Middletown transcript., 1914-04-25
DELAWARE COLLEGE
The Extension Lectures Are Meet
ing With Appreciation
ORCHESTRA TOURS THE STATE


A meeting of the Board of Trustees
was held at the Hotel DUPONT Monday
morning at IL O'Clock, and continued in
session until 2 o'clock The business
before them was the ad option of a
chapter in the bylaws concerning the
organization of the Board There was
first organized an executive committee
composed of the Chairman of the other
committees and the President of the
Board. This committee shall have the
general charge of anything pertaining
to the business of the College. Next
was established a committee on finance
composed of five members; then a COM
mittee on instruction, of which tha
President of the College is to be a man.
Der; committee on grounds and build
ings; and an agricultural committee.
The Board approved all of the recon-
mendations made by the President of
the College at its meeting last J anuary.
Among these was a proposed change in
the dates for opening and closing the
College year. Hereafter the College
year will begin the third Tuesday in
September, and will close the second
Wednesday in June; heretofore the
dates of opening and closing have been
respectively, the second Tuesday in
September and the third Wednesday in
June. Instead of the present four days
recess at Thanksgiving time, the Col
lege will be closed only on Thanksgiving
Day. The Christmas Vacation will last
from December % to January q The
Easter vacation will last from the
Thursday before Good Friday to the
Tuesday following Easter. Decoration
Day will be the only other college holi-
day.
EASTER TRIP OF COLLEGE ORCHESTRA
During the Easter vacation, the Della
ware College Orchestra toured the State,
playing in Dover, Laurel and Smyrna.
In all three places, the orchestra Was
ably assisted by Mrs. Leonard E. Wales,
Soprano Soloist, and by Mr. Victor Lee
vim, Violin-cellist the reception which
was given to the orchestra was most
enthusiastic. Under the st1illful di-
rection of Mr.. E. w. Martin, '15.- the
orchestra rendered ably every number
on the program, comprising mainly Sc
lections from standard composers. Ad-
ding largely to the attractiveness Of the
program were the solos by Mrs. Wales
and Mr. Levin, both of whom called
forth hearty enchoces. The closing con-
certs of the season will be given early
in May in Newark and Wilmington
COLLEGE EXTENSION LECTURES
The recently adopted plan of the
Delaware College Faculty of offering a
list of extension lectures is meeting
with general appreciation, and calls are
already coming in for lectures at vari-
GUS points in the State On April IA at
Bridgeville, and April Is, at Millsboro
Professor C. 4. Short gave his lecture
on GOOD Roads and the Farmer" to
large and appreciate audiences. At the
former place the lecture was advertised
by the State Board of Agriculture
Other lectures asked for and definitely
arranged are as follows: Professor E. L.
Smoth on Goethe and Schiller" New
ark High School, April "a; Professor C.
A. McCue on Through the Painted
Desert, Odessa Women's Club, May 8;
Professor E. V. Vaughn on Curious
Facts in Delaware History" Harrington
Parent Teachers Association, AptiI "a;
Professor G. E. Dutton before the Acorn
Club of Seaford, (date not yet fixed), on
some subject connected with American
Literature. Inforation has been callel
for regarding a considerable number of
other topics and doubtless many other
lectures will be given form the Exten-
sion Series in the immediate future.