Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-05-05
NATRON Named FOR
Student commons
Newark Town Council Will
Elect New Mayor Next
Monday Night
HIRED TEAM BUT
NEVER RETURNED 1T

Special &c THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEWARK, May Miss /. W
Caldwell for a number of years as
sociate dietician at Cornell University
has been appointed by the trustees Of
Delaware College. matron in charge
Of the new student Commons which is
now nearing completion Miss Cald-
well is now in Newark assisting with
the preliminary plans for the opening
of the Commons, and she and hor
mother will make their home at Oak
lands" She Will have entire charge
of the culinary arrangements of the
Commons and will do the purchasing
for the Delaware College Summer
School which opens June %
Directors of the summer school an
ticipate an attendance of at least 400
students his year, the expected in
crease being due to the fact that the
recent Legislator passd a bill provid-
ing for he State to pay the expenses Of
teachers while at the school At a
recent committee meeting arrange
ments were made for housing the
.eachers while here during the sum
mer. While many will commute here
here will probably be from 200 to 800
who will remain in Newark About
siXty-dve will live at Residence Hall.
Women's College; the two annexes of
the Women's College and the Delaware
College frat houses will also be
turned over to the students, while
many will find accommodation In
private homes It is expected that
300 Will take meals at the new Com
mons.
The S250000 building to be known
as wolf Hall" IS also nearly COM
pleted and will be dedicated at COM
mencement, as planned, unless war
conditions should make it advisable
70 postpone the dedication.
The grading Of THE Green" which
extends from Main street TO a point
Iear the Women's College. is about
completed.
Progress is also being made In the
building of the first Of what will like
~ be series of modern dormitories
Il will be completed during the sum-
mer and will accommodate about
fifty students next September. This /
building is also on the east side OF the /
Green, but near Main street. 1t will |
cost about 100000
There is much speculation as to |
who will be elected mayor at the |
meeting OF Town Council next Mon |
day night. Joseph II. Hossinger, /
who has served as mayor since 1911, /
was reelected last month for two
more years. Mr. Hossinger is now
treasurer and director of the Balti-
more branch OF the Farmers Loan
Bank. This takes all his time and he
has resigned as mayor. Council, under I
the town laws. can either elect one
OF its own members or someone out
side of Council. When spoken to
yesterday several members of COun-
ell stated that no one has been agreed
on. The names OF f. Clifford Will
son and Eben B. Frazer have both
been mentioned
Officers are searching for a man
who several days ago hired a team
from Mrs. Stiltz, stating that he
wanted 10 drive TO Louisville. Pa,
several miles from the Delaware line.
That was the last that has been seen
OF either the man or the team.
Arrangements have been made by
the General Community Committee
for the Holding of a town meeting
VII MAY TO ~ uAoAuco WHAT WV al X ]
Can Do In the Present Crisis"
The improvement committee OF the
Milford Cross Roads School will hold
box social next Thursday
The new pipe organ installed I'm 81.
Thomas Episcopal Church by the NJ
p Moller Company. of Hagerstown,
Nd. will be dedicated at the II
o'clock services tomorrow morning
General Theodore F. Armstrong |
who spent the winter I'm the South
arrived home this week
Starting tomorrow in an effort to J
Increase the attendance. services will J
he held a, the local Presbyterian {
Church at 4 o'clock in the afternoon !
instead of $50 in the evening.
Council has set aside Thursday and
Friday Of next week as Clean-Up {
Days. This plan has been great s
success the last several years.