Delaware State journal and statesman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870, 1861-02-05
Communicated.
WILMINGTON INSTITUTE.

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Permit me to express to you tue great plea
sure experienced in attending the opening Of tho Will
miugon Institute 1t glorious gathering, gave
positive evidence Of the good taste Of many Of our
citizens both male and female The addresses cdi
flying in high degree, but would have been stll
enlightened had Mr.. Wswen mentioned the names Of
those citizens, who in 1885, founded the Wilmington
Library Company; such deserved to he held up
sAntly before the public only an act of gratitude
the part Of those who reapne the benefit of
their wisdom taste and philanthropy, but for the pur
pose OF inducing others To pursue like course hoping
that at future day their enterprise will expand into
that enlarged usefulness which may he now claimed for
the Wilmington Institute. As the Library may be called
the loving heart of the Institute the fountain head ofs
liie the foundation which now stands and must be
perpetuatei, / think tho names Of those departed
worthless who orgnaedth the enterprise should be- recorded
a marble tablet and placed in conspicuous place
in the Library The people those philanlhrops
grateful remembrance and suggestive memento Of
taam should DO kept in sight. After all, the build
ing Of convenient and ornamental eiifees small
matter compared with that project which to constantly
furnish the hrsing mind with Intellectual and moral
,meni. Bricks and mortar and glass chandeliers
all grateful to the eye and afford pleasure and comfort
the body but books selected for their intrinsic value give
the mind and heart and sou more cont nua stream OF
doish-a delight that dies that never duhlitates
but expands and stepghans all the intellectual pow
ors and amelorates all the well inclined faculties Of the
soul The Library should he the just consideration in the
view Of the managers those who formed it merit
the highest regard, and should hold conspicuous
place before the public
There Is nothing sai done against which there
will not he found some objections. And would you think
It, Mr. Editor that with the naue the lnsiitnte
considered Inappropriate Wilmington Institute" ray
"a in
by this Is meant that the don't describe It's charac
tar They Insist that "Insttute has so many meanings
altogether inappcabe the present society or building
that 1t Is equvoea aud contusug the word Is Of such
general Import ilat it tails to mpar exact idea. Tue
term Institute they aAy, the same Constitution
and II tue organization called "the Wilmington ln-
sitution" the tle would sound weak II not ridiculous.
Every kind of establishment association is Gin.
Hitulp institution, aud when institution is
spoken Of 10 stranger he urally asks What kind vi
M institution And then AGAIN. tile word Wilmington il
is said think hyperctiteaily Is not used properly
"wilmnglon' is not adjective is it possessiye
and therefore neither describes ia governed by
tile word "lmstitute. And persons urge that It should
| be called "Wilmnstoniau, or 'Wiimingtons Institute
or "the Institute OF wilmington" II It were called
scientific Institute, or Literary Institute or Library
Company, tncy say people would know what Was meant
| Int Wilmington institute" means nearly nothing in
PN'.'A'"', p'''"'e '"su'u" nus 80 many uenn''ons
anu ''H'' VI 'u' give Nv S"'n meaning
may eonrovel the matter, aud tho Institute decide FOL
itself
But must slso express the great pleasure received
from Tue nua'' ~ was 'Ai'''a"ns 10 noA' ,po,e mum
ef'u' 'osea Ill 'us ha'nony MI 'oo slA''o"' na 40"
the oud no''S rolled upon the delighted ear ana now tut
'o'hed down 'n'o tue heAt ani qu9ou every
'uI"u'eh' '"'onon