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Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-02-21

than they are in the States of the
Corn Belt, in New England, or the
Cotton Belt of the South. For
these reasons it is obvious that
while the State Farm at Delaware
College has served many purposes
for the welfare of the agricultural
interests of the State, it is not
typical of much of the farming of
Delaware. Experiments and dem
constructions now being conducted
on the State Farm, to become more
efficient, should be supplemented
in other sections of the State on
other types of soil. On account of
the interest that has been aroused
by the work on the State Farm, it
has been felt that there should be
other State farms. perhaps two in
Sussex and one in Kent counties
The difficulty that has always
presented itself has been one of ex-
pense, location, and purpose
whether the farm should be essen
TALLY show place or tract set
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-02-21
PLATS
ALONG THE BOULEVARD


aside for experiments and dem
onstration.
'In many ways General du Pont
in this magnanimous offer, sug-
gested by his characteristic
thoughtfulness for the welfare Of
the State, has solved the problem
in a very satisfactory way. 1t is
generally known that the present
boulevard contains all the prime
ipal types Of soil in Sussex County
and that it would be possible at
the minimum expense to have
demonstration plats, representing
the main soil types on the boule-
ward, thus obviating the necessity
of the appropriation for another
State Farm. Through General du-
Points kind offer suitable buildings
could be put up at some central
point, as Georgetown, and the var
ious demonstration and expert
ment plats located either north or
south of Georgetown be cared for
Continued on Page Al .
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-02-21
BRILLIANT JAPANESE
SETTING FOR
ENTERTAINMENT
Parts Taken By The Various
Children

The Japanese Operetta, to be
given in the Newark Opera House
on Friday evening, February 23rd,
promises to be the most finished as
we'll as the most elaborate per-
formance ever given by school
children in Newark. The CO.'S
tunes are bright and picturesque;
the stage setting is pronounced
charmingly suggestive of sum"
Japan; the choruses are bright and
catchy; the children's voices well
trained, and the folk dances at
tractive. The part of the emperor,
What-for-Whi, will be taken by
Johnson Rowan; Prince-So-True,
John Hoffecker; Prince-So-Shi,
Paul Steel; Top-Not, Tom Arm
strong; Saucer Eyes, Rossiter
Waaamaker; Princess Chrysan-
themum, Anna Ritz; Attendants on
the Princess; Toto, Alma Dun
levy; Yum Yum, Emma Dayett;
Du-Du, Ruth Richards, Tulip,
Marian Gallaher; Pom-Pom, Paul
Rhodes; Attendants: Olive Porter,
Alice Sharsha, Floyd Hubert, Bay
ard Lindell, Helen Schwartz, Mary
Frances Hayward, Fara Penning
ton, Dorothy Hoffecker, May Du-
hamel, Penrose Wilson, Emma
Lovett, Courtland Houghton, Bar
clay Armstrong, Charles Hopkins,
Mary Warren, Beulah Law, Lillian
Patterson, Elizabeth Emerson,
John Meyers, Victor Armstrong
Sprites: Edwin Conrad, Wesley
Dempsey, Harvey Boyce, Lawrence
Tweed, Burton Reynolds, Howard
Vandergrift, Charles Boyd, Marvin
Walls, Bernard Cohen, Buford
Denny, Louis Green, Harold
Grant; Fairies: Charlotte Hossing-
er, Katharine Reed, Lydia Young,
Katharine Holton, Violet Rowan,
lydia Cox, Alta Crouch, Katharine
Hoffecker, Mary Rose, Lillian Sny-
der, Pauline Widdoes, Vola Eu-
banks, Lydia Townson, Erika 90
than, Katharine Boyce, Reba NC
COnaughey. Florence Miller
Evelyn Stoll, Margaret Cooch, ano
Elma Robinson.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-02-21
GARDENING CLASS
ORGANIZED
Children Plan To Raise Money
For Seed And Running
Expenses

