Evening journal., 1921-06-11
BANNER YEAR
FOR |. OF D.
REPORTS SHOW
Confined from First Page.


Locates. who has resigned to go to
Johns Hopkins: c. A Williams. an
Instructor. who has resigned because
Of III health. and Miss Dikeman, Of
the Women's College. who has given
up teaching.
Authority TO fill these places and
also to appoint the following addi-
tional members of the instructional
staff was given by the board. A
professor OF Social Science and |
Philosophy: An instructor in Eng /
lish and History; An instructor in
Modern Languages and assistants in /
various departments. The appoint /
ments will be made later.
The following recommendation |
made by the committee on instruc-
tion was carried out relative 10 the |
departmental plan: THE dean OF a
school in addition TO his other duties
shall have special supervisory charge
Of the work I'm all departments in
which there is no supervising head.
"Only those departments which
have at least one full professor and
two or more instructors with the
rank Of assistant-professor or higher
may have a supervising head. Heads
Of departments shall be elected as
such by the Board OF Trustees on
/ recommendation of the Committee
on Instruction."
The board acted favorably on a
recommendation that In the Depart
ment Of History there be a chair Of
American History and Politics and a
chair Of European History and DIR.
+. V. Vaughn was named head OF
the former and DR.. W. L. Bevan,
head Of the latter.
Professors Kirkbride and Brinton
were excused from attendance on
commencement in order to take
passage for France for foreign study
during the summer.
The board accepted the act passed
by the last Legislature changing the
name Of the institution TO University
Of Delaware.
1t was reported 10 the board by the
. committee on grounds and building,
that contract had been entered
into with the Federal Board at
, Washington which will provide S10,-
500 for the erection Of a building in
the rear OF Wolf Hall for the use
OF the Rehabilitation Department
D. made necessary because OF the
% growth Of the department It will
% be a frame building and will con-
] sist OF an office. class rooms. club
room and dining-room sufficient 70
- accommodate 100 men. Work will
{ probably be started on this building
e soon.
s Authority was given the Sigma
e Phi Epsilon Fraternity TO proceed
with the construction Of frat
r house on the campus in accordance
: with specifications previously sub
d mitted and approved by the execu'
tive committee. The trustees severa
years ago ruled that any new frat
houses erected would have to be OF
the campus and the Sigma Phi Ep
sllon will be the first one OF tn
"frats" to build. The work vii
probably be started shortly. The 10
cation selected Is near the automo
bile entrance to Frazer Field wher'
IL will overlook that field. An OLE
|. barn is now standing on the spot
i The trustees agreed to give the fra
t. ternity the stone and material II
4 this old barn in case It is wanted
There is a feeling among the trus
tees that all "frats" should be re
stricted to $50. 900 as the cost o
n fraternity houses. The plans map
,r ped out for the proposed frat it
he said provide for the expenditure o
d about $4,000. The fraternities Wi
likely get a 90 year lease on tn
Id property so that arrangements ca
IN be made for getting a mortgage.
as This commencement closes tn
first year Of the administration G
is DIT. Walter Hullihen as presiden
be In a report to the board Of trustee
" this morning DIR. Hullihen gave
ro summary Of the work and activitie
III of the university during the year.
10 He said 800 students are enrolle
in the Mems College and 179 in III
al Women's College. He referred
the importance of maintaining III
standard Of scholarship at a hig
n level and Of the determination
on keeping the standard Of requiremei
ne in all subjects equal to that Of an
al. institution in the land.
of DR.. Hullihen referred to the nee
er Of an adequate library and librai
an building. and said the Alumni ASS
en- citation had a plan under consider
lis tion for a campaign to raise mon'
5. to build a new library and mainta
il but that 1t probably would not
launched until some time next ye
when economic conditions may a
A ford better prospect Of success.
"A The report tells OF the lar
amount of research work being ca
ried on by members OF the faculti
- as follows;
re- "An appreciable impulse to q
hi prosecution of research and grad
IN ate work seems to have been Civ
snt to the resolutions of the Boa
"a earlier in the year relating to II
.rh subject.
Miss Drake will complete pie
ne Of research. upon which she h
ma been engaged, at Chicago this SUI
:, mer.
,n Professor Harris will spend Il
~ full summer quarter Of eleven wee
h,, in graduate study at the Universi
~, Of Chicago this summer.
Professor Miller is engaged up
m a research problem in his own
is boratory on the electrolysls of
its organic salts in pyridine. the resu
Of which he hopes to publish VIII
completed.
G.. Assistant Professors Brinton a
ers Kirkbride viii spend the ent
leir summer in graduate study at I