Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-03
RODNEY PORTRAIT
GIVEN TO COLLEGE
BY JOHN P. N|ELDS
Picture of Noted Delawarean, VINO
Was Acknowledgement OF
United States.
OTHER AFFAIRS OF COLLEGE

Il
Special Correspondence of Every Evening
Newark, June 3--Former United States
District Attorney John =. Nields of Will
mington last hight, on behalf of his
daughter. Ann Nields. presented to Della
ware College a portrait of Caesar Au-
gustus Rodney. The subject of the por-
trait. whose home was i'll Wilmington.
was nephew of Caesar Rodney who
made the noted ride to Philadelphia to
sign the Declaration of Independence. lie
served in Congress with distinction and
was Acknowledgement under both Jcttcr--
son and Monroe The portrait was painted
from an original that hangs IN the At
torney-General's office Mt Washington.
The presentation was made IN the
lounge room of Old College Hall and MIR.
Ncilds made an unusually interesting
address. touching on the history of some
of Delawarc's famous men of a century
AGO He suggested il would be an excellent
thing If Delaware College was presented
with the portraits of other famous Della
ware men of that day making a group OF
eight or ten.
Miss Anna Nields, who gave the por-
trait. is granddaughter OF Thomas J;
Craven of Salem. y j.. who graduated
from Delaware College in 1858.
woMEN's COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT.
Dean Winifrcd ]. Robinson has about
COMPLETED HE program for the commence
mont exercises ut the Nomcns College.
Glass Dav exercises will be held on SatIr-
tay June II. The ivy planting Grafton
will be delivered by Miss Helen Bishop.
Miss Alice l.. Room viii rccltc the class
pocm and Miss Lillian Butt will present
the class gift. That afternoon a reception
will he gwen members Of the graduating
class hv DIR. and Mrs Samuel G. Mitchell
AZ their home The Knoll The Alumnae
BANQUET will be held at the New Century
Club nj e 50 o'clock in the evening and
later there will be ster singing at the
college. Later Dean Robinson will hold q
reception and later will give q dance IN
honor Of the seniors.
On SUNDAY June Is tho haccalaureatc
sermon will he preached hy tho Rev.
Nndrcw Mulch.
Monday afternoon juno II, commence
mcnt exercises bill be held and the address
~ the graduates made by Elizabeth
Kcmpcr Adams. Her subject Will be
The new Professional Spirit" Before
the war DIR. Adams was professor Of educa-
tion IT Smith College and now she IS with
Roston. During the war she was Director
az Women's appointments with the Inter
collegiate Bureau at Washington
The list Of graduates this year follows:
Helen Baylis Bancroft. Wyoming; Anna
Elizabeth Beebe, Lewes; Helen Grace
Bishop. Doylestown. Pa: Lillian Grace
Butt. Dover: Nellie Nav Campbell.
Narshalton' Mary Virginia Davis. Cecil
ton. Md Virginia McC leavy Harrington
and Louise Anna Nelson, Harrington
Martha Bernice Hastings, Laurel. Eliza
beth Sheppard Howell. Camden; Helen
Louise Millikin and Alice Lincoln Roop,
Wilmington; Lena Ruth Messick, Bridge
vile
nEcLAMArIoN CONTEST
In Wolf Hall. this evening. the annual
nlhlic speaking contest for members Of
the Freshman class Of Delaware College
will he held. The following students have
qualified T.. D. Brandt, Robert Betty. Jr,
! NJ. Baxter, q. l.. Z. Linn, ]. III Pyle
and c. y. Wade They will compete for
three prizes 500. SIS and $40 offered by
the Alumni Association.
The Senior class of the Newark high
school will hold their class day exercises
AZ the New Century Club tomorrow
evening. The commencement exercises
will be held in the Opera House next
Tuesday evening. The graduating class
numbers twentv-two this wear. The Rev.
Charles l.. Candee of Wilmington viii
Drrach the class sermon in Newark Presby-
terrain Church next Sunday evening.
The annual reunion and banquet Of the
High School Alumni Association will he
Ill S.+p-Ia,- ax-aniY,oy II, Old (pllprn II II