A gardening class, under the di-
rection of the Department of Ag-
ricuture, represented by the local
experiment station, at Delaware
College, is being organized. The
new class will be under the sup
ervision of Miss Agnes Medill, and
will be conducted similarly to the
one which proved so successful
last year.
The class this year is practically
"a new group, very few of those
from last year having joined, ow-
ing largely to an age limit. Those
who have already enrolled are
Marion Hopkins, Paul Maxwell,
John Morrison, Irwin Cornog, John
Cunningham, Herman Renshaw,
Edward Doell, Corbit Crompton,
Bernard Cohen, Horold Grant,
Otis Gregg, Clarence Poole, Ly-
nam Reed, William Vandergrift
William Clancy, James Watson
John Clancy, Marvin Walls
Charles Hopkins, Sydney Hoffman
Cuthburt Claringbold, a m e s
Thompson, Carroll wiling
| Charles Cornog. Other children
are expected to join the class be,
fore active gardening work is done
Owing to the fact that no money
is being supplied by the loca
Board for the garden work this
year, the children themselves are
planning to raise the money BY
means of moving picture benefit
which will be held in the Opera
House on Thursday evening
/ March first.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-02-21
Senator Wolcott
Visits Newark
Chairman Griffin Dpells Upon
Purpose of Community
Meetings

A crowd, thoroughly representa-
tive of Newark, filled the M. E.
Church last Wednesday evening,
the occasion of the second COM
munity meeting under the auspices
of the general community commit
tee. Organ music by Prof. Raw
lins, of Delaware College, and a
solo, by Miss Ritz, opened the
evenings program. G. w. Griffin,
presided. The guest of honor and
speaker of the evening was Hon.
orable Josiah O. Wolcott, Senator
elect from Delaware. Mr.. Wolcott
talked in an informal way in keep
ing with the inmate, home-like
atmosphere the committee is seek
ing to develop at these "get-togeth-
er" meetings. Communities have
their own individualities, just as
surely as Individuals" Senator
Wolcott said. Zone has a certain
tone, another a different atmos-
phere. We all recognize this fact,
yet we find it difficult to analyze
just what makes up the tone of
any community. 1t seems to be as
nearly as we can express it the
composite product of many in
dividuals; perhaps of the dom
inant individuals in a community.
Some definite things there are,
however, that every community
ought to have. First there is CO.
operation. A small community if
it wants to succeed must pull to-
gether. There must be an absence
of criticism of one part toward the
other; there must be a genuine
and hearty spirit among all"
"There is such thing as local
patriotism" the speaker declared.
81 am a great believer in the
aristocratic feeling-do not mis-
take my words-I mean that feel
ing of dignity and confidence
which comes to man from pride
in himself. l don't believe in
nobbishness, and | don't believe in
boasting. My belief is that the mod
Continued on Page p
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-02-21
Lecture On Current Events

The third Of the series of lect-
ures under the Department of His
tory, Delaware College, will be Civ
en- in Science Hall, Women's Col
lege, on Friday evening, March 2,
at 7.3O. Miss Janet Richards of
Washington, D. c., will discuss
"Vital Issues" which sets forth
the current topics, and presents in
formation gathered first hand at
the National capital. The lecture
is open to the public, and cordial
invitation is extended to everyone.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-02-21
From
Washington
u ar Department acknowledges
Service of Guardsmen

The following letter from the
War Department has been received
this week by Captain L. B. Jacobs,
in the absence of Major Lank,
Commanding Officer of the Second
Battalion.
War Department, Washington,
January "a, 1917.
The Commanding Officer,
2nd Battalion Infantry,
Delaware National Guard.
Sir:
| wish to thank you and the of
fcers and men of your organiza-
ton who went to the border in re-
sponse to the call Of the President.
for the valuable service which you
have rendered to t he country.
When the National Guard was call
ed into the service of the Federal
Government, the lives of men, wo-
men and children along the front
ier were in grave danger, owing to
the formidable bandit raids from
the Mexican side of the boundary
1t is not too much to say that had
these raids continued, there was
danger of international war. From
the time of the arrival of the units
of National Guard on the border
the raids ceased, and the tension
between the two countries began
to relax. 1t is the hope and belief
of the Government that the pres,
ence of the units of the Nationa1
Guard together with the units OF
the Regular Army, on the borde,
and in Mexico, and the presence ir
mobilization camps of the units Of
the National Guard in readiness
for such service, has made possible
a peaceful solution of a difficult
and threatening problem.
Very respectfully,
Newton D. Baker,
Secretary of War.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-02-21
Lent At St. Thomas Church

