University of Delaware - Blue Hen Yearbook (Newark, DE)

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Blue Ben The Department of Biology Ir.' discussing the future of the Department of Biclogy of the University of Delaware it will probably be better for us to express our hopes for the future rather than oy make a prophecy as to what will really take place; for the needs of the University are many and the funds for its maintenance rather limited, especially in compari- som with those of many other State Universities. We hope to eventually have a larger corps of instrue- tors and a building devoted entirely to biological work or possibly to share one with the Department of Physica or with the Department of Bacteriolorya building where we will have roomy quarters with plenty of light and both northern and southern exposures. Both are needed for satisfactory bialogical work. The logical outcome of this program would be added interest m biclogical work, greater zeal in collecting material for our museums, and, hll.ll - the publication ol papers upon our flora and fauna. In work of this navere the State of Delaware is sadly lacking, and it 15 sincerely ta be hoped that definite work along thesd lines may soon !li' umlrrl.'lkrl'l here at I'n' l'lli.'l.'l'l'sil:-', C, 0, HOUGHTON Head of Department. The Department of Agronomy Im' Department of Agronomy has enjoved a steady gmwfh :iinqt: EI; Was ur;.t.'lllim't' in !U ? 11.'571! O Pr-.ufcfs-n: in charge. At the present time it consists of one Pro- tant Research Agron- fessor, Assistant Professor, and Ass o The first laboratories of the Department were located rt of what iz now the Faculty Club, I. In this building the Department has two office rooms, a farm crops lab- oratary, a soil laboratory for students, and a research o in Old College, in a 15 In 1916 I,'l-e:-l. Were lll-:-xch 1o Wall H laboratory. Research in Agronomy cannot be successfully con- thout field plots, Consequently in 1908, when l'II.'IQ.I, d, 111'L'lll:.'-fl1'u acres y Department for the ps, fertilizers, lime, etc. Prior 1o this a small amount of work had been conducted located. The Department has -5 and at 1'!1 it has experimental plots at Milford and Coolspring. s of instruction are offered in Farm Crops, Plant Soil Management, Soil Improvement, and Farm ducted wi the J':'C'Ie'rl::ll'lll:ll Farm was i y taken over by the Agros testing of wvaricties of farm cr where Fraver Field 15 now enlarged its research activi '.. ol Breedin Management GEQ, L. SCHUS present time 'ER Head af u .?'rp;.'.'t ment, f 11 Jom

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Wlue Ben The Department of Chemistry l wig department gives the elective and required courses in I.'I'IC'I'.I!l:iI.':II. Ml'ljell. !s rll,v:'n!n' I'm all 1lw l'lllli-: .l.:.:l. l:-F I'Jnla- ware College, but itz chief concern is with the students who are taking the Chemical Enginecring or the Arts and Science chemistry curricula. These men are offered the opportunity to acquire a four-year training which will enable them to make a start in the chemical industry, or to begin graduate work in one of the larger univer- 5itios ijl Preparation for a rl,':u.'hi:l'.:.: ofF rt,':c::ulc:'h Cikfeer, The region between New York and Baltimore is prob- ably the most important chemical manufacturing center in the world. Our location within this area gives us n.m'uill'l .Il.l: ilapes '.!.'m.t are IJ.IL.II nany r:-:hl'r states. It i proper and desirable for the University of Delaware to have a strong and well equipped department in order to serve those students who l.u.h to enter the Those men who are after L'f:llnz'll.l'lilll.' a fou vantageous to do so. The ortant positions in industry, as well as in research, po to the well trained men, and no student of the right type will neglect any tool within his reach which will contribute to success in his profession. A. 5. EASTMANM Head -.'.l.rI Department, y take graduate work lum will find i ad- The Department of Agricultural Education I;u-! Department of Agricultural Education offers courses designed particularly for those preparing them- selves. to become teachers, This department was estab- Iishl:d f-ulluwing 11w ;ms..mg:, nf I:ll.r Li.l'l'lh h Hukhra Act 1Ir Cangress in 1917; ereating a demand for specially trained teachers of agriculture and related subjects in high schools and vocational schools, ThL 1.u'rriq ,h.lr'rl is 1ln:1.l,n:i TR T L 1 l-eq-.l':r:l lhI R'Hl.n.l.lhl'l-u to elect fundamental courses in the various departments. In addition to training in technical agriculture, they take gencral courses in education and special courses in methods of teaching vocational agriculture, Senjors ir igm.ulmm! Education 3'1l:ll.J considerable time during their last semester teaching in the Newark High School, where vocational agriculture is offered, Here they receive valuable practice before taking up work in school posi- tions of their own, Approximately eighty-five per cent of the agricultural stud-:nts E'CCL Wl'lrk il'l rl.'li.- LEPP.:lrr:lu:nL nat -:mh' irl anticipation of service in the vocational teaching feld, but dlse in preparation for educational, administrative, and supm'vlmuy ur:-suil,ium;. Throughout the course em- phasis 'i!! placcd oI Preparil ir.lll I'm- rllr:ll 'u'al,k'rs.hi'p. R. W. HEIM Head of Department, aif 10 Joo

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?:IBIHE 315611 The Department of Animal Industry Imc organization of the Deparmment of Amimal In- dustry is patterned somewhat after that of the Bure Animal Industry of the United States Depa :112Ti:.'l.t'lllll'n. Similar l:-l'p:lni?,.l,u:-m may be f number of the Agricultural Colleges of S The Department is charged with the t courses of study appertaining to 'I.'HNI-.- together with certain basic physioloxy, bacteriology, and Iy tion of problems arising within these Ilellis The personnel of the HL' wmrtment consist of a4 number of H. Ef'lnll'bTS- whise ll!h-;l. i il laboratories are ted upon the frst floor of c'l.cl Hall, The experin nital .unl:llml; -.lmiu.lmy of a herd of pure-bred Holstein-Frie- sian cattle, a swine herd co ng of several breeds of swine and a modern poultry 'm it are located at the University farm and cared for by skilled herdemen. Some of the members of the Department devote their entire time to research. h.mg. members of the Delaware Agri- cultural Experiment Station staff, and are therefore not well-known ta the student body. The dutics of the Head of the lilq, artment are Jdiver- mfud consisting of the teaching Oloery, IW'l '- W? : -'h 11Y;-I -'!Il: and a al industry, and the investigation of problems in animal hy giene C. . C. PALMER Head of Department. raes in bacteri- The Department of Plant Pathology ved Was organi Ihe deps knowledge pert '.i'w.-.u.-'r.-:' Wect ot meion, tomato, Im Diepartment of Plant Pathole ology as a department of the C I m 1912 with I, 71 rtment owes its existence to the urgent de- mands of frum of the de offering courses in pla Iil.III;J;'r,uI':lLI.IML' and BT h and exten Org nisms. projects imvolved work on the dise ato, apple, peach, l:i'lr','. slr.'m'l:t'nj.', EWeel peea, CTops, I'he work also involved i gpray and duesting materials and University Manns as chief, growers and others for mare intimate g to the nature and control of plant eature of soil bacteriology was added t played by micro-organisms 1ent af present, .aai.,lc fr.s;n vlogy and soil Bacterio is concerned L'lie'!':.' n projects in plant diseases and sml 1g the past twenty-five years, these and their control lll.:lhlupl,' water- beans, corn, wheat, ;.l,u.- tion, and MARNY NG . L'I'. I'l'S e1i lnlri'.JlJ': .III.' many dixinrlnunl;, T. F. MAKNS Head of Department. Dhuri reas, 1 L. S0y