Smyrna times., 1921-06-08
KENT COUNTY BOYS GRADUATE
Seven Young Men, One From SMYRNA.
One From KentOn, and Others From
Lower Part of County Graduate

Seven young men of Kent County
are members of the class to graduate
from the University of Delaware.
Newark, at the commencement exer-
clses to be held on the campus of the |
University at 1870 o'clock next Mon
day morning. This commencement
will be especially notable for three
reasons. 1t ends the first year for DIR.
Walter Hullihen as president; it will
be the first commencement of the in |
stitution as the University of Della
ware and the graduating class which |
will number more than so will be the
largest in the history of the institu-
ton. The seven young men from this
county who will graduate next Mon
day are: Irving Hook Boggs and Ar
thur Farquhar Spaid, of Dover; Thos.
Wilmer Holland, of Smyrna; Charles
Thomas Attix, of Kenton; John Ar
mold Barnard, of Wyoming; Harry
Herman Jones, of Woodside, and Geo.
Massey Sipple, of Milford. All of
these young men have been closely
identified with various college activi-
ties since they entered the university.
Thomas Wilmer Holland, of Smyrna
will be one of the graduates in chemi-
cal engineering. He is a member of
the Derelicts; vice-president of the
Wolf Chemical Club; was editor-in-
chief this year of the Review; member
of Kappa Aiapha Fraternity; mem
Der of the Blue Hen board and Cap
tain of Company A, R.O.T.C.
Charles Thomas Attix took the four
year Arts and Science course and
specialized in business administration.
He is the son of John w. Attix, Jr., a
retired farmer of Kent and prepared
for college at the Smyrna High
School. He played the scrubb basket
ball and football teams and for. four
years on the class basketball team,
which won the class championship
each of those years. Attix was man.
ager of football last fall. He is a
member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon
Fraternity; Varsity Club; Review
Board and First Lieutenant of Com
pany B, R. o. 7. c. Immediately af-
: ter graduating he will go with the
Penn Leather Co., of Philadelphia.
: Irving Hook Boggs, of Dover, who
will graduate in civil engineering was
president of the local chapter of the
S Engineering Society this year. He
, was member of the Tennis Club last
year and First Sergeant in Company
B, R.O.T.C. Boggs was out for one
o year in the service during the war;
p Arthur F. Spaid, of Dover, is son
of DR.. A. R. Spaid, State Commission
er of Education. He is just complet-
t ing the Arts and Science course
. Spaid made his varsity letter in base
ball and played on his class teams in
" baseball, basketball and football. He
n is a member of the Varsity Club ana
! Arts and Science Club and this yeal
was art editor of the Blue Hen. SpaiC
. prepared for college at the Whining
It ton and Cambridge, Md, High Schools
l. He specialized in business administra
tion and plans to take post graduate
work in commercial art at the Chicago
n Art Institute. He designed the class
is ring and class pin for his class ant
; also designed the new seal for the I'm
iversity of Delaware.
u John Arnold Barnard, of Wyoming
n one of the graduates in agriculture i
lie son of former State Senator JOIN
~ A. Barnard. He is president of tn,
"Aggie" Club, vice-president of hi
le class and business manager of TIL
"a dents publication. Barnard played OF
the scrub basketball team and on tn
" class baseball and basketball teams.
is Harry Herman Jones, of Woodside
w is another of the "Aggie" graduates
Jones made his letter in football Lw
+ years and played on his class baseball
lie team. He is a member of the Dere
ut licts, the Varsity Club and the Agri
culture Club.
~ George Massey Sipple, of Milfort
is completing the civil engineerin
course. He is Captain of Company I
o< R.OTC., which company recently wo
the Roberts medal in competitiv
w drill with other R.O.T.C. companie
We Supple is member of the derelict an
"A was business manager of the Blu
Hen this year. He is also membe
e of the Student Council and the Gle
an Club He played on his class team
-at baseball.
The address to the graduates ne,
er Monday morning will be made b
It's William Lyon Phelps, Lampson, Pr
,s- fessor of English Literature at va
University. That afternoon at I'll
M Women's College the commencemer
IA address will be made by Mrs. Name
as Schoonmaker, of Hartford, Conn. Q
Saturday the trustees will hold the
'' annual meeting. Class day exercise