Owing to improvements in pro-
gress the st. Thomas Church
building will not be available for
the week day services during the
season of Lent. The rector, Rev.
W. j. Haupt, announces that SER
vices will be held in the Parish
House every Wednesday and Fri
day at 4.30, the first bell to ring ct
400. There will be no night ser.
vices this year.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-02-21
OFFERS LAND FOR
DEMONSTRATION
Newark Men Attend Maryland
Club Dinner

About two hundred guests at
tended the annual dinner of the
Maryland Club, composed of Della
ware citizens whose native state
is Maryland, held at the Hotel du-
Pont last Thursday evening. Dan
iel O. Hastings acted as toast
master. Speeches were made by
Governor Harrington of Maryland,
Governor Townsend of Delaware,
U. S. Senator-elect Josiah 0. VOL
colt, and Judge Woolley.
Enthusiasm was created during
the evening by the receipt of the
following telegram:
John G. Townsend, Jr.,
Governor of Delaware.
Learning that Delaware is con-
sidering the establishment of Dem
OnstratiOn Farms, to show in a
practical way, the results of the
Scientific Investigations at the Ex-
pertinent Station at Delaware Col
lege, | wish, through you, to offer
free, for such use, for a term of
years, the strips of land bordering
along the du POnt ROard cOntin-
uOus along right of way secured.
This is given, subject to release, of
course to such conditions that
might arise, affecting the welfare
of the State. l would suggest that
it be placed under the supervision
of the State Board of Agriculture
Such details 0 arrangement you
make will have my approval.
T. Coleman DUPONT.
Governor Townsend in comment.
ing on the telegram declared
Wonderful, gentlemen. It's bene
fit to our section can scarcely be
recognized. With various soils
stretching from Selbyville to Mil
ford our farmers can see practical
ly demonstrated those problem:
they now can ill-afford in time o.
money to try. Delaware is com
ing to her own. This year a mil
lion dollar gift to our State Col
lege, subject only to condition
dictated by the Board of Trustees
No State Institution in the coun
try has had any such magnifcien
and unhampered gift. Such recog
milton by an unknown donor is in
deed gratifying"
Among Newark men presen
were G. B. Evans, N. H. Evans, E
&c. Johnson, R. S. Gallaher, E. B
Frazer, Daniel Thompson, Georg
Griffin, and H. Warner McNeal.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-02-21
To Discuss Taxation Question

A public meeting under the
auspices of the Taxation Revision
Committee will be held in the
Newark Opera House on Monday
evening, February 26th, at eight
o'clock. DR.. Caleb R. Layton, j.
Hall Anderson and others will
speak. A cordial invitation is ex-
tended to everyone.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-02-21
We'd. To Issue Annual

The present Junior Glass OF the
Women's College, at recent meet
ing, decided to edit a class book.
The publication is expected to ap-
pear during the month of April
1918.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-02-21
Trustees Meet March Sixth

The regular meeting of the
Board of Trustees of Delaware
College will be held in Recitation
Hall, Newark, on Tuesday, March
9Th, at ten-thirty.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-07-13
How Wood Shrinks.

Students in the college of forestry at
the University of Washington have
proved by experiment that cord OF
full length wood when sawed and re-
piled in the ordinary stack shrinks on
an average 24.76 per cent As dealers
buy wood in full lengths and usually
measure it for delivery before saving
it, they are often accused of giving
short measure.
A cord is the standard measure
ment of wood, and it is defined as 120
cubic feet of wood, measured by pile
four feet high and eight feet wide OF
logs four feet long.
The discrepancy between the cord as
bought by the dealer and as delivered
to the customer, according to Professor
Hugo Winkenwerder, dean of the col
lege, is not entirely explained by the
sawdust When wood is piled up in
-four foot lengths there are many spaces
between sticks, caused by knots and
curvatures These spaces are elm
mated when the wood is cut up small.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-07-13
Greed of the Busy Man.

believe in the stuff l am handing
out, in the firm I am working for and
in my ability to get results. / believe
that honest stuff can be passed out to
honest men by honest methods. be-
lieye in working, not weeping; in
boosting, not knocking, and in the
pleasure Of my job. believe man
gets what he goes after, that one deed
done today is worth two deeds tomor-
row, and that no man is down and out
until he has lost faith in himself. be-
lieve in today and the work am do
ing, in tomorrow and the work I hope
to do and in the sure reward which the
future holds.
believe in courtesy, in kindness, in
generosity, in good cheer, in friendship
and in honest competition. believe
there is something doing, somewhere,
for every man ready to do it. believe
I'm readyright nowLElbert Hub
no ri
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-07-13
Usina the Scrub Palmetto.

