Evening journal., 1919-02-20
Washington DAY At
DELAWARE College
Will be Memorial to Stu
dents Who Died in the
World War
DR.. ODELL TO BE
ONE OF SPEAKERS

IT,
NEWARK. Feb. 20-The committee
On arrangements for the memorial ex-
erclses In honor OF Delaware College
men who died in military or naval ser
vice, to be held in Wolf Hall. at $50
O'Clock Saturday afternoon. OF which
Dr.. w. o. Sypherd OF the English De-
partment Is chairman, announces that
Dr.. Joseph II. Odcll will be one OF the
principal speakers. These services will
be held in memory of1the Alumni and
students who made the supreme sacri-
ice in the world war. DR.. Odell is a
speaker Of rare power and his wide ex-
perience and recent visit 10 the front
in France will give special meaning to
the message on that occasion. DR.. 0dell
was formerly an editorial writer for
the Philadelphia Public Ledger and is
a frequent contributor TO the Atlantic
Monthly and the Outlook He is direc-
tor OF the Citizens Service Board OF
Delaware and student OF social and
educational movements. Into the heroic
purposes OF the war Dr. Odell threw
himself with all ardor and he may be
expected TO voice the ideals Of America
in the flnal settlement OF the Allies at
Paris. Dr.. Odell will speak on "The
Colleges and the Nation in the War"
Governor Townsend will make the in
troductory address. Henry Ridgely, OF
Dover. viii speak on "The United
States and the World War" Secretary
OF State Everett c. Johnson, who is q
foFceful speaker and 8 graduate OF the
class OF 1892 will make on address on
'nelaware College at the Call OF Her
Country" The roster Of the dead will
be read BY ]. G. Mcmillan. a member
OF the graduating class. who will also
deliver an address on behalf OF the
studcnt-body William r. Edgar, OF
the class OF 1910, on behalf Of the
Alumni Association, will present a ser
vice flag bearing eight gold stars.
Eight undergraduates and former stu
dents OF the college sacrificed their
lives In various branches Of the SER
wire Many relatives and friends Of
these young men have assured Dean
SHIN. who has been In communica-
ton With them. that they will attend
the service. The committee on ar
rangements has prepared an excep-
tlonaIly .nne program and hopes that
the friends OF the college will accept
the Invitation 10 attend.
The list Of men In whose honor the
service will be held Is os follows:
Rupert Mandell Burston. 1914. major,
u. s. Marines. In command Of a force
OF eleven hundred lighting marines.
Died. September 10, 1918, OF pneumonia,
in q hospital In France.
Mark Donald Dare 1920. 2nd lieuten-
/. ant. Infantry. Died, December 8. 1918.
So pneumonia. at Camp Grant, Illinois.
Dr. John Lee Fisher, 1911. lieutenant,
Medical Corps, u. s. N. r. Died. Sep
TENDER "a i9is. or influenza and pneu-
monia IN Chelsea Naval Hospital, Bos-
ton.
Alfred Rickert Hamel. 1914 captain,
A. E. F. Killed In action
somewhere In France during the sum-
mer OF 1918.
Michael NJ. Hershman. 1920 Rank I'M
Known. Killed in infantry action some
where in France during the summer Of
1918.
Samuel Taylor Lambert, 1920. Cap
tain OF a gun crew on U. S. S. Orizaba.
Accidentally killed. August II, 1918. by
the premature explosion Of q depth
bomb.
James Allison oDaniel, 1918, ist lieu
tenant sviaton Killed July q, 1918,
IN an airplane accident at Camp Coet-
qlidan. Brittany. France.
Lawrence Raymond Witsil, 1918. Cor /
poral. Recommended for promotion to |
2nd lieutenancy. Died, October q, 1918, |
Of influenza and pneumonia while in
training with i54th Depot Brigade,
Camp Meade. Maryland.