Evening journal., 1920-02-21
MAKE PLANS FOR
SUMNER SCHOOL
Enrolment 4 Delaware and
Women's Colleges Will
SoonReach 500
PRESIDENT MITCHELL
REPOR7S TO TRUSTEES
specIal 10 he EvenIng journal.

A
OF greatlmportance TO tho Institution
were dlsussed. Dr. Samuel C. Mitchell.
presldeB OF the college in an interest
ing reptt told Of plans that are being
made ff the summer school next sum-
mer aJ also OF The success Of the Win
Ter Agicultursl School held during the
Christmas and New Years holidays.
Or. MtchelI's report also goes into de-
yelorments dnring the COLLEGIATE year
and plans ioI the future The report
follows.
To The Boay Of Trustees OF Delaware
College.
GentlemenfThe Winter Agricultural
School wal a decided success. One
hundred andtwenty-twO persons were
enroll d. q these AZ were achieve
ment champins representing more than
1000 BOYS ad girls organized In agri-
cultural clOs throughout the State
under the dbctiOn OF Theodore T. Mar
lin. Miss mes Med'll and th7ir CO.
workers in he different counties.
in spite I the fact That the school
was made p OF young and old. there
was a spiribf unity in both the life and
work Thl Tractor School. under the
conduct olProfessor 6. f. Hancock.
was a mafd feature. The whole week
was fun II inspiration. and especial
gratitude due TO those who directed
Inc varioi activities. especially to Dean
e 4 Mcie, VI. o Pence. Stale Leader
of Extenbn; T. T Martin, Slate leader
of Club York; A. D. Cobb. county
agent n Kent county. and NJ C.
Vaurha county agent for Sussex
county,
summe School for 1920.
"pIai FOR the Summer School for
teache beginning June %. and con-
tinuintO August 6, have been outlined
nv pressOr William A. Wilkinson, the
dirrcf. as follows:
I'll cOu ses Of instruction TO be Of
fersthis year have been selected with
snet reference 10 the needs Of rural
andlemen,ary teachers and Of High
Sclll teachers who do not have a col
iericg ee A greater variety OF sub
icl IS being offered this year than
foierly
The instrucliOnal staff VIII consist OF
tchers selected q ON the faculties Of
Jaware College and the WOmen's
llege OF Delaware and a few others
no are recognized experts In teacher
aiming.
TIE College has recently adopted a
policy for giving cr,d for Summer
School work. which conforms TO the
practices followed in similar institu-
tons This feature Of the summer ses-
sions will be OF espec al interest to
teachers who may wish to work to-
ward the completion Of either The two
year teachers course In the Women's
or a fOur-year course leading
10 a college degree. Under the plan
adoptrd. it is possible for a student
to earn a full years credit in four
sessions.
"A bulletin g.v'ny complete informa-
tion concerning the summer SESSION IS
IN preparation and will be ready for
i'sir button shout March 10.
Engineering.
professor Firman Thompson. as act
ing dean OF engineering, hls taken
charge OF the department. with his char
acter.stlc energy. iud ment and admin
is,raiive ability These items from his
rem RI as TO the new men and measures
will br OF interest:
prof cssor Robert w. Thoroushgood.
A native OF Georgetown. Delaware, a
graduste OF Lehigh University, with
lea ching experience at Cornell. la
flvette and more recently in charge Of
civil engineering at the University OF
Florida. has been appointed professor
Of civil engineering and head Of the
d parlment Of civil engineering.
"PrOsessor Howard X. Preston.
graduate Of Lafayette College. and for
merly a very successful Instructor
here. has been appointed as professor
OF mathematics and engineering.
Leo Blumberg. a graduate OF Della
ware College, and also a fDrmer in
ltructOr here, was appolntedan instruc-
Tor in mechanical engineering in charge
of drawing.
ION account Of the large increase in
the number Of engineering students. II
became apparent early in ihe year that
an additional instructor lin drawing.
which Is work requiring 1 great deal OF
individual attention, was imperative.
Accordingly Mr.. Frederick A Thone. a
graduate OF Stevens Inditute OF Tech
nology. has been appointed as an In
structOr in mechanical drawing.
All OF Illt-t iIltl dfcNllfl lltlI uu-
ties at the beginning Of the second
term and there has been no Interrupt
ton in the instructbnal work In my
opinion the cOllegefs fortunate in Sc
curing men OF sucH hish ability to M
these positions on such short notice
and at a time whin commercial engin-
eering positions ire unusually attrac-
tive.
TEMPORARY BuildnTs.
"The iemnorat hulldinrs for the En-
gineering Department are nov in course
NJ erection AM will he comnleied as
rsnidlv as weaher conditions will per-
mit These hi'ldngs, lhres IN num-
be- originals used by the dupont
Comnanv as i'o-ehouses at Parlin N.
we~e torn1owr and Skinned 70 New
oil arrivinrhero tho 'af'or na~i Of Ian
-. shouisix weers la'e- iha1 woe
o,,oc,ed tlev 4-o Franc hu'ld'n~s n
,,,, iono " m Feet wide one-s'orv
81, ord are hn'ng rec0ns'-ur'ed ~
a.. ono nm a. 'hev s'ood or'g'0a'lv
- co,efEo aNia we too ~
,,he. h'i'le u win he nrcessarv 10
oss,diit'onai lumber nri8c'nallv
49, 20 at-ai'on NJ the 'nie~'o- a~~an~e-
-, wv wiz he completed within the
n.aronht'nn made for the purpnse
Those hiid'ngs, when comnlo'ed VIII
hnrsoi me entire electrical engineering
do,arnent. laboratory for testing
Ssab,sv materials. a drawing room and
~ ,5ustrial chemical laboratory.
perrSnent Equinment.
"crlers have been placed for over $50
ooo worth OF engineering equipment
yo,,h OF which has already arrived and
wi be installed as rapidly as possible.
rrls Is first class equipment OF a per-