Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1923-01-15
COLLEGE DEAN
SERIOUSLY Ill
E. Laurence Smith Suffers
From Pneumonia; St.
Thomas Rector Better
SCOUT EXECUTIVE
TALKS TO YOUNG
Special to The Evening Journal.

! Special to The Evening Journal.
/ NEWARK. Jan 15.-Dean f.
/ Laurence Smith of the University
Of Delaware. is in with pneumonia
an his home on Delaware avenue.
| Drs. II. G.. NJ. Kollock and Charles
! n. Blake are i'm Attendance and one
or the other was with the dean
most of Saturday night and yester-
day. Dean Smith was taken I'll Fri
day night and pneumonia was fear
ed from the start. From the Time
that Dr. Walter Hullihen. president
OF the University, went to Johns
Hopkins University Baltimore.
early in November. to undergo an
operation, until he returned to the
University last week. Dean Smith
had been acting president of the
institution.
owing to the Development OF a
case of diphtheria among the stu
dents. superintendent owens an.
nounced last night that the high
school would be closed for several
days during which time the build
ing will be fumigated. LYDIA Young
daughter OF DR.. and Mrs. $. Taylor
Young, is the student IN with diph-
iberia.
There are a large number OF grip
cases and a few cases OF measles in
Newark and vicinity.
Glenn Frank. editor Of the Cen
Jury Magazine. will give the third
and fourth OF a series OF ten lee
lures that he Is to give at the Uni
versity of Delaware during the win
ter and spring. tomorrow. The Ser
vice Citizens OF Delaware. acting
through the University or Delaware
Press. has arranged for Mr.. Frank
to give this serious OF lectures un-
der the general title An American
Looks at His World" and the ten
lectures will later he printed In book
form by the University Press
Those fortunate enough to hear
Mr.. Frank on the occasion of his
first visit for this series last month.
practically all agreed that il was
the greatest lecture they had ever
heard. Tomorrow morning at IL
o'clock Mr.. Frank will lecture to
the students and faculty Of the uni
versity. In tho evening At o'clock
he will lecture in Wolf Hall 10 the
general public on the subject.
Democracy at the Crossroads"
There is every indication that Wolf
Han viii he crowded tomorrow
night
Frank A. Greenhawk. State exec
utive OF the Boy Scouts Of America
gave an interesting Illustrated talk
at the Sunday evening service OF
the recently organized Young Peo-
pies League OF 81. Thomas Episco-
pal Church in that church last
night. Mr. Greenhawk was in
charge Of a large delegation Of Boy
Scouts from this country who visit
ed the devastated sections OF France
during the war to assist with the
work there and also To assist
France in organizing the scout
movement. The slide pictures shown
last night were scenes OF that sec
ton of France. devastated by the !
war and which Mr.. Greenhawk and
the scouts visited.
Paul Conrad president Of the :
Young Peoples League. presided. /
and John S Shaw. local Scoutmas- J
ter. introduced tn speaker. Most
OF the members OF the local troop
of scouts attended the meeting. Guy
X. Ford. president OF the Kiwanis
Club. OF Wilmington. lead in the
singing Of several hymns The pro-
gram also included baritone solo :
by Prof G. II. Ryden. and selec-
lions on the organ by Miss Elizabeth .
McNeal
DR.. Edgar Jones. rector or the D
church, who has been in FOR two
weeks is much improved. but is
still confined to his home. Mrs
Jones and one OF their children are .
now IN.
Former Chancellor Charles NJ
Curtis, had charge OF the services .
at st. Thomas Church yesterday
morning and he also attended the +.
young peoples meeting last night.
The annual Junior prom" OF the .
Women's College held at the col
lege Saturday night. proved an en-
Joyable affair. The rooms were at
tractively decorated in black and
white and dancing was continued
until nearly midnight Music was
by Madden's orchestra. The pat
rons and pa'tronesses included Pres
ident and Mrs. Walter Hullihen
Dean Wnifred J Robinson. Profess
sor and Mrs. George +. Dutton.
Professor George T. Brlnton. Miss
Rachel W. Taylor. Miss Quaesita c.
Drake. Miss Laura V. Clark. Mrs
Emma /. Wilson and Professor and
Mrs. F. NJ. X. Foster.
The JEFF" and Mutt" party held
in the armory Saturday night by
the high school students was large
~ attended by students and parents
OF the students. There were games
followed by dancing and the re-
freshments