Once a prolific and troublesome waste
product throughout Florida, the scrub
palmetto is now being developed into
an asset Of great possibilities. Not
only has it been discovered that paper
of good quality can be made from it,
but the manufacture Of carpets, mat
tings, twines, rope and burlap from the
plant is already an industry Of high
standing In the state. Only the green
leaf, or fan, is used Claim is made
that the palmetto leaves when shred
ded and spun are very much tougher
than the grass now used for mattings.
The green leaves are fed just as they
are cut into the shredding and spinning
machines, and in three minutes they
come out in tWine. This avoids the
diScolorations and losses occasioned in
drying, storing and handling grasses
commonly used for mating. Palmetto
can be cut every day in the year and
Immediately made into Irvine. The
skeins of tWine when hung up dry rap
idly and uniformly. The tWine is used
as soon afterward as neeessary.-Argo-
naut.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-07-13
Doing Her Part.

Wife. will you thread needle for
me? want to sew on few buttons"
why, certainly. There you are.
Now you can sew on your buttons
while | go to the bridge club. Some
times wonder how you managed be-
fore you were married"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-07-13
Too Much to Ask.

'Bliggins is a little annoying in man
ner, but his heart is in the right place."
Yes objected Miss Cayenne, "but
you can't be expected to perform a
surgical operation on every disagree
able person to ascertain where his
heart is. ''-Washington Star.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-07-13
Consolation.

Sappleigh-It's an awful thing to
realize that you've made an egregious
ass of yourself Miss Keen-Haven't
you got used to it yet?-Boston Tran
script
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-07-13
That Held Him.

AYankee clinched his heated argu-
ment with an Englishman as to the
relative size Of the Thames and Mis-
sissippi by saying:
why, look here, mister, there amt
enough water in the whole of the
Thames to make gargle for the mouth
of the Mississippi"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-07-13
Neutral Ground.

individuals like nations. must have
suitable. broad and natural bounda-
ries, even considerable neutral
ground. between them.-Thoreau.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-07-13

Could We but think with the same in
tensity we love with we might do great
things.-P. j Bailey's "Festus."
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-07-13
ROBERT L. KEMPLE,

A magnetic man, full of energy and
enthusiasm, never tired, never sick.
Mr.. Kemple is always able to give, his
audience the very best there is in him.
Chautauqua-Week Beginning on
Thursday, July 10Th.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-07-13

ley Frost, wife of u S. consul to
Queenstown, Ireland, while visiting
her parents, Postmaster and Mrs. w.
A. Clapp, at Wauwatosa.
Hunter Orr of Oconto, county clerk,
has broken shoulder and fractured
ribs from an auto accident. His car
turned turtle, smashing into a tele-
phone post. Robert Oak may have in
ternal injuries from being thrown for
ty feet. Russell Hawks was cut over
the eye.
The official report from Washington
on the states registration gave a
much larger number of alien enemies
than aliens, the error being due to re-
versal of the respective columns of
figures. The correct figures were:
Alien non-eneaies, 1882; alien enc
mics, 5 ..01.
Superior is again an "oasis" after
twelve months experience under a dry
regime, sixty saloons opening their
doors. The addition of extra cars to
give ten minute in place of a TWEEN
ty minute schedule from Duluth sig
nalized the reopening. the city across
ise y entering tie cry list.
81 .cl under the debris CT a wreck
"a automobile, which turned over
twice in its trip deWn "a raFine after
being struck by another automobile,
which never stepped. Miss Martha
Mendenhall, daughter CT J. w. Men
derhal1, and +. Wolfe, Jr., son of F. E.
olfe, Rad a msraes.lcfs escape from
cath. Wolfe was terribly bruised and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-15
Quality of Football WiU
 Not Be Effected By War
Number of Star Players Been Lost But Outlook Is Fix ceedingly Bright for Big Year Gridirons-Games
 Promise to Have Closer Scores
By SOL Nj ETZGER cocch of washIngt on and Jefferson

best equipped with fundamental knowl edge-there Lillard said something!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-15
Whats Your Batting Average?
By BILLY SUNDAY Famous Evange1ist)

