Evening journal., 1920-02-21

permanent installation OF this valuable
material should he made at once.
Agricultural Teachers.
Professor n. w Helm has made a
good beginning the present term In or
Canlzng Two classes for agricultural
teachers. The class In the History OF
Vocational Education. has twelve stu
dents. and The class in Teaching Noca-
i'onal Agriculture Especial mcthOdsl has
three seniors. AS the high schools
throughout the nation are establishing
pOslt ons for the teaching OF agrlcul-
ture. the openings for men thus trained
are great Twenty-th~ee su'h ceniers
have already been established In Della
ware alone The demand Is so great
for iearhers OF agriculture that Pro-
fessor Helm has placed one OF his own
seniors. Frank p. McCardell. In the New
ark High School. 10 finish ont the pres
eni school year. These agricultural 20
sltiOns in the high schools pay fair sal
aries and open up a wide field OF growth
and usefulness. Young men would do
well TO embrace such a career as the
teaching Of griculture In the high
schools opens out
Books OF Water r. Bradley.
Waller T Bradley OF Philadelphia.
a native OF Smyrna. and in his boyh0od
a resident OF Newark has not only pre-
senied recently. a valuable lisl OF books
10 The library, but has also induced his
friends to purchase similar lists OF
books furnished by Or. w. c. Sypherd,
our librarian.
Gift OF dupont Wireless
THE dupont Company has presented
to Delaware College the wireless out
o. on top Of the hotel In Wilm ng-
ton. II is a powerful apparatus. send
ing messages more than thousand
miles and receiving messages from
points as distant as Panama. II will
BE- Of imm date service in instructing
our students and VIII probab y be in
stalled shove 3he temporary engineer
ing buildings The cooperation OF the
dupont Company In this gift is sin
re ely appreciated
pOrtra Is Of George Evans and DIR. Raub
The Board has been pleased 10 learn
hat the pOrralts OF GrO"ge Evans,
who for so many years was secretary
treasurer OF me College and Or Alert
" Raub. former president have been
I
are TO be presented TO The Coll q by
Mr.. and Mrs Charles B. Evans These
are regarded as excellent likcnesses
and Will constitute a valued addit on Ia
he gallery Of portraits With Is be-
ing gradually built up by the Col
lCge. ! should like for the friends OF
The inS. tut.on 10 know what insp'ra-
ton comes in our daily work IN having
upon our walls the pOrtra Is Of such
m n as Professor f Fiede-ic II. Rob n
son, Dr.. Theodore r Wolf, John c
Stock'ey and Manlove Hayes.
I'VE mourn the death Of one OF our
board In the p rsOn OF Joseph u. Hos
singer. an alumnus OF the college in
the class Of 81, who ser, ed as trustee
Of the Institution from 1908 until the
time OF his death on January 20 For
many years he ID the vitality i'm
p0rtanl post Of chairman OF the COM
m ltec on agriculture. In every rela-
ton he showed devotion 10 the college.
breadth OF view and solidity Of Judg-
ment.
Higher Standards OF Scholarship.
Application has been made to the
General Education Board 10 share In
the great gift made to them for the
purpose OF increasing the salaries OF
college professors. While we hope for
help from that board. we must face the
fact that the increases In The salaries
Of our own professors through the
emergency fund are temporary and in
adequate. Sound policy dictates that
we should have better paid professors
and better prepared students In pur-
suance OF this policy, the faculty are
stiffening the entrance requirements In
accordance with the rising standards
and the growing facilities OF The high
schools throughout the State.
Everything points 10 the fact That
the normal attendance Of the two c,l-
leges will soon be about 1--WE hundred
students. The main effort hencef0rth
should he to organize a faculty suiil-
ciently strong 10 train such a body Of
youth In sound learning This means
rilloint departments. and The efficiency
OF the department. depends largely
upOn the head Stability in the fac
ulty Is a prime factor Experience has
shown that under The present high
cOst OF living we cannot hold men OF
nrst-rale ability In these respons bic
positions unless they are paid a salary
IN keeping wFh The demands upon
them md their homes in Newark.
Il am glad. therefore that the FL
nance and Executive Committees are
I recommending 10 you that we under
take 10 raise ahree millions OF dollars
as an endowment a million and a half
for streng' hening the faculty and
like sum for buildings End equipment.
we properly look to the state and to
The Legislature for the maintenance
| Of Delaware College but for growth
we must depend upon the alumni and
friends who regard education as an
investment In personality and ideas
that make for better citizenship. ma
terial progress, and achievement in the
realm OF science. art. and religion.
There are men and women who realize
that The welfare of this Stale depends
on the proper training as leaders Of the
body Of youth gathered In these two
colleges. Endowment adds 20 their
efficiency. and enables the Board OF
Trustees to chart their course accord
I ing 10 the ch'nging needs Of the peO-
pie and expanding ideals in education.
n these facts can he brought home. I
am firm In the BELIEF that far-sig4lted
men and women Will give the three
million dollars needed for growth.
"A revised ground plan OF the two
COLLEGES is being prepared for the
cataloge at the quest Of the committee
on grounds and buildings. Certain sig
nincani changes are suogr rsted in the
proposed location Of educational build
| ings around the lower green. For in
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