Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-21
REPORT ON WORK OF
DELAWARE COLLEGE
President Mitchell Sets Out Con-
dition and Needs Of Institu-
ton to the Trustees.


and needs az the institution. PRESIDENT
N;tchelIs report il in part as follows:
The winter agricultural school was
rlcr;.{efI s,,cccss, 100 persons bcing cn-
rnl,rd .M these, AZ. were achievement
champions representing more than l,Ooo
hoys and girls organized IN agricultural
clubs throughout tho State under the
direction OF Theodore 1. Martin. Miss
Agnes NIedill and their co-workers IN the
different counties The tractor school,
nnder tho conduct of Professor G. 4.
Hancock. was marked feature. In the
evening there were popular lectures and
moving pictures, illustrating different
phases OF farm life. Dean Robinson enter
tanned the entire group one afternoon at
the Women's College. The whole week was
full OF inspiration, and especial gratitude
, Is due, TO those who directed the various
activities, especially TO Dean G. a. Me-
Cue. NJ. @. Pence, State leader OF ex--
tension; T. T. Martin, State leader of
club work: A. d. Cobb, county agent for
Kent county, and NJ. c. Vaughan, county
agent for Sussex county
SUMMER SCHOOL FOR 1920
Plans for the Summer School for teach
ers, beginning June Is and continuing to
August e. have kcen outlined by Professor
William A. Wilkinson. the director, as
follows:
The courses of instruction to be offered
this wear have been elected with special
reference to the needs of rural end eie-
mentarv teachers and of high school
taarhers who do not have college de-
gree. A greater variety Of subjects + being
offered this year than formerly.
The instructional staff Will consist ot
teachers selected from the faculties OF
Delaware College and the Women 5 Col
legr OF Delaware and few others who are
recognized experts in teacher training
A bulletin giving complete information
concerning the summer session Is IN
preparation and will be ready Tor distribu-
tion about March ID.
ENGINEERING.
Professor Firinan Thompson, as acting
dean of engineering. has taken charge OF
the department with his characteristic
energy, Judgment and administrative
ability. These items from his report as to
the new men and measures will be OF
interest
Professor Rolsrt W. Thoroughbred. a
native OF Georgetown Delaware, q
graduate of Iehigh University with teach |
i,g experience at Cornell, Lafayette and
more recently in chArge cf civil engineer
ing af the University OF Florida has been
appointed professor of civil engineering
aud head of the department OF civil
Engineering
Professor Howard X Preston. a grad,i- !
ate of LAFAYETTE College, and formerly a |
yer, successful instructor here, has been |
appointed as professor OF mathematics and |
engineering.
Leo Blumherg, graduate of Delaware |
College and also a former instructor here, /
was appointed an instructor in mechanical /
engineering in charge of drawing.
Frederick A. Thone, a graduate ot /
Stevens Institute of Technology. has been
appointed rs an instructor IN mechanical /
drawing.
These men assumed their ds;ties at the
beginning OF The second term and there
has been no interruption IN the instruction
81 work.
TEMPORARY BUILDINGS.
The temporary buildings for the engl-- |
ncerins department are now IN course oi /
erection and will be completed rs RAPIDLY |
rs weather conditions will permit hose |
lNlildinps. three in number. originally used !
lev the di Pont Company. as storehouses at
Psrlin y j.. We're torn down and shipped
to Newark, arriving here the latter part OF !
January. about SIX weeks later than was
expected They are frame buildings, 20
feet long bv 50 feet wide, one story high, /
md are being reconstructed IN the same
form IS they stood originally. These
buildings. when completed. will house the
entire electrical engineering department,
. laboratory for testing highway materials.
= drawing room and an industrial chemical
laboratory.
Orders have been piaced for over $50
600 worth OF engineering equipment, |
much Of which has already arrived and /
VIII be installed as rapidly as possible
AGRICULTURAL. TfsacIlERs-
Professor r. w Helm has made good i
beginning the present term IN organizing /
two classes for agricultural teachers. | he /
class IN the history OF vocational education /
has u students, and the class IN teaching |
vocational agriculture Especial methods |
has three seniors
Walter T. Bradley of Philadelphia. a |
native of smyrna and IN his boyhood /
resident of Newark, has not only present /
cd recently valuable list of books TO the |
library, but has also induced bis friends TO /
purchase similar lists OF books furnished by 1
DIR. W. Q. Sypherd. our librarian. The |
library Is a dynamo OF the college. Our /
present building is hopelessly Inadequate. |
The most conspicuous site on the campus /
has been set aside for q new library build /
ing. which should dominate the whole |
group in keeping with its character and |
Importance
GIFT or pU PoNT WIRELESS.
The drl Ponf Company has presented 10 !
Delaware College the wireless outfit /
formerly on top Of the hotel IN Whining |
ton. II is a powerful apparatus, sending |
messages more than thousand miles and |
receiving messages from points as distant |
as Panama II will be OF immediate |
service IN nstructing our students and |
will probably be installed above the |
temporary engineering buildings.
The board has been pleased TO learn |
that the portraits OF George Evans, who |
for so many years was secretary-treasurer |
of the college, and DR. Albert n. Raub, |
former president, have been recently !
painted by c. s. Hammett and are to be |
presented to the college by MIR. and Mrs. |
Charles b. Evans
We mourn the death OF one of our board |
IN the person of Joseph n Hossinger, an |
alurnnus OF the college in the class OF 81, |
who served as trustee of the institution |
from 1908 until the time of bis death on |
January 20. For many years he beld the |
vtally important post OF chairman OF the /
committee on agriculture.
HIGHER sIASDAEDs OF SCHOLARSHIP
Application has been made 10 the Cen |
eral Education Board To share in the great /
glit made 10 them for the purpose OF IN |
cToasiag the salaries OK college professors. /