Smyrna times., 1929-06-05
SMYRNA INTEREST IN COMING
DELAWARE COMMENCEMENT
ROBERT HILL, r. p. HOBSON
AND SISTER, TO GRADUATE
Miss Corinne ShapIey and Miss
Marie Davis, Two Smyrna Girls
Complete the Teachers Course

At the annual commencement al
the University of Delaware on
Monday of next week what is ex-
pected to be the largest joint class
in the history of the University
will be graduated. The indications
are that about 50 seniors at the
Women's College and nearly IS at
Delaware College not including
those at the Women's College who
have taken the two year teacher
training course, will receive diplo-
mas. The exact number who will
graduate will not be definitely
known until after the final exam
nations are completed the latter
part of this week. Among those
who will be in the University of
Delaware graduating class from
Smyrna are Robert Hill, son of the
late Rev. Thomas Getz Hill, and
Richard Pearson Hodson, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Hobson, of Del
aware College; Miss Elva Rebecca
Hobson, daughter of the latter, of
Woman's College; Miss Marie Dav-
is, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ern-
est Davis and Miss Corinne Shap-
ley, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
ry P. Shapley, graduates from the
two-year teacher training course.
The cornerstone of the proposed
S250,000 auditorium a gift from H.
Rodney Sharp will not be laid dur
ing commencement as had been ex-
pected but will be a feature Of the
convocation exercises at the open
ing Of the university for the new
college year in September. This
5u;lding is to ba named Mitchcll
Hall after Dr.Samuel Chiles Mitch
ell, for several years president of
the university who is now a mem-
Der Of the faculty Of Richmond
university. Because Of unavoidable
delays this building has not ad-
vanced far enough to lay the cor
ner stone and DIR. Mitchell who rec
emily underwent an operation would
be unable to attend even should it
have been ready. The new home Of
the Sigma NJ Fraternity built on
the old campus will be dedicated at
A o'clock Saturday afternoon after
which it will be open for inspec-
ton.
Commencement Starts Saturday
The commencement program
starts on Saturday Of this week.
Both the alumni and aluml1ae asso-
Citations will hold their annual ban
Quets and reunions that day and the
Glass Day exercises at the Wom-
ems College will be held Saturday
evening. One special feature on
Saturday will be the annual base
ball game on Frazer Field between
the varsity and the alumni teams.
The alumni is getting together a
strong combination for this game
and expect to give the varsity
hard battle. Sunday morning in
Wolf Hall the annual baccalaureate
exercises will be held and the SER
mon will be preached by DR.. Joseph
Fort Newton, a noted Episcopal
clergyman from Overlook. The
commencement exercises will be
held at 1870 o'clock standard time
morning on the campus
in front of Old College if the
weather will permit outside exer-
cises. AS has been the custom for
some years the exercises will be for
the joint classes of the two colleges
Delaware and the Women's College.
DIR. ID. S. kimball to be Speaker
The commencement speaker will
be Dexter S. Kimball, Dean of the
engineering school of Cornell Uni
rersity and is one of the leading
engineering instructors of the coun-
try. The commencement luncheon
1t the Women's College will follow
.hese exercises which viii be at
ended by the graduates, their par
snts and other guests.