Evening journal., 1918-08-23
STATE INSTITUTE
CLOSED AT NEWARK
Commissioner Spaid An
nounces Schools Will
Open September 9
WILL GIVE FAREWELL
TO 200 SOLDIERS

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEWARK, Aug. 23.-The State Insti
tute for teachers which opened oil
Monday came TO a close early this aft
enoon. IL was the largest and mos
interesting institute IN the history o.
the State. State Commissioner Of Edu
cation A. r. Spald and the three county
superntendents are all are much pleas
ed with the institute and think thai
the teachers have been greatly bene-
0te'.
The great majority Of the teacher;
In attendance were rom Kent and Sus-
sex counties and they left for their
homes on a special train this afternoon
/ Commissioner Spaid announced yester-
day that all schools in the State out
side Of Wilmington would open on
/ Monday, September 9. Dr.. A. E. Win
ship. editor OF the journal Of Educa-
! ii0n, Boston, was the speaker at the
, general meeting in Wolf hall last night.
/ He was also the speaker this morning
and at the final meeting this afternoon.
Isaac Vansant, chairman of the White
| Clay Creek hundred, Lemocratic COM
lmttee, has called a leeting OF the
Democrats Of the hundred TO be held
at Odd Fellows hall next Monday night
TO elect delegates TO the State Con-
ventlon at Dover September TO- The
hundred Is entitled 30 1--WE delegates,
three from Newark and two from the
Chrlstiana end, and the prospects are
that a solid Salisbury delegation will
be chosen.
j. Leslie Ford Of Pencader hundred
has announced his candidacy for the
Legislature on the Democratic ticket.
The 200 soldiers who have been at
tending the Industrial Training Camp
here for two months gave a delightful
dance in the armory last night. This
Is the last week for the men in Newark
and they have made a host Of friends
during their two months ~ They
will be sent 10 various camps and an
other contingent of 2O6 men from Penn
sylvanla will arrive September I.
Tonight a public reception VIII be
given the soldiers on Delaware College
campus. Mrs. Charles H. Blake Is
chairman Of the committee that has ar
ranged for the farewell reception. There
will be music by the Fort DUPONT
band
Miss Mildred Ferguson, a graduate
1f the Women's College, has been ap-
pointed chemist at the local cannery
lf the p. J. Ritter Company lhe com
oany recently installed a chemical lab
)ratory at the local plant
r. w. Stretch Of Lombard, ILL.,, has
aken charge OF the pig department at
.he Delaware College farm.
Women of Ebenezer NJ. +. Church
cleared SOP on the Harvest Home held
In Whiteman's Grove Thursday OF last
week. The total receipts were more
than S7O0.
DR.. d. C. Dyer, chemist at the Della
ware College Experiment Station, has
resigned to accept a position with tn,
General Chemical Company and viii as
sumo his new duties September 1.
DR.. Mulllnlx. associate chemist at the
station, has accepted a professorship
In chemistry at the University Of Flor
ida.
Miss A. Louise Phillips, a graduate
IF Friends School, Wilmington, has
leen awarded the scholarship at the !
Nomens College offered by the Della
ware Association Of College Women,
nd Miss Catherine r. WoOdman, also
f Wilmington, has been awarded the
in the same college offered
y the Wilmington High School AlumS1
ae Association.
Arthur Chillas, a former Delaware
ollege student and formerly scoutmas-
er Of the local troop Of boy scouts,
ecently left after spending a short
urlough in Newark. He is a second
lass pharmacists mate on a large
lie received his training for
his work at the Columbia University