Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-05
DELAWARE COLLEGE
HELPING IN WAR
About $50 Boys in Service and
Buildings at the Disposal of
the Government.
Special Correspondence OF Every Evening

VI UHft war ntcuI. neSc reports, WHICH
were acceptcd, also map out future work
along these lines for the various depart
mcnts. 4 report submitted by Dean T..
Laurence Smith states that 159 Delaware
College men are now in the service, of
which number - are undergraduates. OF
- Of these men with whom the dean has
been able to got IN touch 20 per cent hold
commissions ol second lieutenant or higher.
DIR Mitchell, president Of the college,
m his report saws. About l5O Delaware
college men an now IN the Army, Navy
and other forms of war work Several of
these men are already in the trenches in
trance. Among the first American troops
IN take the German fire was Lieutenant
". Sherman Corkran, who wAs Immediate
" rccommcndcd for promotion rs cap
tain. Tie is a son Of Rev and Mrs. ". +.
Corkran of Wilmington. His example is
only one instance of similar reports that
reach Us frum tune to- time of the spirit
of Delaware mo-" he college has placed
freely at the disposal of the national ser
viccs its buildings. Purncll House has
been from the beginning headquarters
FOR the Conscription Board for rural New
Castle county. tho Steel House was used
for the Qucsiionnairc Advisory BOARD;
the east wing q old college Is now IN Use
by the Medical ADVISORY Board, and the
Rcd Cross has had its offices IN the Elliott
Building. Only the past week the students
and faculty subscribed to S3.771 IN war
savings stamps. and CanvaSsCd the com
munIty IN the interest ot this cause
The members of the senior class who
entered the thlrd officers training camp on
January =. rs we'll rs those who entered
the Wilmington shipl ards on February !,
tho faculty VIII recommend 10 YOU IN
juno as candidates for thclr respective
degrees. II they fulfill expectations IN these
forms at national service
pr g H. Ravlus. Ir asked on
February Is for q furlouCh for tho con
tinuancc Of tle war and entered at once
government work and other members ot
the faculty will likely do the same thing
within the near future Professor Horace
v Cory. who lcf the college for the
Army IN June last has rlscn to the rank
az captain. Quartrrrnastcr'S Reserve Corps
The total enrolment ~ students for the
prcsent scsSsiun Is 2l1. ui whom 81 have
withdraWn 60 enter war work or Tor other
gwen rr.asa1uS Tho data Ms 10 scholarship
shows a gratifying advancement. only II
pcr cont ot the students falling below the
rCulirrd standard.
The members o( the hoard arr already
apnrlscd of the fact that former President
William II Taft has accepted tho invita-
tion 20 make the commencement address
on juno 10 Senator Wolcott will speak
70 the Christian Association and DR. John
Mcdowell of Baltimore viii preach the
haccalaurcatc sermon on June 9 The
plans for the weekend commencement
promise gratifying results, and letters
trom alumni even as far away as Cali
fornia indicate a large reunion at that
lme Particularly pleasing is the sug-
gtstIon oi tho Agricultural Department
that Farmers llav nc held IN connection
with the commencement
As this viii bC tho FIRST commencement
of tho Women College. peculiar interest
attaches 10 Il The graduation Of the first
class of Young women under Dean Wini-
irrd Robinson Will mark the fulfillmCnt
81 tho purposes ot tie people Of the State III
founding the Women college. which has
pssscd from triumph 70 triumph during
The tour wears It hts existence under her
wise admins ration
klsscs have been organized bv Dean
tllan K Cullmorc m thc shipvards in
Wilmington " hcrc he j. directing the train
ING 81 workInEmcn IN The clements Of
knoWlcdgc that bear directly upon their
respective jobs and also IN the training Of
practlcai teachers 10 trades and industries
Tho cours,.e Iu Business Administration
uuder Or Ercd / iarh have made ii
STRONG appcal both To- the men on the
ampus and % prospective students, As Is
revealed m correspondence.
SUMMER SCHOOL.
Tho summer School viii tcgin on
NioniaN june > I. and continue for eight
We, hs
The college mfrmar, has been indis-
,ensahic duunr the present hard winter
Mrs CarrIc stuart ib. director az the
ilnlnr-halI m cooperation with " illIam
Ianrh1rr.. ta, secretary al Business
Administration ha, put tho duiug-hal
upon i caoa silt .pportug basis
pI>> ~VtrH EEroRr
Dean smith report. giving facts Is to
the eall,g men Nlto are now doing their
at On various branches ui the service fol-
COWS
Ar tho reauc~, of DR. Mitchell furn-
ish herewith dat4 - tar as known. con
,eruluc tire disposition and S, rvice OF
thosc Delaware College men who are do
lug thor br lor their country
"1he total number of whom almost all
voluntarily enlisted and Who are now in
actual s.rI,s. i- 80 0i these - were
mud ergrad4ateS who abandoned their
,.aIer, c1arsc - enlist or accept com
ul.-lau. f2- others are either graduates
- the institution ~ those Who attended
but ald mot graduate.
"oi ,hs-e n,u % were engineers, so I
arts ami science and 81 horticultural
sludcuts Practically al Of these men are
included iu III. enrolment from the year
1900 90 the present date
The disposition IS branch Of service IS /
o. follows Infantry -. artillery 10; 1
a1latlon, ~, ) tug.necrs 10: NAVY, 10. 4
naval reserves 10, medical corps, 10; 4
cavalry. Z manne cprp9 =. quarternaster
o1rpr. . ordnance department, 3; y. NJ. 4
A. total ia, leaving - for whom
the Information Is incomplete
"By rank Delaware men held the fol-
lowing positions ndcr this head. my
Information Il complete for ouI, IS men.
Colonel major J captain. IL. The
pcrcentagc q men holding commissions
of captain or aboy, S almost p. First
lieutenant IL; SECOND lieutenant 2I Tins
.5s out Of s., or almost 70 per cent. for
whom the information is complete. hold
commission. Sergeant, 9; corporal, :
"Navy Lieutenant commander r.
lieutenant , InldshIpmen. gunner on
hattleship Delaware J qlArteruaster. 4
surgeon > paymaotcr, !
80 far as ! have been ,4blc d discover
% mon are nov actually ID foreign service
and 90 not doubt but tliat several others