take the regular teachers exam
nations In these subjects.
Members of the faculty OF Delaware
COLLEGE MS well as the Athletic Cour-
ell are greatly interested in the pro-
posed plan TO hold a large inter-
scholastic field and track meet ol
Joe Frazer Field nest May for the
high schools of Delaware and neigh
boring States. They recognize in
this plan. which was started by the
Athletic Council. the best movement
possible TO get high school students
Interested in Delaware College and
consequently eventually secure "A
large number of students each year
as the meet is 10 be made an annual
affair. The plans are rapidly being
perfected. The events viii consist oi
100 and 23O yard dashcs; quarter
mile. half mile and one mile runs
low and high hurdles. shot put, pole
vault. high jump. broad jump aud
probably hammer throw rhe hign