Middletown transcript., 1916-06-10
DELAWARE COLLEGE

Agricultural Students to Give Play
during Commencement week will have
an opportunity to see what is expected
to prove one of the best plays yet given
by Delaware College talent. This play,
which will be given in the Newark
Opera House on the evening of Mon
day, June IL, is Dandy Dick" one of
A. NJ. Pinero's best comedies. 1t is
being staged by the college agricultural
club, by Mrs. Herman R. Tyson who
made "The jonah noteworthy sue
cess at Commencement time last year.
The cast is composed chiefly of college
students. The play itself is an extreme
ly interesting one.
MEETINGS AT DELAWARE COLLEGE
A Series of Twelve to be Held in the
Y. M. C. A. Next Year, for the Dis
cussion of Modern Religious Problems.
A series of twelve Sunday afternoon
meetings for the discussion of modern
religious problems is to be held next
year in Purnell Hall, the Delaware Col
lege Y. M. C. A. Mr.. Frederick ].
Pohl, instructor in English has arranged
the program and has secured the CO.
operation of several members Of the
faculty
The purpose of the meetings, accord
ing to Mr.. Pohl, is to enable the stu
dents of Delaware College to gain re-
ligious inspiration from men who be-
lieve that complete education means
something more than the development
of the body and the training of the in
tellect. Man is a spirit, possessing a
body and mind. Any education which
does not take cognizance of this fact is
a partial failure.
A belief in the will building power of
sane and manly religious is back of
the movement to develop the religious
activities Of the Delaware College Y.
M. C. A. The meetings will be entirely
free from any suggestion of denomina-
tionalism, and will not give opportunity
for lecture or sermon by the leader in
charge, but will allow for free dis
cussion of a previously announced SUBJ
ject by all students present.
Mr.. Pohl has been assisted in this
work by Mr.. James C. Hastings, IT,
Prof. C. A. Short, and DR.. K. R.
Greenfield.
The tentative program giving dates,
names of leaders, and subjects, is as
follows:
Oct Is, 1916, Dean E. L. Smith,
''What is Christianity?"
II Oct %, 1916, Dean E. L. Smith, |
@'Gambling'
III Oct. 29, 1916, Mr. R.. R. Pailthorp,
-'What do we Come to College for?"
Nv Nov 5, 1916, Mr.. R. R. Pailthorp,
-'Darwinian Evolution and Christianity"
v Nov. IL, 1916, Mr.. F. j. Pohl, |
Things Essential and Nom Essential
About Jesus: Faith
vi Nov. 10, 1916, Nj. F j. Pohl,
Relations with our Fellowmen: Friend |
ship
VII Nov. 26, 1916, Mr.. F. ]. Pohl, |
Relations with Christ: Cross-Bearing'
VIII Dec. 10, 1916, Mr.. F. ] Pohl, |
Relations with God: Prayer"
TX Dec. II, 1916, DR.. K. r. Green
field subjects to be announced.
X Jan. Z, 1916, DR.. K. R. Greenfield, |
subjects to be announced.
-KI Jan. IA, 1917, DR.. K. R. Green |
field, subjects to be announced
XII Jan. 21, 1917, President S. C. |
Mitchell, 'Christ's Place in College |
Education"
FIRST GRADUATE OF WOMEN'S COLLEGE
After lapse of 80 years, Miss Re-
becca Churchman, of Elsmere, has COM
pleted her education at the Women's /
College, affiliated with Delaware Col
lege, and the trustees at their meeting
on Tuesday, June 13, will confer on her
the degree of Bachelor of Science in !
Education.
For a. few years between 1870 and
1885, Delaware College was co-educa-
tional About that year. the trustees
decided to make it college for men
only, and no more women were admitted.
Miss Churchman had two years of the
usual four year course when this action
was taken by the trustees, and it pre-
vented her from concluding the course
and receiving her degree. For some
years she taught school and had been
pri6eipal of the school at Elsmere for
several years when the Women,s Col
lege was established two years ago.
She is now completing two years or
work and will be@ given credit for the
two years that she spent at Delaware
when it was co-educational institution,
80 years ago and will be recommended
to the trustees for the degree. Miss
Chdrchman will have the honor OF. being
the first student to-receive degree
from the Women's College and will be
the first graduate at that Institution.
Informal exercises were held at the
WOmen's College Saturday might in