Smyrna times., 1915-09-22
DELAWARE COLLEGE OPENS
WITH BIG STUDENT DAY
LARGE FRESHMAN CLASSES IN
MEMS AND WoMENs COLLEGE

Many New Faces Seen-Sophomores
Win From Freshmen in Annual
Rope Rush"-8right Future
With many new students in Della
ware College and a freshman class
Of about forty in the Women's Col
lege. the two institutions opened at
Newark for the new term Thursday.
Chapel was held in both institutions at
10. 80 O'Clock and the remainder of
the day was occupied largely in org
anizing the classes and preparing for
the actual class room work which
starts own Friday morning. At
Chapel in the Delaware College Ora
tory. DR.. Samuel c. Mitchell. presi-
dent of the college, gave the large
class of boys hearty welcome. He
told something of the prospects of
Delaware College developing in the
future and told the students that they
could assist. He spoke of the pro.
posed new building on the site Ell
liott property, recently purchased
by the college, as something that the
students could assist in. This he said
would be en ideal site for a building
for the student activities and that he
was sure if the large body of stu
dents now at Delaware would say that
they wanted such a building they
could get it by the next holidays.
Dean Robinson Welcomes Large Class
Dean Winifred j. Robinson, well
cCmed the students at the Women s
College. The class although not
quite as large as last year comes up
to expectations. At the meeting of
the faculty of Delaware College Wed
nesdsy. students were admitted fol-
the different courses as follow: Foul
year agriculture course, Is; art anC
science. 19; electrial engineering 10
civil engineering, 6; mechanical en-
gineering, z; chemical engineering.
10; engineering not specified, 3 two
year agriculture course. 10. Thi
made total of SO. There wer
several additional students to ente
since the faculty meeting and it j
possible that by the end of the weel
the freshman class will number 100
Sophomores Win The Rope Rush
Shortly after IL O'Clock Thursda
morning the sOphomores and fresh
men had their annual rope rush oI
the athletic field which the former
although outnumbered. won by tn
score of u TO IL. Coach Willial
T. McAvoy and a committee Of stu
dents had charge Of the rush whic
was witnessed by a large crowd
Howard Bratton. Jr., captain of th
sophs and II. F. Weldin, captain {
the freshies were given a six foC
rope TO hold The members Of esc
class were lined up opposite eaC
other and ten feet from the captain
At a given signal both classes mat
a rush for the rope. The idea vi
for as many as possible TO have the
hands on the rope at the expirati'
of four minutes. When the fol
minutes were up about fifty studen
were piled on the ground and
sophomores and IL feshmen had no
Of the rope.
Roster Of Students at Della. Collie
The new students at Delaware c.
lege are as follows: Arts and Sc
ence Course-D. H. Brown. E.
Cannon, r. W. Cook, J. L. Malon
Is Jr., W. NJ. Pierson. ]. p Truss.
~ L. Weigle, W. A. Wise, wilmingtO
-et G. H. Ferguson and G. W. Wilso
to Newark; N. n. Evans and A. Gut
10 witz, Lewes; J. H. H Hall. Smy
ma; G. Hearne and E. A. Newms
Georgetown; J. A. Mackie. New La
don. Pa. ]. H. Meredith. Maryd
Md. E. C Pedrick. New Castle;
n. Tyson. Middletown.
Four-year Agriculture Course
Mckay. H. w. Marston. w Stewa
Jr., RID. Sturgis. Wilmington; J.
CrOthers. Northeast. Nd; X.
Dickey ann j. l. Jefferis. StantO
H. R. Longland. Mt. Pleasant; A.
Lowe, Fountain City. Tenn. ].
McMullen. New London. Pa W.
Marshall. Lewss; F. L. O'Rour
- Newark; L. PIam. Brooklyn. N.
II. G. Fenuel. Georgetown; 7. Rau
ley. Dover. w. G. Siler. Knoxvi
Tenn. c. S. z. Weber, Middleton
f. B. MARITIME, N. Y.
Civil Engineering Course. n
dleton, H. F. Weldin. Wilmingt
r. B. Aker, Delaware City; R.
: Tsggart. Elkton, Md. NJ F. We
Z Wanaque. N. J. R. c. Wright. S
e ford.
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