Milford chronicle., 1919-06-27
INSTRUCTIVE LECTURES
ATDELAWARE COLLEGE
REV. NEWELL DWIGHT HILLS, AUTHOR
OF NATIONWIDE REPUTATION, WILL
GIVE SERIES OF TALKS.
OTHER NOTED LECTURERS
One OF THE CHIEF TOPICS TO Be DIS
CUSSED BY THE LECTURERS IS THE
NEW SCHOOL CODE.

The Rev. Newell Dwight Hills
preacher and author Of nationwide
reputation, will open the series Of lee
| lures to be delivered in connection with
/ the summer school OF Delaware Col
! Ilege on Sunday evening, June 30, at
| Wolf Hall. His subject will be: THE
Centennial Of John Ruskin and His Mes
sage to our Country" On the day Of
the opening of the school, Monday. June
30 Dr. Hills will deliver two lectures,
one in the afternoon and one in the
evening. Author Of "A Mans Value to
Society" The Influence Of Christ in
Modern Life and Great Books as Life
Teachers" ;" occupant Of the pulpit from
which Henry Ward Beecher and Lyman
Abbott preached, in the Plymouth
Church, Brooklyn, since 1899; active in
Y. NJ. C. A. work here and abroad, Dr..
Hills will have a message not only to
the teachers of the State, wh0 will as
semble at Newark, but to the public at
large.
Dr.. Hills address is but the opener
Of a string Of lectures by some of the
most distinguished names in American
public life. Among them are: Russell
H. COnwell, president of Temple Uni
versity, and author OF Acres Of Dia-
monds," a lecture which he will deliver
at the summer school on the evening Of
July IS; Henry Robinson Palmer, chief
editorial writer OF the famous PrOvi-
dence Journal, and the pubhcist who de-
voted himself TO unearthing the German
intrigues and drove BernstOrff to light,
who will lecture on 1.-The Newspaper as
an Educational Force in the Making OF
Democracy w. w. Ellsworth, pub
Usher of ROOseyelts books, who will
lecture on Theodore Roosevelt, Ameri-
can" Charles Seymour, just from the
peace table at Paris, who will deliver
three lectures on "The Peace Confer
ence; Charles A. Beard, head of the
Bureau of Municipal Research Of New
York; Chester A. Maxey, who conducted
the State Survey for the Delaware
Council of Defence Dr.. John H. Finley,
poet, Commissioner Of Education Of
New York State, who will lecture on
his Experiences with General Allenby
in Palestine" as well as the subject
Of education; Dr. George D. Strayer, of
Columbia University, president Of the
Education Association, who
will lecture on educational problems, /
md other men and women of national |
'orce and prominence in their respec-
i've fields.
It will be seen that these lecturers
IRE not invited simply to furnish stimu- |
ating entertainment, but will give
Delaware the benefit Of a competent dis [
,ussion OF the questions in which the
State is at present chief interested. /
such, for instance, will be the lectures /
~ Miss Esther E. Lape, one of the best |
lnOwn specialists on AmericanizatiOn. |
rhe survey Of the State, county and city
governments made last fall under the .
State Council of Defence, will be ex-
,lained by Charles A. Beard and Chester
:. MaXey, the leading figures in the .
Bureau Of Municipal Research, the
gency by which the survey was con-
Iucted.
One Of the chief topics to be discussed
" the summer school lecturers is the
ew school code, recently passed by
he Legislature. Men who have been in
los touch with the efforts for educa-
i0nal improvement In Delaware will
larify the new code idea, its back
round and its purpose. Among them
re DR.. S. C. Mitchell, Dr.. Clifford ].
colt, Caleb e. Burchenal, membeD OF (
le State Educational Commission;
harles A. Wagner, superintendent Of
le Chester, Pa, school system; A. R.
paid, Commissioner of Education Of
besides DR.. Frank P. Bach
ian, Of The General Education Board of
ew York; George P. Strayer and John
inley.
The series Of lectures, supplementing a;
le regular curriculum of the summer !
hool, promises to make this session
lie most popular and the most notable !
lat has yet been held at "Old Della 7
are" Present returns show that the {
lrollment will be larger than ever be-
re, and it is anticipated that many
,ople from other parts Of the State,
Ill visit Newark to take advantage Of !
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