Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1925-09-12
WASHINGTON COLLEGE
OPENS NEXT WEEK
Record Enrolment Expected AT
Eastern Shore College-Freshman
Class Probably Number 100

with the veterans OF ncf 1COlDall
squad assembling for preliminary
practice on Labor Day, Washington
College is speeding up her plans for
successful athletic and academic year.
On the heels of the inauguration Of
the fall gridiron season, when Navy,
Western Maryland, Mt. st. Mary's,
University of Maryland, Lafayette,
Pennsylvania Military College, and
other worthy foemen will be met,
comes the announcement that the his
toric Eastern Shore of Maryland
school will, for the first time in her
history, celebrate Founders day on
October 22. This occasion, for which
the Governor of Maryland, Albert C.
Ritchie, and other notables will come
to Chestertown, in Kent county, will
mark the 143d anniversary of the
foundation of the eleventh oldest COL
lege in the country and the first char
tered educational institution in Mary
land. At that time the Daughters of
the American Revolution will unveil
tablet on the wide campus in memory
of the fact not only that George
Washington came to Chestcrtown in
1889 to receive at the hands of the
college the degree of doctor Of laws
but that, as matter of historic rec
ord, the Shore college is the only
school to which the "Father of his
country" gave his direct consent for
the use of his name. 1t is interesting
in this connection, to note that DR..
William Smith, first president of
Washington College, was a close
friend of both George Washington
and Benjamin Franklin and that he
later became the first president of the
University of Pennsylvania, leaving
Chestertown for that purpose. Frank
lin, as everyone knows, was the real
founder of the great Philadelphia in
stitution. There has consequently al
ways been strong sentimental link
between the two schools.
1t has just been announced by the
Deans office that the entering fresh
men class will number at least 90,
bringing the total enrolment to a.
bout 200. The incoming students for
the fall term represent 10 different
states the largest number coming
from Pennsylvania, Maryland, and
New Jersey. Registration day will
fall on September 18th and the 21st
of the month will witness the opening
of classes. Worthy of note is the ap-
pointment of DR.. Fred G. Livinggood
of Harvard as professor Of education
and Dr.. John K. Warren Of Ohio
State University as head of the his
tory department. A new professor
ship of physical education is in pro-
cess of foundation and the new ap-
pointee will be known as Flying Pen
tagon professor Of physical education,
in honor Of the exploits Of the famous
basket ball team Of last season which
gained nationwide fame as "the fly
ing pentagon" and which made a rec
ord of 20 unbroken victories against
some Of the strongest quints in the
East.
DR.. Albertus Perry, field vice-presi-
dent of Washington College, has just
returned to Chestertown after con-
Quoting party of 25 students on a
two months educational tour through
Is foreign countries and over 10000
miles Of travel. In the course of the
trip they met many prominent Off
cials and citizens in England, the
Continent, the Near East and in
Egypt.
President Paul f Ellsworth is
back from tour of West Virginia,
Western Maryland, Pennsylvania and
New Jersey, and is in conference with
administrative officers of the college
prior to the opening of school.