Middletown transcript., 1915-07-10
DELAWARE COLLEGE
Faculty of Summer School Gave
Reception to Students
THE RHODES SCHOLARSHIP

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At the 1915 session of the Summer
School for Teachers at Delaware Col
lege two courses in agriculture are
being offered. One of these dealing with
thegeneral principles and basic facts un-
derlying the practice of agriculture and
with methods of using such material in
secondary school teaching, is designed
to acquaint the teacher with the
scope of agricultural work and enable
him to deal with his specific problems in
satisfactory manner
The other course is special one in
home and school gardening. The use of
the individual school or home garden is
found in many cases to be a very good
method of presenting agricultural work
to pupils in the lower grades, and it is
with the idea of increasing the use of
the garden in the schools of Delaware
that teachers are being offered this
special work
Each person enrolled in the garden
work is required to plant and care for
garden throughout the session. The
practical work is supplemented by lee
ture and classroom work. Small home
gardens made by pupils in the Newark
public schools are being used for demon
stration purposes and as examples of
what can be done and has been done in
the planning and construction of such
gardens.
SUMMER SCHOOL
The faculty of the Summer School
gave reception to the students of the
school on Thursday evening, July /, in,
the college gymnasium. Mr.. William j.
McAvoy, physical director in the school
presided. The address of welcome was
given by Prof. George E. Dutton. Mr..
Dutton first bade the students a cordial
welcome to the College and to Newark.
He then explained that the state had
established the school as an investment
with view to securing better service
from its teachers. In closing, he pointed
out a few of the responsibilities of the
students toward the school and toward
the state. During the course of the
evening, Mrs. j. j. Cam rendered
several vocal selections and Miss Wilson
played some piano solos. The evening
was concluded with refreshments.
RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS
DR.. Samuel c. Mitchell, president of
Delaware College, has just made the
following announcement in regard to the
Rhodes scholarships for Delaware.
A Scholarship of the value of approx
mately $500 per year, tenable at the
University of Oxford, England, for a
period of three years, beginning from
October, 1917, will be open for competi-
tion in the State of Delaware during the
year 1916. Similar Scholarships will be
awarded for the years 1918, 1920 and
1921. Competitors must be citizens of
the United States, between 10 and 25
years of age, and must, before the date
of entry on residence at Oxford, have
completed at least their second year at
sope regular degree-granting American
University or College. Candidates hav-
ing their domlcile in the State, and those
who have received any part of their
education here are alike eligible.
A qualifying Examination will be held
in October of each year. and an election
to the Scholarship at the close of each
year preceding that for which the
Scholarship is assigned
Candidates for the 1917 Scholarship
may take the Examination on Tuesday,
the 9th, and Wednesday, the 9th of Octo
ber, 1915, or in October, 1916.
A State Committee of Selection
chooses the Scholar from among those
who have passed this Examination. Ap-
plications for Examination should be
made to the Chairman of this Com
mittee, President S. C. Mitchell, Della
ware College.
A Memorandum giving further par
ti,ulars may be obtained either from the
Chairman of the Committee of Selection
or by communicating with the Offices of
the Rhodes Trust, Seymour House,
Waterloo Place, London, S. W.