Milford chronicle., 1921-06-10
LOWER COUNTIES
HAVE II GRADUATES
AT The UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE ON
MONDAY NEXT---THE INTEREST WILL
DRAW MANY PEOPLE.
MORE THAN so GRADUATES
LARGEST NUMBER In HISTORY OF The
INSTTTUTION-BISHOP COOK DELIV-
ERS BACCALAUREATE SERMON.

To residents of Kent County the
commencement exercises at the I'm
iversity of Delaware, Newark, next
Monday, will be of special interest as
seven young men of Kent county are
members of the graduating class.
They are: Irving Hook Boggs and Ar
thur Farquhar Spaid of Dover; Thorn
as Wilmer Holland of Smyrna; Char
les Thomas Attix, of Kenton; John Ar
Dold Barnard Of Wyoming; Harry Her
man Jones, of WOOdside, and George
Massey Sipple of Milford.
This commencement will mark the
ending of the first year of the insti-
tuition under the administration of DR..
Walter Hullihen as president and the
first commencement since the insti-
tuition was changed to a university. 1t
will also be notable from the fact that
the class to graduate numbering more
than so is the largest in the history
of the institution. Bishop Phillip Cook
will deliver the baccalaureate sermon
to the classes of both the Mems and
the Women's Colleges in Wolf Hall at
IL o'clock Sunday morning. Profess
iVersity will make the address to the
graduating class of the Mems College
on the college campus at 1880 o.
clock Monday morning and Mrs.
Nancy Schoonmaker, of Hartford,
Conn, will speak to the graduates of
the Women's College that afternoon.
Seven Kent Graduates
The seven Kent County bows who
will graduate have been unusually
prominent in most all branches of col
Iege activities during their four years
at Delaware. Arthur F. Spaid of Do
yer and Charles Thomas Attix of
Kenton, are finishing the Arts and
Science Course; Irving Hook BOggs
of Dover and George Massey Sipple
of Milford, are civil engineers; Thorn
as Wilmer Holland of Smyrna, chemi-
cal engineer and John Arnold Bar
nard of Wyoming and Harry Herman
Jones of Woodside, have specialized
in agriculture.
Sipple is Captain of Company B,
Reserved officers Training Corps,
which in the annual competitive drill
recently won the Roberts medal. Spaid
won his letter in baseball and Jones
in football during their four years in
college. All of them are members of
various college clubs and fraternities.
Entrance examinations will be held
at the university for the next college
year June Is and 16 and September
20 and 21.
\ Sussex Has Five to Graduate
In the class to be graduated next
Monday at the University of Delaware,
Newark, which will be the largest
class in the history of the institution
there will be five young men from
Sussex County. The graduates from
Sussex will be: Vaughan Archelus
Hastings, of Delmar, George Frank
lin NAPLES of Milton and William
Claggett, Dorsey DOnOhO, of SeafOrd,
Arts and Science course; Phillip Hen
ry Marvel, of Houston, in electrical
engineering and Welton Franklin Ell
zey, of Seaford, in agriculture. Roland
Goodman Handy of fredericksburg, Md,
not far from .Seaford, also graduates
in this class in agriculture.
The Sussex County students have
made excellent records during their
four years in college. They have been
leaders in many of the college activi-
ties and have also been prominent in
athletics.
Every arrangement has been made
to make it pleasant for visitors who
desire to attend the commencement |
This commencement will
be notable because of the fact that it |
ends the first year of the administra-
ton of President Walter Hullihen and !
se 46r
ment since the name was changed |
from Delaware College to the Uni
versity of Delaware.
"Phil" Marvel, a Houston boy, has
made his letter three years in base
ball. He captained and played right |
field on the varsity baseball team last
year and this year worked back of the |
bat. He also played on his class bas-
ketball team and is member of sew
eral of the leading clubs of the col
lege.
George F. NAPLES made his letter
on the cross country team and has
been a consistent booster of all ath-
letics since entering college. He is
of the FOotlights club and
First Lieutenant of Company B.
"DOrse" DonohO' who played left
field and captained this years base
ball team is one of the best players
Old Delaware has ever turned out. He
Is a member of the Kappa Alpha Fra
.ernity and the Glee Club.
Vaughan Hastings in addition to his
work at College served three years in
he service during the war.
Welton Franklin Elzey, of SeafOrd,
IS one of the "Aggie" graduates from
whom great future things are expect
I'd.