Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1919-05-07
CONFERENCE AND
INTER-SCHOLASTIC
MEET THIS WEEK
Dean Graves to Address High
School Teachers
Saturday

Present indications point to a large
attendance at the State High School
Teachers Conference to be held at
Delaware College next Friday even
ing and Saturday morning.
Local committees have been named
to meet incoming trains and conduct
teachers to the Lounge room at Old
College Hall, where another commit
tee will give information as to secur-
ins sleeping accommodations The
visiting teachers will be guests of the
college for dinner Friday evening and
for breakfast and luncheon on Satur-
day.
The program is one of unusual in
terest and the number of inquiries
1c'eived from all parts of the State
reveal deep and wide spread inter-
est in the conference and indicate that
the attendance will be exceptionally
large
Dr. c. l.. Scott, of Wilmington, will
preside over the Friday evening meet
ing which will begin at 7:3O. Greet
ings to the visitors will be extended
by DR.. S. c. Mitchell. Addresses with
bearing on the relation of the new
code to the high schools will be given
ny A. r. Spaid, commissioner of edu-
cation, and by Superintendent John
Schilling of the Kent county schools
Questions relative to the code will be
answered and discussions will follow
On Saturday morning at $3.50 the
meeting will be called to order by
Commissioner Spaid. Provision for
Agricultural Education and for Home
Economics in high schools will be dis,
cussed by State Supervisor L. C. Arm.
strong and by Miss Helen R. Brown
of Dover. Prof w. A. Wilkinson will
discuss professional Preparation OF
High School Teachers"
Much interest centers in the fac1
that Dean Frank P. Graves of the Uni.
Versity of Pennsylvania, will be pres.
ent at this meeting and will discuss
Present Day Tendencies in Education
A permanent organization will be
effected to the end that the conference
may become an unusual affair at the
college.
In the afternoon at / o'clock the
Annual Interscholastic Athletic anc
Baltimore A. c., chief; N. N. Wright
Field. The number of entries for the
various athletic events indicate thai
this will be the largest event of its
kind in the history of the college.
Coach H. B. Shipley and his aide.
have been working for months or
plans for this event and have every
thing in readiness. The committee!
and officials have been named anc
every detail is looked after.
Honorary referees are Mayor E. B
Frazer, H. R. Sharp, Hon. E. C. John
son and Dean E. l.. Smith
Referee and Starter, C. L. S. Roby
Gettysburg.
Custodian of Entries, j. M. LeCato
H. W. Marston, E. E. Ewing.
Judges of Track Events. Prof F
T. Thompson, A. c. Whittier, T. F
Manns, H. T. Ruhl and DR.. E. V
Vaughn.
Judges of Field Events, Timmanus
Field Meet will be held on Frazer
j. P. Cam, G. A. Koerber and R. X
Lamkey.
Scorers, Prof. G. E. Dutton, will
six college students.
Timers, Prof. C. A. McCue. H. R
Tyson, Daniel Thompson, H. w. Nc
Neal and j. McAllster.
Inspectors, DR.. C. C. Palmer, DR.
W. 0. Sypherd, DR.. X. R. Greenfield
r. E. Saleski
Announcer, L. PLAN, chief; R. A
Colpitts, Ben Mayer.
The entertainment committee con
sists of President Mitchell, DR.. Wal
II. Steel, Mayor Duval and A. G.. viii
kinson.