Middletown transcript., 1914-05-09
DELAWARE COLLEGE

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DR.. E. v. Vaughn, Curious Facts in
Delaware History" (already given)
Professor E. Conover, private Life OF
the Greeks and Romans; Professor G.
A. Short, .'Gold Mining in California
Professor E. L. Smith, Napoleon Bon
aparte"; DIR. w. o. Sypherd, "Litera-
ture and Life"
Several high schools, women's clubs,
and other organizations in the countries
of the state are making arrangements
to have series of lectures next winter.
DIR. HARTER TO ATTEND MEETING
On May and 9, President Harter Of
Delaware College will attend meeting
Of the Association of College Presidents
of Pennsylvania, of which association he
is an honorary member-to be held at
Lincoln University, Chester County.
Pennsylvania. The program of the
meeting will include a round-table dis
cussion of college fraternities. On Sat
urday afternoon the, members of the as
sociation will, under the direction Of
competent guides, inspect the electrical
plant at McCall's Ferry, one of the
largest in the world.
ARTS AND SCIENCE CLUB
A regular meeting of the Arts and
Science Club of Delaware College was
held at the home of Mr.. H. K. Preston
on the evening of May 7. The purpose
of the meeting was to discuss the ques-
of Requirements in Units for Admis-
sion to the Arts and Science Course at
Delaware College" After the matter
had been presented by two members of
the Delaware College Entrance Commit
tee, Professor Short and DR. Sypherd,
it was thrown open and discussed by
the other members of the club.
PRIZE IN FRESHMEN ENGLISH
Mr.. Clifford j. Stelle, Jr., ex-'11,
has offered two prizes of SIS and $40.
respectively to students in the Fresh
men Composition course at Delaware
College. The first prize will be awarded
to the member of the class who has
maintained the highest standing in all
respects throughout the year. The
second prize will be awarded to the
member of the class who has made the
greatest improvement in composition
during the year. Only those students
who entered the course without condi-
tions in composition will be eligible for
the second Of these prizes.
STUDENTS ON INSPECTION TRIP
On May the Delaware College stu
dents comprising the class in Water
Supply Engineering made visit of in
spection to the Harrison Hill Filtration
Plant of the New Chester Water Com
pany. This plant is a good illustration
Of the American method of water puri-
fication. In order to inspect typical
slow sand filter, the class next visited
the Queen Lane Filtration Plant at
Germantown. This trip was of especial
interest to the class, because they had
an opportunity to see the beds in process
Of cleaning. The class also visited the
Sewage Disposal Plant of Wayne, Pa,
type Of septic tank with sand filters,
in order to examine the condition of
beds after use through the winter
months.
An article on Chaucer's 'House of
Fame, by Dr. W. Owen Sypherd, of
Delaware College, will appear in an
l4arly number of ''Modern Language
Notes." published by Johns Hopkins
University.
HORTICULTURE DEPARTMENT
The Horticulture Department of Del
aware College for the past few years
has been testing varieties of Irish po,
tatoes the work being carried on through
cooperation with growers in some of the
potato growing sections of Delaware.
About eighty varieties of early and late
potatoes are being tested and an account
of the total and mechantable yields per
acre, is kept from year to year. AS
yield alone does not decide the value of
a variety, such factors as size, quality,
susceptibility to disease, adaptability to
soil, uniformity of tubes, consistency of
yield, and times of ripening will be
taken into consideration. AS seasons
will affect the above factors, conclusions
are not drawn from the results of any
one years work but from data covering
number of years. Drouths during the
later part Of the summer make the
growing of late potatoes an uncertain
undertaking in Delaware and most
growers find that early potatoes prove
more certain and profitable crop.
Specimens of both early and late varie-
ties were displayed at the State Fair
last fall and at the meeting of the PEN
insula Horticultural Society last winter,
where they attracted the attention of a
great many growers. From this work
is is hoped that some varieties will be
found which will be better adapted to
Delaware conditions than those now be-
ing grown.
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