Newark post., 1915-02-17

lence to Virgil. Professor Porter
was Professor of Agriculture, Nat
ural Philosophy, and Civil Engi-
neering. He was also acting Pro
fessor of Mathematics, and he con-
tinued at the head of the Academy,
which was set down in the cata-
logue as a preparatory department
Of the College. He was a busy
man, as may be supposed, and
when he made a rule that if he
were five minutes late his class
should be excused, we watched the
clock closely and fed the very sec
ond when the five minutes had
elapsed. The Rev. William d.
Mackey was Professor of Ancient
Languages and Classical Literature.
He soon made himself greatly be-
loved by the whole college. Charles
P. Williams, forid, agreeable man
from Philadelphia, was Professor
of Chemistry, Geology, and Natur-
al History. He gave way at the end
of the first year to DR.. Wolf, the
simple loyal man who so long served
the college. DR.. Wolf was very lit
tie older than some of his pupils,
but his duelling scar across a dis
tinguished brow, kept us in awe.
Jules Macheret, a Frenchman, and
as honest a human creature as ever
lived, was Professor of Modern
Languages and Military Tactics. I
hope | shall never receive the pun
; ishment due for my treatment of
that good man. He always spelled
my name i'll the roll book with a
w." and when | had teased him
beyond endurance, he would merely
exclaim, "Wallandigham, you are
incorrigible. " Poor man, when [
last saw him he was ending his
days at a charitable institution in
Wilmington. 1t gives me satisfac-
ton to think that | visited him
there, and showed, | hope, some
sorrow for my misdeeds. James l..
Beggs was instructor in music,
though I fancy his nffioo was a si'1e-
cure. There was no librarian, be-
cause there was almost no library.
Next year Professor Schoenherr
came to teach German. The in
come Of the college was very small,
and [ understand that it was divid-
ed among the members of the Fac
ulty by a sort of amicable arrange
ment. Little came from the tuition
fees, for although tuition was not,
as now, free to all residents Of Del
aware, there were scholarships by
legislative assignment.
There was but one college build
ing, the Dormitory, without its pre-
sent dimensions, for it has been
twice enlarged since that period,
and decorated by the addition of
porticos at the ends of the wings.
AS railway communication with
Wilmington was not satisfactory at
that time the Wilmingtonians
among us staid in Newark during
the college week, and they and
nearly all others not residents Of
the town or the neighboring coun-
try lodged in the Dormitory. 1t was
a place Of bare simplicity, but the
life was joyful. William Taylor,
commonly called Bill, contributed
to the gaiety Of the pace. A full
and free expression Of William s
views as to undergraduate life and
character would be both instructive
and entertaining. Hot and I'M
wholesome stoves warmed the
rooms of the students, and | don t
know why anybody survived the
first winter in the Dormitory. The
one night that slept there is hor-
ror even yet in memory. Today
the place would be promptly abated
by the Board of Health. The reci-
tation rooms were pleasant enough.
Those apartments on either side the
hall as you approach the Oratory
were used for the purpose, and one
of them contained what was left of
the College library. DR.. Purnell
had a recitation room in the Wing
below the Athenaean Hall, a de-
lightful place, where l learned
many things worth knowing. Pro-
fessor Porter's recitation room was
the large apartment on the ground
floor afterwards used as a dining
hall. The building was really far
too big for the needs of the Col
lege.
Our amusements We're simple
enough. There were no systematic
athletics, though we kicked a foot
} ball about, and played baseball on
the campus. LIE Roy Webster had
J a bicycle, not the high wheeled
kind,and of course not the modern
safety" but cumbrous affair