Evening journal., 1922-10-24
UNIVERSITY IS
HOST TO BOYS
222 High School Agricul-
tural Students Spend Day
at Newark
ARE SHOWN OVER
EXPERIMENT FARM

students enrolled in the high schools
of the State outside Of Wilmington
922 OF them attended the first an
nual vocational Agricultural Field
Day." at the University OF Delaware
yesterday. There were delegations
Of students from the following
schools: Bridgeville. FELTON,. Fred
erica, Greenwood. Milton, Middle
town. Lord Baltimore. Caesar Rod
ney. DUPONT, Harrington. Laurel
Lewes Newark. Seaford and Smyr-
: ma.
Practically all Of the visiting dele
cations came in automobiles or auto
trucks. Seven boys from the Lord
Baltimore High School, near Ocean
View and Millville, had 10 drive ITO
miles and left home at $50 o'clock
yesterday morning. Several other
delegations also came as far.
Members Of the Agricultural Club
OF the University, headed by Wal
lace Cook, acted as hosts TO the
young prospective farmers and TOOK
them on inspection trips over the
experiment farm and through the
University buildings.
The work on the farm was ex-
planned % the boys by the various
members Of the Experiment Station
STAFF as follows: Agronbmy plots
Professors Schuster and Runk and
Mr.. Pence; orchards. Professors
Detjen and Clark; dsirying. Prof.
Baker; poultry. Mr.. Mumford. and
swine, Mr.. Tomhave.
At n picnic lunch on the Uni
verslty farm lawn, the "Aggie" Club
provided cocoa and apples. after
which the boys in charge OF Mr..
Armstrong, State Director Of Noca-
tional Agriculture. played games.
DR.. r. ". Helm. State Director
OF Vocational Education, gave a
short talk in which he pointed out
the Importance Of agriculture. He
said that while the total revenue Of
all the railroads in the country IN
1919 was 1--WE billions OF dollars;
the revenue Of the coal industry
one and a half billions and the steel
Industry one billion, for the same
wear 1919 the farm products Of the
: country brought II billions OF dol
lars. -.
Dean Charles A. McCue. head Of
the School Of Agriculture OF the
University of Delaware. gave a short
laIk pointing out the Importance Of
= agriculture in Delaware. and DR.. II.
Y. Holloway, State superintendent
Of Public Instruction, also gave the
young students a talk in which he
expressed the hope that many Of
them on completing their high
school work would come 10 the Uni
versity Of Delaware.
There was poultry. cattle and pig
Judging contests, IN which many Of
the boys took keen interest. on
the return 20 the college from the
farm the site Of the proposed mem
or!al library was pointed out TO the
boys.
when they reached Delaware Col
Ieee they were welcomed by Dean
=. Laurence Smith in a short ad-
dress. The visitors were taken
through old College and then to-
Frazer Field, after visiting several
of the other buildings.
Or. Helm. who planned the trip,
n
fair as a means of interesting the
agricultural students more in the
University.
The instructors and students from
the various high schools followsi
Harrington-Instr NJ. Fits-
gerald: students. Fred Gustafson,
carl Gustafson, Albert Karlick,
George McCloskey, Kenneth Kirk,
Ray Cannon, Henry Bullock, Drexel
Bullock, Ellwood Jester. Frank
Tharp, Boniah Anderson, Lawrence,
George Short, Grin Crane and Har-
vey Locates.
Observation-Disclosures. r. N
Jones: students. John Scott, Elmer
Lindale. Albert Palmer. William Ma
pier, Lawrence Belts. Jehu Davis, |
Harry Lingo. william Sipple, Lester !
Martin and Joseph Vineyard.
Middletown-Instru z. p.
Vogel; students. Frank Roamer.
Erwin spicer. Martin CHM, Joseph |
Armstrong, Carlton Money Harry |
Pierce, Francis Maloney, Carlton /
Lyman. jackson Lafferty. Bradford
Naylor, Bayard Wilson, George Clark
Burge, william Taylor. Fred Pool,
Walter Kohl. Leland Sinex. Albert
Daniels. Gordon Armstrong. Frank
Vansant, Irving VanHorn and Harry
Armstrong.
NGilton-Instructor T. L. Entwisle;
students, Outten, Palmer, Lingo, JEFF
forson, Johnson. WEIGH, Reed
Jones. Lank. Carey. Cope, Goodwin,
Lockerman, Mustard, Pepper and
Draper.
Greenwood - Instructor, G. A.
Ely; students: Laurence Wiley
Earl Meredith, Ralph Collision,
Ralph snowberger. David Hostid-
Ter. Wilson Davis. John Annitt,
Earle Hollie. Sewel McIlvaine, Ed
win Ungre, Paul Hushberger, Will
liam Hanks, Warren Watt, Amos
stayton, Harry Coulter, Ezra Seldus,
Morris and Charles Hat
field.
smyrna-Instructor, J. II. Men
dlnhail; students: Jacob Sklut,
George Knots. William Curry. Ed
win Hutchinson. George Hunt.
Thomas Tucker. George Smith. John
Dick Howard Green. Erwin Ferries
Ralph Deakyne, Raymond Pussy,
Charles Blundt, Alvin Stiilwell. An
on Jordvarka, Fletcher Truax and
Vllds Donovan.
eaford-Instructor. G. r. Snyder;
Students: Claude. Records, Clark
King. Ezra Hill. Harry Jarman.
)rummond Jarman, Geutha Waller.
william Barnes. William Kinney.
Walter Hatfield, Burton Allen, Leslie
Blades, Edwin Hughes, Carlton