Evening journal., 1915-09-09
WELCOME FOR NEW
Delaware Students
First OF the Freshman Class
to Arrive Are Knoxville,
Tenn, Boys
DUKE OF SUSSEX
HIGHEST PRICED PIG
Special to THE EvENING JOURNAL.

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEWARK. Sept o.--New students
entcring Delaware College at the begin
ming Of the term next week viii be
given a cordial welcome by a committee
OF the present student body This COM
mittee has been appointed to welcome
the new students and assist them with
their arrangements upon arrival here
The committee consists of Warren C..
Newton Paul D. Lovett, Knowles r.
Bowen, c. d. Pepper, A. Bailey Thomas,
Morris r.. Mitchell, J. W. Jones. S. d.
LOOMS. II w. Bramhall, d. z. lorsey,
w. u. Sayin, T. s. Wilson, }. II. Sale
van. Harris samonisky, J. W. o'Daniel,
J. A. Hopkins and ,. {. Hastings.
The FIRST Of the freshmen class arrived
In Newark yesterday They were An
drcv G.. Lowe and Wymer Siler. OF
Knoxville. Tenn They are graduates OF
the knoxville High School and will
study agriculture here. Benjamin. Ward,
a Delaware graduate, taught school near
Knoxville last year and 1t was at his
suggestion that the two young men de-
sided to take q course at Delaware.
be Robert Pane Wheeler scholarship
In Delaware College has been awarded
to Joseph p. Maxwell. graduate of the
WILMINGTON HIGH School, who viii take
a course in electrical engineering This
scholarship. which consists of the inter
est from So 800. was founded by Mrs.
Robert Ranc Wheeler last June and rs
10 bc used for the Encouragement #
some worthy student each year.
The National Institution for Moral In
sfrnction. of Washington d. c., viii
present SIS 600 10 the person who writes
Tho best code of morals for the instruc-
fion Of children in homes and schools.
Each State is TO have one or more code
writers. and DR.. Samuel c. Mitchell has
been selected as the code writer from
Delaware. Many prominent educators in
other States have also been nominated
as code writer's The prize is offered by
n Washington business man through the
above institution.
Dr Jacob j. Tauhenhaus, plant path
ologist at the Delaware College Expert
ment Station. is spending the week in
New York attending the twentieth an.
nivcrsarv Of the New York Botanical
Gardens. Dr. Tauhcnhaus viii read a
paper on Contribution 20 Our knowl
edge of Silver Scurf of the White Po
tato.'
The Delaware College Experiment
Farm has again attracted wide atten
tion bv breeding and developing what j
claimed TO be the highest priced pig h
the world This pig is thoroughbre
Berkshire, known as DUKE of Sussex 0th
i5o 0sS was one of the first pigs devcl
oped at the college farm when the her
of Berkshires was started several year
ano. Df. T.. s. Duehler an old studen
Of Professor Harry Haywards, head o
tho agricultural department of the col
lccc. who is an expert on Berkshire pigs
borrowed this noted PIG early last win
ter Shortly afterwards the hoof an'
mouth disease broke out here and as th'
hog could not be brought back 10 Della
ware at that time. he was sold TO the
pcnnhurst Farm. IN Pennsylvania. tol
500 About this time the Duke of Sus
sex began 70 attract much attention
among Berkshire breeders and only re-
Gently he was sold TO G.. H. Carter, ol
Whtguern Farm West Chester. Pa. fol
81 600 This makes the Duke Of SUISSE,
the highest priced living pig Of any
breed
Robert s. Callaher. treasurer Of the
committee Of the Aetna Hose, Hook anS
Ladder Company. that had charge Of the
recent carnival. has submitted his report
as 70 receipts and expenditures Of th'
carnival This report shows that thu
1918 carnival was the most successful
vet held by the fromen. The total re
coints were "a 4S67o The expenditure
wore s2,oi72o. leaving 50 .43o59 clear