Middletown transcript., 1916-03-11
DELAWARE COLLEGE
Additional Members Of Each Col
lege We're Elected March 7th
SOME COLLEGE. FARM NEWS

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the Institutions the past year, were
elected at the meeting of March 7, or
at least recommended for election.
In addition to Professor Allen R CuI-
llmore of the University of Toledo, for
dean of the engineering department. C.
II. Rawlins, Jr., of Bridgeville, for
assistant in mathematics and Professor
Paul W. Boutwell, of the University of
Wisconsin for assistant professor of
chemistry, whose names already have
been mentioned, there were several
other recommendations of new members
of the faculty.
Professor Boutwell, will fill vacancy
in the chemistry department. The as
sistant in mathematics is an addition to
the department of which DR.. George A.
Harter, formerly president of the col
lege, is at the head
There is one vacancy on the Expert
ment Station staff, the office of as
sistant plant pathologist. DR.. Jacob J.
Taubenhaus resigned last month to take
charge of the plant pathology depart
ment of the State College of Texas.
DR.. Thomas F. Manns, the plant pa
tholOgist, has been i'll for ten DAYS and
he and Dean Harry Hayward are not
yet ready to recommend a man for DR..
Taubenhaus' place. The vacancy will
be filled, however, in short time.
II. M. Barksdale, the new trustee,
who was made chairman of a special
committee on sanitation, made some
| definite recommendation to the board
relative to the extension of the town
power system to the Women's College.
The college would pay for the entire
extension except for small section on
Depot Road, where the owners of prop
erty on the west side of the street have
agreed to pay their share in order to
get the benefit of the sewer. Plans for
the extension have been prepared by
E. G. Kastenhuber
LECTURE ON REFORMED SPELLING
On Friday morning, March 3, DR.. S.
H. Croissant, member of the Simpli-
fed Spelling Board, addressed the
classes in English Composition on Gre
formed Spelling" DR.. Croissant also
spoke during chapel time to the general
student body.
INSPECTION OF CADET CORPS MAY
The annual inspection of the College
Cadet Corps will be held on May l.
The inspectors are United States Army
officers. The time of inspection gener-
ally marks the highest point of efficiency
in military tactics at the college
LECTURE ON RAPHAEL
A most interesting and instructive
lecture on Raphael was given at the
Women's College on last Thursday
morning by MISS Harriet Winslow, of
Wilmington. Miss Winslow has recent
ly given a series of lectures on Art at
the New Century Club of Wilmington.
At the close of the lecture each student
received a pamphlet containing copies
of ten Of Raphael's paintings. These
pamphlets were contributed by Miss
Nather, of Wilmington. The lecture
aroused keen interest in Art among the
girls, and many of them are now read
Ing extensively about a number of the
great artists.
GLEE CLUB AT w. C. B. TO GIVE CONCERT
The recently organized Glee Club of
the Women's College will give its first
concert on Saturday night, March II.
The Faculty and students of Delaware
College are cordially invited.
COLLEGE FARM NEWS
The entire herd of swine was immun-
lied against cholera by DR.. R. c. Reed
and assistants on March l. Two days
before, one of the animals in the herd
died from cholera. 1t is hoped that the
precaution was given in time
At the recent auction, at the farm of
W. S. COrsa of White Hall, Illinois, one
OF the most successful breeders of
horses and swine in the United States,
Dean Hayward purchased five Berk-
shires for the herd at the College Farm.
These five individuals, a boar and four
soWs, represents the most successful
blood lines in this country and all of
the animals are at the top of the sale.
The sows are bred to farrow at an
early date, to the service of two of the
greatest boars in this country. 1t is
that these animals will be a
great addition to the herd A yearling
sow, bred by TIE College, was entered
in the Consignment Sale; in connection
with Annual American Berkshire Con-
gress held this year at New Brunswick.
She sold for $105, a most excellent price
for gilt of this age. Two high class
Jersey cows were purchased by the
College Farm recently from Mr.. Won
Woltfradt of Milan, Pennsylvania, for
the herd of Mr.. w. C. Matthews, of
Two excellent grade
cows were purchased recently
for Hope Farm, near Wilmington.
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