Smyrna times., 1922-03-08
DELAWARE UNIVERSITY TO LOSE
DR.. ERNEST vANCOURT VAUGHN
GIVES UP CHAIR OF HISTORY
AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
Regret Over Losing Him-Board of
Trustees to Fill Vacancy-Basket-
ball Team Makes Record

Announcement has been made of the
resignation of DIR. Ernest Vancourt
Vaughn, professor of History and Po-
htlcal Science at the University of
Delaware, Newark, effective at the
end of the present term. DR.. Vaughn
teaches history in both Delaware Col
lege and the Women's College and be-
cause of his many lectures before var
lous clubs on historical subjects is we'll
known throughout the state. His wife
suffered breakdown nearly a wear
ago from which she never entirely re-
covered and it is largely on her ac-
count that he has decided to give I'D
his work at the university. He will
take a vacation of a year and he and
Mrs. Vaughn will spend the time in
California. DR.. Vaughn has held the
chair of Delaware History at Delaware
College since that chair was establish
ed by an act of the Legislature in 1911.
Former Secretary of State, Everett C.
johnson, trustee of the university
who was member of the legislature
that year introduced the bill establish
ing the chair of Delaware History. DR..
Vaughn is graduate of the Univer-
sity of Missouri and received his Phi.
ID. degree at the University of Penn
sylvania.
Basketball Gives Way to Baseball
Delaware College basketball team
will close its schedule next Tuesday
night with game at Princeton Uni
verrsity. The last home game was
played with Bucknell. The basketball
season because of the fact that Coach
Shipley had to start out with practA
cally an entire new team has not been
as successful as those of the past few
years. The team has played 10 games
losing 6 and winning a. Immediately
following the close of the basketball
schedule Coach Shipley will start base
ball practice and the indications are
that a large squad of candidates will
be out with prospects of one of the
best teams in the history of the COL
lege. Coach Derby will start the
track men at work at about the same
time.
Proposed Library Building Discussed
At recent meeting of the Board
of Trustees of the University of Del
aware held at Newark last Saturday
it was decided to make the proposed
new library building for the univer-
sity State Memorial to the sons and
daughters of Delaware who gave uu
their lives for their country during the
World War. Owing to the present bus
mess conditions, however, it was an
nounced that the campaign for funds
for the building will not be started
at least before next September: Il
was also made plain that under nc
circumstances shall the campaign in
volve the university in the expendi-
ture of any funds. Henry B. Thomp-
son, president of the Board of Trustees
announced that he would contribute
the first $1,000 toward the fund when
the campaign is opened for his son,
Henry B. Thompson, Jr. This gift as
the initial one to the fund will be
especially appropriate because of the
fact that the young man was prob
ably the first Delawarean wounded
in the War. Before this country
got into the war he went to France
with a Princeton University Ambu-
lance unit. On reaching France
he volunteered for Field service in
the French army and was wounded
in the Aisne sector while carrying
ammunition to the front. Young
Thompson was decorated by the
French army for bravery. After
leaving the hospital following re-
covery from the wound he was trans
ferred to the American army and
served in the 22nd Air Squadron. At
the close of the war he returned to
Princeton University and graduated in
1920.
Former Smyrna Dentist Trustee
DR.. Frank Layton Grier of Milford,
a former Smyrna dentist, was elected
a trustee of the university at the meet
ing succeeding Edward D. Hearn, de-
ceased. DR.. Grier is we'll known
throughout the state and has been
keenly interested in educational affairs
for years.