Newark post., 1920-07-28
PRESIDENT S. c.
MITCHELL LEAVES
FRIDAY MORNING
Complimentary Dinner Ten
dered by Summer School
Thursday Evening


will spend their annual vacation
and will proceed thence TO Rich
mond, Virginia. Enrou,e 10 Maine
they stopped off at Montclair, N.
j., where they saw for the first
time their first grandchiid, Morris
Randolph Mitchell, Jr., whose ar
rival, noted a few weeks ago, oc-
Cured while DR.. Mitchell was at
Blue Ridge, where he was one of
the lecturers in a Summer School
maintained for Y. M. C. A. secre-
taries.
After spending the remainder of
the summer in Maine, DR.. and Mrs.
Mitchell will go directly to Rich
mond, where the college has pur-
chased home for them.
Abundant testimorniai to the es-
TEEN in which the family is held
in the town was furnished by the
number of social affairs given in
their honor during the last few
weeks, of their stay here. In addi-
tion to- those noted in this paper
last week, there was tea given
by Professor and Mrs. w. A. Wilk-
inson on Thursday afternoon and
a farewell dinner by the Summer
School students in the evening.
In addition to the guests OF honor
there were also present, Professor
and Mrs. w. A. Wilkinson, Dean
Winifred j. Robinson and Miss
Hall. Miss Mary E. Rich was
toastmistress A solo was given by
Miss Dora Wilcox, director of
music for the Summer School and
numerous original songs composed
by the students complimentary to
DR.. Mitchell were sung at intervals
during the dinner.
Speeches expressive of regret at
the departure of the Mitchell fam
lily and appreciative of the service
rendered the State, the community
and the Summer School were given
by the speakers for each of these
Miss Roberta Burton of Sea-
ford, president of the Self Govern
ment Association, rendered the
greetings of the present Summer
School to the retiring president,
and the best wishes of the stu
dents for success in his new field
of labor.
Miss M. E. Rohr, a member of
the Women's College anG Summer
School faculty, who had known
DR.. Mitchell previous to his COM
ing to Delaware, spoke eloquently
of the power of his personality
and inspiration OF his learning
and of his genial optimism upon
the young teachers of the State.
Mary l.. Powers of the Newark
Post, on behalf of the community
and of past Summer Schools,
lauded the community spirit and
hte kind neighborliness of DR..
Mitchell as a citizen of the town,
and as a friend and advisor to
those who attended the first Sum
mer Schools.
@ DR.. Mitchell responded in stir
ring speech whose theme was the
power for good that can be exert
ed by the teacher in raising the
standard of intelligent citizenship
and intoxicating ideals of service
which will enable this nation to
retain leadership in the work of
the world. He reminded the teach
ers that this influence will not
bear fruitage for many years, but
that in every instance the sum
total of good in the world will be
augmented by the results of their
labors. To illustrate his point he
made reference to the fact that
among the students in Summer
School this session is Miss Ida
Kay of Seaford who guided the
first steps and was one of the first
sources of inspiration to Rodney
Sharp, now a trustee and benefac-
tor of Delaware College, and him
self a source of inspiration to the
young men whose friend he has
become.
The speaker lauded the progress
made by Delaware in the matter OF
public education and the forward,
looking policy adopted by hel
leaders. He urged his hearers tc
build for the future and to keep
ever their minds fixed on raising
the standard of intelligent citizen
ship and closing the huge gap that
exists between the fine type OF