Middletown transcript., 1917-02-10
DELAWARE COLLEGE
Many Extension Lectures Have
Been Arranged For
TESTS AT THE EXP. FARM

who is a Sophomore at Delaware Col
lege, has been voted into the Arts and
Science Club. This honor was given on
the strength of paper which he re-
Gently read before the club on "The
Courses of Study at Amherst College"
Sophomores, under the constitution of
the club, are associate members and are
admitted to full privileges only by a spe
cial vote. Leon Stayton, of Wilmington
member of the present Junior class,
was vice president of the club at the
same meeting.
BASEBALL SCHEDULE COMPLETE
Assistant Manager A. L. Lauritsen
who assumed the duty of making the
1917 baseball schedule in the absence of
Manager G. c. Brewer, who has been
with the Delaware troops on the Border
announces list of the games already
scheduled. Thus far thirteen games are
certain to be played. The schedule fol-
lows: April 11th, P NJ C. at Chester;
April 14th, Drexel at Newark; April 2l,
Rock Hill at Newark; April 28th, St.
Johns at Newark; May I'd, Gettysburg
at Gettysburg; May 5th, Haverford at
Haverford; May 9th, Mt. St Marys at
Newark: May 10Th, st. Johns at Anna
polls; May 10th, Franklin and Marshall
at Newark; May 26th, Ursinus at New
ark; May Goth, decoration Day. Muh-
lenberg at Newark; June I'd. Western
Maryland at Newark; June IL, Haver-
ford at Newark.
FIVE MEN ELECTED TO KAPPA PHI
On Monday afternoon, January %,
five members of the Senior Glass were
initiated into membership in the Della
ware College chapter of the Phi Kappa
Phi Fraternity. Other chapters of this
fraternity are established in Massachu-
setts Agricultural College, Penn States
Iowa States, and in the Universities of
Nane, Tennessee, and Florida Member
| ship in Phi Kappa Phi is limited to the
faculty and to members of the gradua
ting class each year who have main
tained a high grade of scholarship dur
ing their first three years. This year the
following were the fortunate ones:
John A. Hopkins, Agriculture, New
ark; Harold H. Horsey, Arts and
Science, Dover); Joseph H. Jones, Jr.,
Civil Engineering, (Wilmington); Edwin
| G.. Smyth, Civil Engineering, (Wilming-
| TOM
EXTENSION LECTURES
Th e following extension lectures have
been arranged for since the last issue
of the Review: A. E. Grantham, "Some
Tendencies of Rural Life, Forward
School, Wilmington, Feb. 9th. E. V.
Vaughn, Interesting Facts in Della
ware History" Washington Heights
Century Club, Wilmington, April 9th.
E. " Vaughn, "An Hour With Tenny-
son." Thursday Club, Odessa, March.
LEGISLATORS VISIT DELAWARE COLLEGE
On Friday, February 2, members of
two legislative houses of Delaware were
entertained by the faculties and stu
dents of Delaware College and Women's
| College of Delaware Arrangements
| for the entertainment of the General
Assembly were made by special COM
mittee of Delaware and Women'S Col
leges faculty composed of Dean Harry
| Hayward, Dean Winifred j. Robinson
Of Women's College, Dean E. Lawrence
| Smith, Lieut.. w. F. Hoey, Professors
Charles A. McCue, NJ V. Smith and
George E. Dutton.
| The visitors reached Newark at TO- 04
O'Clock. They were met at the train by
the Delaware College Cadet Battalion
and were escorted to the college farm
where ample time was allowed to in
spect the farm. From the farm they
were taken to the college gymnasium in
automobiles. The students and faculty
assembled in the gymnasium and were
addressed by several prominent mem
bers of the General Assembly.
| At eleven o'clock an inspection trip
was made through the college buildings,
including Recitation Hall, Purnell Hall,
the shops and library. They We're
shown the plans for the proposed devel-
opments which were explained. They
visited "Wolf Hail." the $3.50, 900
Science building now in course of erec-
ton and from there they went to the
Women's College for luncheon, where
| the tour of inspection ended
COUNTY AGRICULTURAL WORK FOR 1917
Professor Hayward conferred with
County Agents Pelton and Zimmerly, at
| Dover, to discuss the extension work
that is to be undertaken during the
year 1917. On Saturday of last week
Professor Hayward visited the Friends
Hospital at Frankfort. Pennsylvania,
and also attended a meeting of the trus-
tess of the New Castle County work
house.
COMPLETION OF TESTS AT EXP. FARM
Two Guernsey Cows in the farm herd
have recently completed the Advance
Registry Test and have made very Gre
ditable records. One ten-year old heifer
a daughter of the great sire "Beda's
! May King, - made yearly record of
5000 lbs, milk, 418 lbs. butter. An
aged cow, granddaughter of Governor
of the Chene, produced 95O5 lbs. milk
sol lbs butter A thorough Percheron