Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-29

Newark, Jan. Z3.--DeSpite tho TACT tnAx
the Women's College is nominally closed
until Monday, when the second semester
begins, the activities and interests Of the
remaining small group OF faculty members
and students are keen and varied Dean
Robinson aud hor sccretarIes, Miss Ger
trllde Stslrgis and MiH Edvina Long, are
kept extremely busy with the arrange
nents which must accompany the poriod
between terms Miss Gladys Pratt,
librarian, is completing her classification
Of tho numerous books which have been
added this year by gift and purchase. One
Of the most interesting recent acquisitions
is small library OF children's books, pr-
chased by the Education Department for
the lss OF tho teacher tYsining students in
their English work. Miss Pratt takes
great pride in this collection OF beautifully
bound and finely-illistrated classics OF
early childhood and later boyhood and
girlhood. Among tham are "The Arabisn
knights, made doibly enjoyable through
the superb illustrations OF Maxfeld Par
rish, and several others illustrated by
Jessie Wilcox Smith, Howard Pyle, Arthur
Rackham, Abbott and Wyeth. Books on
the selection Of children reading matter
will be placed with these volumes as
references and magazine articles on tho
subject will be collected and arranged con-
veniently for the use Of tho Students
Although At present the "children's
Library" occupies only q few shelves
averaging about ono shelf for each school
grade, the Education Department hopes
TO add several volumes esch year until IL
n time viii occupy separate room 10 the
proposed college library building.
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The room which IS used between ciasses
by the day students is being made more
truly a rest room" The present furniture
has been rearranged and renovated and a
few fine pictures have been placed on the
walls Mrs Irving Warner made most
thoughtful gift this week when she sent
20 the college long wicker settee for the
day students room. The whole school
appreciates the gift, but mono save the
commuters can fully realize the much fell.
need which IL supplies.
A Reed" weaving loom arrived at the
college this week and is now being set up
in the room adjoining Miss Taylor's
studio" This and another similar loom
will be the means Of presenting practical
application Of design and color in the class
IN house planning a2d furnishing. The
students will dye their own threads for
both the warp and woof Of such interesting
articles as pillows covers, table runners,
curtains etc, and execute their own de-
signs. In the same way they will work
with otherwise useless materials and
weave beautiful rag" rugs. Although
manual dexterity will develop through
this work the object primarily Is to give q
new medium for applying the principles Of
color and design. Other handicraits which
will be taken 10 with the same end IN view
are block printing, batik dyeing and
stencilling.
On Thursday afternoon Dean Robinson,
Miss Miriam Null, IF the Home Economies
Department ard several members
of the Delaware College faculty formed
8 critical audience at the first showing Of
several reels Of movie fins in Wolf Hall
These pictures of natural phenomena, Of
industries and current events are sent cut
by the Commercial Bureau Of Economics
which has made the college the State
distributing center. Any organization
may use these films free cf charge BY mere
ly paying express charges This is but one
more example Of the service the State
college can render the community.
GROUND snoKgs roR MopzL SCHOOL.
On THURSDAY Afternoon Mas Mary z.
Rich, field secretary n Education, and
Miss Agnes Snyder, superior cf practice
teaching Ia the Education Department
of the college, saw the material founda-
ton made for enc of the nest progressive
features OF education IN Delaware. Ground
was broken and work herun on new
model onerocn school building near the
Newark Public Sehcei The building,
which is 4 gift Of the Delaware School
Aurihsry, viii house the opportunity
class" Of the Newark Public School.
This separate class was formed last year
for the purpose OF providing provi-
sion for children who, through Illness or
other causes, were retarded in their .chcol
work. Because of the cveycrowded con6i-
tions of the schools this work has been
greatly handicapped heretofore. But
now in separate school building Of their
OWN they may receive the intensive in
dividual attention which they require
the building Is equipped with
devices which VIII give the
children an opportunity for employing
their hands in gardening, wood working,
sewing, etc
The work will be under the direeticr Of
Miss Mary c. Hcey, who, despite the pre-
vious handieaps Of lack Of space and
equipment, has had unusual success in
the needs and developing the
various abilities Of the children.
This new model school viii afford un-
usual opportunities for the students in
the Educatio Department. of the Womens
College since, among other things, Il
viii make it possible for them TO see the
class conducted under favorable condi-
tons, and in building such as the state
plans for rural purposes where class room