ting 1000 in your business. just De- cause you've managed to hang on to the job you've got.
 But are you hitting that weli?s Are you getting along better than you were this time last year? Have you pushed along as far as the guy YOU started even with five years ago? Put down the figure that you think really represents your present gait. Isn't it more like 500 than 1000? It's 500 if you are just hold ing your own. And maybe you're slipping some, and only belting them out at about 123 clip.
 That's your offensive form we've been slanting at. Let's have lamp at your defensive.
 Have you got on, or stayed on, the water wagon since the last time you checked up on yourself? Have you taken care of your health, both physically and morally, or are you the same old boob that you were falling for the booze, for gambling. for the up-all- might stuff, and just simply getting older and not nov ing forward at all? Are you making errors every day--booting the pellet all over the field for an average Of about six and seven- -eighths?
 Give yourself close up! You're not such a star, are you? Maybe you never will be, but, having doped yourself out, you can discover where your weaknesses are and you can become some sort of big leaguer instead of remaining 8 bushcr throughout the world series.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-15

Just before the White Sox and Giants started to rip into one an- other in the worlds series, the dope sters got busy giving them the up and down and trying to hgure out their chances in advance Of the merry muss.
 One sharpshooter, in particular, had the stuff down fine. By his own little fancy system lie could tell you that Eddie Collins on a sunshiny day would be worth 63 more points on defense than Charley Herzog, or that Joe Jackson, in the fourth game, was liable to bat 81 points better than Bennie Kauff. Old MT. Henry K. Arithmetic who wrote the book, had nothing on this seer when 1t came to juggling the decimals. He came pretty near telling you just what every pitch was going to be. week before the show started.
 This doping system doesn't make much of hit with me, when ap- piled to the grand old pastime You can't put a ball game under the microscope-before it is played--and get anywhere in the way of result. Past performances, not futures, are the doings to apply the acid test to.
 But a little doping out of our selves once in while will do none of us any harm. Suppose you get out the old pad and pencil and give yourself a once over to see how you're getting along in this worlds series you're engaged in every day.
 Maybe you think you've been bat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-15
Victory To-day For So. WM Capture Tile

Nashville. October 14-(Special.)- )--Eh-
 couraged by the striking aptitude to
 assimilate football knowledge and py
 the marked progress made in teamwork
 and moleskn rudiments, the Vanderbilt coaches look forward to far more creo- itable showing than was at flrst ahtici-
 pated with the new, green materlal at
 their disposal from which to reconstruct a machine. First indications presaged team made up entirely of lnexperlenceo
 material with the sole exception or All Adams, veteran end from the 1916 eleven
 who has been named as captain, and TOT that reason nothing better than high grade prep outfit was anticipated. Yet the unexpected return of Herman Dawes, a star guard of 1912, Top Richardson and
 Hunt Beasley, two promising halves
 from last years machine has served to
 materially stimulate hope that a cred
 itable outfit can be constructed.
 The loss of Capt. Josh Cody, Top Lips
 comb,J 'Pigiron' Williams, Tommy Ger
 foss, Charley Price and Charley Carman,
 all of whom save the latter answered
 the call to the colors, practically rid
 dled the cratic 1916 machine. Along with that number went Rabbit Curry, the
 brilliant quarterback, Hamilton and Rus sell Cohen all of whom were lost
 through graduation and early prospects
 were intensely indigo.
 HOLES NOT FILLED
 Yet while no material of the caliber lost has been recruited and 10 of the present eleven regulars before this sea- son never saw each other before, an un- expected willingness to tackle the her culean task has been manifested by the candidates which coupled with re- markable earnestness and football 1n- stinct has dispelled much of the early forebodings. Not that the Vandy coaches anticipate results other than defeat with honor, with rare exceptions, for the line is pitifuly weak and the team distress ingly light But the progress in team work has exceeded hopes and though faults are both glaring and abundant both in the attack and defensively there is little fear that stupidity will be charged against the eleven in any of its engagements.
 By reason of the tissue paper strength of the line and the slowness with which the forwards charge, there is small doubt but that Vanderbilt in the main this year will rely upon the open game Always a strong believer in the forward pass it is practically a foregone conclusion that McGugin this season will make the air line attack his chief weapon.
 STRENGTH NOT KNOWN
 Whether it can be developed to a point
 to offset the frail character of the de-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-15

bat. Kauff and Zimmerman, the Giants cIaan-1ln men are batting under 200.