Evening journal., 1920-06-05

from embarrassing questions direct
ed TO laying bare what they did not
know Of the lesson In hand by a we'll
put query tending 10 draw out cop
iOusly what Professor Porter did not
know upon some other subject"
1T was darkly whispered among the
students and throughout the commun-
ity," says Mr.. Nallandigham, that Dr.
Wolf was that awful new thing, an
eyoutionlst, that as like as not he be-
lieved almost any fellows great
grandfather had been an anthropold
ape. He disappointed the censorlous,
however, by attending church, and
making no attempt at Darwinian
propaganda"
The bare and severely simple condi-
tions Of Old College in the seventies
the author pictures In pitlless detail.
There were" he says, no toilet con-
Veniences OF any kind in the building,
and students hathed where and when
they could. Fortunately for personal
sanitation. White Clay Creek was near
al hand There was no general heat
ing system, so that the individual
rooms had TO be heated with stoves.
There was no general lighting system,
so that every student had 10 have q
lamp Of his own and a supply Of coal
oil. bought, borrowed or Otherwise
acquired" ,,
College sports were as crude as all
else, and there were no intercologlate
games. zone student brought to Col
lego a bicycle OF antique type win
two wooden wheels Of equal size, and
rather crude steering gear Upon this
odd machine something like half the
students learned 10 ride, and us pom
derous siurdincss enabled u 10 with
stand for many months such nrom's-
cuous use As u seldom moved with
out at luast two persons aboard, Us
endurance was a high tribute 20 the
excellence OF It's material and the ar
tlculation OF It's parts
Mischief occupied much or the stu,
dents time In the early seventies, ano
Mr.. Nallandigham compares the cruae
art then Displaced in College prank'
10 the work or the nallad-inaklne
period Of literature, or the early ltal.
ian attempts at painting. rs Was v
be expected. the art soon outgreW w
cruder condition. and came 10 eAnlpll
hreedth N conception. boldness OF de.
sirn nractlced technical ease, and al
nc same time rare perfection of Dc
tsn aHe proves his thesis by a DC
tailed account OF a prank belonging I,
what he calls the high renaissance ol
me art philosophizing upon sludenl
mischief Mr.. Nallandigham concluueS
ssrhe student OF any particular tlmc y
q traitor 10 his Alma Mater y ne zen,
his example. council, or influence ~
v,hatever sort 20 acts that may tenc
a. transmit the Institution 10 the stu
derf hodv OF the future a less enecllN
instrnment OF education than II nigh
| have been" ,n. ,
nsges is a record Of the hard time
IN Ia the opening Of Dr. Harter's az
ministration. and Chaper III. "Mon
ernization.~ tells in sixteen PAGES th'
story OF that administration, win Una
~ the establishment OF the Agrlcul
tl,ral Experiment station. and the de
yelonment OF cpllege sports.
I'm Chapter ". Expansion occu
pying "a pages, Is narrated inc nlsllor,
| al Inc last six years. Here ihe shai
OF Delaware College IN TWO wars
discussed, the beautifying OF vlu 20,
lege rs described, and the events lesn s,l
/ ing up 10 many recent changes IN w
faculty are set forth; There are man man
! references to the Women c3il,s ", w.
in this chapter, though a detalleto hes "a.
raiive Of It's founding iolloMs we ~
count of the disconilnuance Of CO
education In Chapter II. The Appen
dix contains a rapid sketch OF Della
ware College from its charterins u
is33 to 1859, a necrology, In which az
near the names OF those lost in n
world war and sketches OF Dr. @. W
! Marshall. Judge w. n. Martin. Levi
G. Vandegrft. II. II. Curtis, }. !
Frazer and others. in addition I