Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1921-06-08
OLD DELAWARE TO
GRADUATE LARGEST
CLASS IN ITS HISTORY
Five from Vicinity of Newark
Out of Class of Fifty-four


Three from Newark, three from
Middletown, two from New Castle and
one from Delaware City make up the
list of nine University of Delaware
students from rural New Castle coun-
ty who will graduate next Monday.
There will be seven in the class from
Kent county, six from Sussex and the
remainder of the total of 81 that will
make the largest class to graduate in
any one year in the history of the in
stitution will be from Wilmington or
outside the state.
The rural New Castle county grad
yates will be, Harvey Newton Brown,
Francis Allyn Cooch, Jr., and Ira
Kenneth Steel of Newark; Allen
Jaquith Johnson, John Francis Nc
Whorter and Joseph Coley Wise, of
Middletown; George Harvey Madden
and James Draper Craig, of New
Castle and William Albert Hemphill,
of Delaware City. Joshua Willard
McMullen who will also graduate in
this class is from Kemblesville, Pa,
only short distance from Newark.
Ira X. Steele who is taking the
mechanical engineering course, is
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles P. Steele
of Newark. He received his prepara-
tory education at the Newark High
School and entered the University of
Delaware in 1917. He was associate
editor this year of the Blue Hen and
is member of Gamma Delta Rho
Fraternity.
Francis A. Cooch is son of Mr..
and Mrs. Francis A. Cooch, of New
ark. He attended the Peckskie Mill
tary Academy and is now completing
the four-year course in agriculture.
He specialized in animal husbandy.
Cooch is a member of the Agriculture
Club and the Sigma NJ Fraternity.
He won his letter on the cross-country
team.
Harvey Newton Brown, of Newark,
is taking the Arts and Science course.
He is member of the Footlights Club
and played on the scrub baseball team.
Joseph c. Wise, of Middletown,
specialized in electrical engineering.
He is a member of the University
Orchestra, the Engineering Society,
the Glee Club and the Blue Hen board.
John Francis McWhorter, son of
Purnal L. McWhorter of Middletown,
: is another Arts and Science student
who gets through this year. He pre-
. pared for college at the Middletown
, High School. His activities in COLLEGE
have been varied. He is a member Of
, the Kappa Alpha Fraternity, the Glee
Club, the Mandolin Club, Wolf Chem.
ical Club, president of the Dowr
: Home Club, and manager Of tennis.
Allen ]. Johnson, of Middletown, i:
another member of the class who is
completing the mechanical engineer
ing course. He is son of DR.. J. Aller
Johnson, got his preparatory educa
ton at the Middletown High School
He is member of the Engineering
Society and played on the chess team
in 1920 and 1921 and his class tract
e team in 1918.
George Harvey Madden, of New
. Castle, has been especially active i,
!, all musical organizations of the Uni
: versity. He has been director of tn,
: Orchestra and a member of tn,
Mandolin Club. Madden is taking tn,
: Arts and Science course and wa
: president of his class last year. H,
has served two years on the Studen
Council and is vice-president of tn
Council this year. He is a member O
the Derelicts and of Kappa Alph,
Fraternity.
James D. Craig is son of Clarence
e R. Craig, of New Castle. He is /,
Y chemical engineer and received hi
: preparatory education at the Will
r mington High School. He is a mem
: Der of Gamma Delta Rho Fraternity
s He is member of the Wolf Chemica
e Club and played in the band for tw
a years. Craig will likely go with tn
e War Department as chemist afte
4 graduation.
S William A. Hemphell who has take,
r the civil engineering course, is a sol
S of Mr.. and Mrs. Evans Hemphill, o
S Delaware City. He prepared for col
Y lege at the Wilmington High School
: He was associate editor of the Blu
Hen this year, is member of tn
J. Footlights Club and the Engineerin,