Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-14
Al UMN| ASSOCIATION
Of DELAWARE COLLEGE
Reunion and Banquet Bring Out
Resolves of Renewed Interest
in Alma Mater.

Special Correspondence Of Every Evening
Newark. June H. More interest in all
activities of their Alma Mater the coming
college year was the slogan adopted by the
Delaware College Alumni Association at
the annual reunion and dinner held Satur-
day evening in Old College. More than
hundred "old grads" were back, and
it was the first time that many Of them
have appeared or the campus for many |
wears. Members Of the faculty were guests |
at the dinner.
At the business meeting previous 70
the dinner. Secretary of State Everett =.
Johnson was elected president of the
Alumni Association Richard 5. Rodney
was elected vicc-president and Professor
George T. Dutton secretary and treasurer
The following ways and means committee
was named: Carl Harrington, chairman;
A. r. Egmont Horn, Eugene II. shalt
cross. George n Davis and Leroy y.
Steele. DR. Walter II. Steel and J. Pearce
Cam were elected members of the Athletic
Council 10 represent the alumni.
George n Davis was toastmaster at
the dinner and Chancellor Charles NJ.
Curtis was the first speaker. lie gave
short sketch Of the educational career oi
the new PRESIDENT DIR. Hullihen, and said
he had been highly recommended TO the
committee He asked for him the support
Of the alumni. Chancellor Curtis also
paid a tribute to the work Of DIR. Mitchell
the retiring president whose name was
greeted with applause.
Dean r. Lawrence Smith, who ls
nresident Of the Athletic Council, told
Of the a chievements of Delaware athletic
teams during the year just ending, which
has been about the most successful Della
ware hes ever had on the athletic field
Clarence A Short, former member of
the faculty. made an earnest plea for more
interest in the college on the part oi the
alumni. The alumni has been asleep and
Is lust beginning 10 wake up. You should
take more interest in the college, said Mr.
Short.
f. y. Nallandigham Of the class Of '73
who followed recently wrote a history OF
Delaware College for the last fifty wears
which IS attracting favorable comment
from all who have seen 1t. This Is the
tiftieth anniversary Of the reopenine OF
the college following the Clvii war.
Mr.. Nallandigham entered the college
the first year that il was reopened, 1870
His view was optimistic, and he saw
bright future for the college under the
leadership of the new president, Dr
iIulhhen.
Dean Charles A. McCue Of the sericul-
ture department, one of the guests, told
something Of the work in his department
and also of the wounded soldiers sent TO
Delaware by the War Department for
vocational education principally in agrl-
culture.
Secretary of State johnson asked the
cooperation of the members next year.
Old alumni members present at the dinner
were:
Class of 1878, Edward n Vallandighsm
1874, Rev John Newton Huston of Glen
olden, Pa; 1878. Walter c. Curtis,
Thomas Davis and George Morgan;
1877, Chancellor Charles NJ. Curtis:
1886 Charles B. Evans; 1898, Francis A.
Cooch; 1894, George l.. Townsend, Jr.;
1895, Carl Harrington and Frank n
Hvson; 1895, DR.. W. Owen Sypherd,
Dean T. Laurence Smith and Professor
C. A. Short; 1898, George y. Davis;
1899. Louis DuHadway, Everett {. John
son, George l.. MedIll.
Members of the trustees who remained
in Newark and faculty members were
guests.
The Trustees, ~ Saturday gave q vote
Of thanks to MIR. Nallandigham for the
history Of the college prepared by him and
TO Dean Smith for the quinquennlal
catalogue Of graduates recently gotten
up by him and just published This csta-
logue gives the name and address of every
living graduate as far as it was possible
to learn them, and there are few if any.
commissions IL shows that previous to the
reopening Of the college, in 1870, there had
been 126 graduates and since that wear
there have been SAL. The largest classes
were In 1911 and l9I5-3S each year
so the class graduating today, SO, is
the largest by one in the history of the
college.