Evening journal., 1915-11-30
DR.. MITCHELL SEES new
EPOCH In EDUCATION BASED
ON GIFT OF HALF MILLION

representative persons who are not
officially connected with either col.
lege.
1T is pleasure to report that the
most gratifying results have follow.
ed your establishment OF the office
of registrar and Of dean of Della.
ware College. The response of the
student body to the businesslike
methods of the registrar in collecting
tuition and fees was most praise
worthy The unifying and strength
ening effect of the work of Dean Lau-
renee Smith has been felt throughout
the entire college.
Il desire to record again my sin
cere appreciation or the hearty CO.
operation of the faculty and students
in everything that promotes the wei
fare of the college
agricultural Committee Reports.
The committee on agriculture. Jo-
seph II. Hossinger. chairman, in re-
port submitted to the board. recon-
mended several improvements in tn,
agricultural department. The report
follows:-
THE committee on agriculture sub
mits herewith its semi-annual report
on the work Of the Agricultural De
partment OF Delaware College. As in
former reports. each activity OF the de-
partment will be considered separ-
atoly.
"Since the chief function OF a coll
lege is TO give instruction. this part
Of the work will naturally be present
ed first.
There are at the present time sew
enty-four students in the various
courses in agriculture. There is every
reason to believe that this number will
/ be increased materially in the near
future, provided. Of course. that the
college is able to supply the demands
that are made upon IL by the young
men who come to receive instruction
in the many and varied subjects that
bear uDon present day agriculture. We
= take this opportunity TO remind the
! trustees that there are more students
in agriculture than i'm any other single
department in the college. For this
reason the college will meet a real
demand II It makes the course in ae-
""'llturo strong. attractive and mod
ern and 1t will render a service TO the
State and to the nation II il recognizes
that there is something more to a
course in agriculture than teaching
merely how to grow crops and how to
/ feed animals.
THE above statements are made be-
cause your committee appreciates the
fact that the course OF study needs
Strengthening in order that it may
meet the demands now put upon it.
nd because il feels that unless the
trustees devise some means by which
Ibis can be done. and done soon. IL
cannot hope or expect to maintain the
rather enviable place il now holds in
he esteem Of its constituency.
The need that is most pressingly
felt at present is for an instructor in
Agricultural Mechanics. and in Agri-
cultural Economics Il is so obvi-
Gus why these two subjects are i'm
portant in modern course OF stud,
that II IS needless to do more thar
mention them. II is generally con
ceded that it requires as much skill
and knowledge Of conditions to mar
ket crop satisfactorily as it does [,
produce il. We must admit that tn,
farmers of our State are quite sue
cessful in growing most crops. Tn,
great difficulties experienced by most
however, are those OF marketing
transportation, distribution, co-opera
tion, working capital, etc, problem,
whose solution are impossible with
out some accurate information il
economics. Our farmers have mas
tered the principles Of spraying, O
growing alfalfa and other crops il
spite of the fact that the first attempt,
were failures. Has not the time arriv
ed when we should begin to give in
struction in the economic handling o
these crops, a subject fundamental I,
. true business success.
"In regard to Agricultural Mechan
Z les. the least we can say is that
J young man who attempts to manage
} farm today without having had an ex
tended course in the use OF gas en-
I gines. elevators, etc, would be badl,
! handicapped.
n "Your committee feels that Della