Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-07-29


Of the State. No school is so re-
mote in the rural district that Il
should not feel the vitalizing effect
OF the college No farm is so small
that its enrichment should not be
aided by the college. Good roads,
public health growth OF community
life. quickened industries. nobler
civic Ideals, more efficient schools.
and more practical churches are some
Of the things that find an abiding
i Judgment in the heart and purpose
Of the modern college
"As O result of this cooperation
on the part of the educational agen-
cies OF this State. Delaware can be
made an Eden. DR.. p. p. Claxton
United States Commissioner of Edu-
cation, has grasped fully this idea
Of making Delaware an Eden. He is
sending his experts to work with the
citizens of this State in order TO
make an example here of what an
American commonwealth can achieve
through wisely directed educational
effort The Cooperative Education
Association OF Delaware has been
formed 10 carry forward these COM
bined purposes. The four home-mak-
( ing schools that have been held in
] Sussex and Kent counties are only
/ forerunners of the positive benefits
that may be expected from the CO.
operation that Commissioner Claxton
Us giving TO this state.
I'VE stand today face 10 face with
constructive program in education.
4 Delaware has long been getting ready
for the advance. Evidences OF this
multiply upon every hand.
THE State has found a new lead
ership in all these matters in the
Commissioner OF Education, DR..
lCharles A. Wagner, whose plans are
drawn In wisdom and are being push
ed forward with remarkable energy.
The state Board of Education UNI
der the inspiration OF that great citi-
zen, Henry Ridgely, is reinforcing all
of these plans, such as the consolida-
! ton OF schools and the strengthening
of the course of study.
"The Summer School now in prog
ress here is a localizing agency for
the progressive forces of Delaware
THE establishment of the Women's
| College last September, with a spe-
cial department for the training of
teachers under Professor Mary Y.
! Rich, will release creative energy in
the womanhood Of our State for so
cial tasks.
And above all the initiative, re-
1 sourcefulness. and courage which
Governor Charles r. Miller has shown
in the development of all these edu-
cational plans, embrace the good of
the whole State.
when you consider all OF these
progressive facts and mark the stress
which the papers are daily placing
on popular education, surely we have
reason TO thank God and take cour-
age in the social work that awaits
us IN Delaware.
Our hearts sicken daily as we
read Of the waste and horrors Of war
on the battle-helds OF Europe Civil
zation Is there committing suicide.
I II is grateful TO us to turn Ia the
constructive tasks facing us in Della
Z ware, and TO pledge ourselves anew
today to cnergize all OF these
! agencies that promise a sounder civic
3 life TO our people, issuing in sweeter
, homes. more fertile fields healthier
bodies, better roads, more efflcient
4 schools, and churches more respon-
/. sive TO the deepest needs OF hui
, manity"
S Professor Hayward's Words.
Professor Harry Hayward. director
% of the Delaware College Experiment
: Station. in the cource of his address
e said.
!, 1T is needless for me 10 tell you
{ how glad we are TO see you. The mem
= bers Of the farm staff cannot fail Ia
S gather a fund of information that is
s Of great value 10 those who have tho
$ responsibility Of the care Of tho land
). because we meet many farmers dur
q Ing the year who tell us their expert.
ences. In addition we are constantly
having problems of our own 10 solve
D The suggestions We get from you hell
us in our work here and we hope thai
s we can be of assistance to others by
S using the information we gain from
g working out our own difficulties and
from what we learn from some Of you
= Another reason why we like L
have you come to the college farm II
, that We cannot help feeling a LITTLE
r proud OF what we have TO show you.
e 1--WE freely admit that we have made
4 many mistakes. You can all see their
for on a farm il is impossible 70 cover
p errors Of judgment for any length Al
time. We hope that the mistakes we
make will keep you from making tbs
same ones. That is one of the object:
OF these institutions.
we naturally have a great many
= visitors during the course OF the year
: A few have seemed much interested in
7, the work we are doing, others have
n complimented us upon the general ap.
% pearance Of the farm. while others
who apparently fail to appreciate the
"A object of a college farm and thlnl
10 that II should be a money-making en-
n terprise, criticize us for one reason OF
= another.
q When Prof. McCue planned hi
# main orchard experiment to determin,
= the food requirements OF peach an,
E apple trees, he selected a most i'm
r portant piece OF work and one that hal
- already demonstrated its value ant