Middletown transcript., 1914-07-25
DELAWARE COLLEGE
fREs. M1rcHELL ArrENDs CONVERSION

from the beautiful Sapphire Region"
of North Carolina where he attended a
convention of Y. M. C. A. secretaries
from all parts of the United States,
though chiefly from the South. The
purpose of the convention was to dis
cuss and formulate plans for making
more effective and extensive Y. M. G.
A. work throughout the country. DR..
Mitchell was one of the principal speak
ers of the session. He discussed $50
ciaI Conditions in the South, Secre-
tary,of State William ]. Bryan address
ed the Sunday meeting of the Conven-
tion. He spoke on the benefits of Y.
M. C. A. work among young men in the
United States especially in the cities.
Mr.. Morse of New York, who for forty
years has been engaged in the work,
traced its development in the United
States, and outlined some plans which
' he considers advisable to adopt in order
that the most efficient work may be ac-
complished.
PICTURES IN THE sCHOOLROOM
One Of the most interesting and help
full of the talks given at the Chapel ex-
ercises of the Delaware College Sum
mer School was delivered July II, by
the instructor in drawing, Mr.. Ronald
Davis as Wilmington. His subject was
Pictures in the School Room" In
urging the study of pictures in the
schools, Mr.. Davis pointed out that
such study should have for its object
three things: D to acquaint children
with good pictures, ~ to assist in de-
veloping their power of observation be-
yond the mere recognition of name and
artist, and 81 to cultivate in them a
strong love for the beautiful and to
help them to acquire the power of ap-
preciating at is really worth while
in pictures. Rural schools, as well as
city schools, may study pictures, be-
cause modern processes of reproduction
have made good copies obtainable at
extremely low prices. pictures"
said Mr.. Davis, ''are in the sense in
which we are considering them, prim-
arily wall decorations and should aid in
beautlfying our surroundings and max
ing US happier" !" Continuing, the
speaker said thatpictures for the school
room should consist not Of fine detail,
but of large simple masses, and should
contain life and action. In closing Mr..
Davis spoke of methods of teaching and
appreciation of pictures, and also of
methods and materials used in framing
pictures artistically.
At the morning exercises on July 20,
DR.. Reed, professor of Bacteriology,
talked. on ''The History of Bacteriolo-
gy'' After explaining the nature of
bacteria, their shape, and their effect,
DR.. Reed gave brief resume Of the
men who have done most effective work
in the advancing the science, among
them Pasteur in France and Dr. Welch
of Johns Hopkins University. In clos
ing DR.. Reed spoke of the great future
of the study of bacteriology in connec-
ton with preventive medicine.
MRS. HILLEs ADDRESSES SCHOOL
At the morning exercises of July q,
Mrs. William S. Hilles, of Wilmington,
spoke to the students of the Delaware
College Summer School on the subject
Of Equal Suffrage" The address was
torceful and interesting. Mrs. Hilles
said, in part, that it is unjust that
thirty million women should have no
part in making the laws under which
they live. Women are educated now,
they are able to take their place side
by side with men in the world of affairs,
and they are therefore capable Of cast
ing the ballot. The barrier against
women, continued the speaker, is due
to prejudice, which in turn is due to
ignorance. Suffrage is a great educa-
tional movement, and therefore must
triumph, In closing the speaker urged
the students Of the Summer School to
do their best to secure the ballot for
the women of our state.
In the course of her talk Mrs. Hilles
did not refer to or discuss the recent
formation of the Delaware Women's S
Anti-Sufrage League.
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Interest in the tennis tournament at
the Summer School continues unabated.
The finals in both mems and women's
singles will be finished this week. Next
week the matches in doubles will be
played The winners in doubles will
then play team representing the fa-
Guilty. TIE results of the tournament
so far are as follows: Miss Hurlock
beat Miss Robinson 6 to 9; Miss Coulter
beat Miss Miss Robinson, to 8; Miss
Gillespie beat Miss E. Wilson, to g.;
Miss Crother beat Miss Quillen, by de-
fault; Miss F. w. Wilson beat Miss
Richards, to 4; Miss Curry beat Miss
Bowen, 6 to 0; Miss M. Campbell beat
Miss Jaquette, to 0; C. B. Sypherd
beat R. Ritz, to l; &. Anthony beat
J. W. Polite, 6 to 0; W. R. Ritz beat
G. w. Wilson, 8 to 6; H. L. Brown
beat L. Sparks, to l.
The drawings for the second round
are as follows: Miss Matthews VS.. Miss
Crothers; Miss Outten VS. Miss Coulter;
Miss Isabel Scott VS. Miss Hurlock;
Miss Janney vs.. Miss Campbell; Miss
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