Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-03-29

Purnell, at one time president OF
the College; the untiring worker,
Captain Edward S. Avis; the dill
gent and painstaking Lewis A.
Freudenberger.
Before any of them had passed
away there came to the College
from the Naval Academy, young
man selected by the Trustees to
take charge of the mechanical
and electrical courses. He was a
man of great promise and we hop
ed he would do much for the
the courses which had been I'M
fortunate in change Of instructors.
But it was in vain that his friends
and admirers hoped for cessation
in the action of disease which was
sapping his life, and on December
6, 1896, before any of those men
toned above, Howard w. Huffing-
ton yielded in the struggle, re-
spected by his colleagues and be-
loved by all.
HSIS are tSdSHSIS WIN SSClll
to form very part of an institu-
ton. When one is mentioned we
think of the other. Theodore R.
Wolf was a teacher of this charac-
ter. He made his impress on the
student body as few of our teach
ers have done. From him wrong
doing received the scathing con-
demnation his direct and honest
methods forced him to administer;
but the honorable and upright stu
dent might seek in vain for truer
friend. He was man firm in his
convictions yet gentle as child.
Through the long and tedious
years of growth he was one of the
most devoted friends the College
had. Though we all knew him as
a colleague, it was for those who
knew him socially really to come
into close touch with the fine
qualities of his kind heart and
splendid mind. Several of us will
recall many delightful hours spent
with the Doctor as one of the best
of hosts. In 1909 the unlocked
/ for came to us with what seemed
, convictions, yet gentle as child
not only the college but the town
were panied to learn that DR.
! Wolf had been stricken with par,
alysis. Eight days later he passed
into the beyond leaving us al
e poorer at the departure of sc
5 noble man.
r Those who were students a.
S this period will recall at socia
J. gatherings and other public af
:. fairs of the College a woman
r whose very presence seemed t.
: give to the occasion a fine dignity
r Conscientious and firm of man
o ner, yet with quiet and kindl!
5 bearing, when she was present tn,
5 that should not be, found no place
J. things that should not be, fount
t no place. Not a member of the fac
e ulty, yet her high ideals and fin,
spirit inspired us in our appoint
e ed duties. So, when she was call
e ed hence and the great afflictiol
e fell upon our beloved President
e our hearts went out in sorrow TO,
f our loss and loving sympathy 70,
t him so sadly bereft.
e With little or brief comment
e would like to mention some mat
tiers occurring in the history of tn,
e College in the period before us
: IN 1S90-'91 there was enrolled
e eighty-one students.
f In 1876 there are enrolled
f two hundred and thirty-nine stu
+ dents.
: In 1890 four bachelors degree
l. were conferred.
i In 1915 thirty-eight bachelor
r degrees were conferred.
n In 1900 The degree Doctor o
S laws was conferred on Honorabl
+ John Bassett Moore, who made tn
l, commencement address.
II In lS9O-'9l the full courses il
n engineering were established ant
/ professors appointed to the respec
a tive chairs.
; In 1892 the general library con
tanned nearly five thousand WI
u umes. In 1916 about 1900.
) The College catalogues TO
Il 1890 states that the trustees late
Il ~ purchased for athletics an
, other purposes nine acres adjoin
i ing on the east the north end o
! College grounds and improved tn
II northern campus. Those wer
'e the days in which we had not be
IS come poSseSsors of the Fraze
l. Field. College athletics were as
Sociated with the PIE Field" tn
lie scene of many and hard struggle:
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