The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1868-09-26
:JsLSies (e5st1l ~ i.@q
ELKToN. SEPTEMBER rs, 1865.
Dickinson College.

Ma. EDITOR On the 9Th Of the present
month, at an adjourned meeting of the
Board of Trustees of this institution, held
in Philadelphia, Robert Lawrenson Dashlell,
ID, was unanimously elected to the Office
of President. made vacant by the decease
Of Herman NJ. johnson, ID, LID.
DR.. Dashiell was born in Salisbury, Md.
He entered the Sophomore Class of Dlckln-
son College in 1874, and graduated in '46,
taking the honors of his class. In lS4S he
entered the Baltimore Annual Conference,
since which time his ministerial career has
been one of mark and religi ions success
Probably no minister of the Conference to
which he is attached is more highly respect
ed, or commands more personal influence
than himself.
The notification of his election was re-
ceved with more than ordinary interest by
the students and those interested in the pros
perity of the College. Pursuant to his ex-
pected arrival, on Wednesday, 10th, he was
met by the resident trustees, faculty, and
the students in classes, on the arrival OF the
5.15 PM. train at the depot escorted to
Prof Bowman's residence, and while pass
ing through the open ranks greeted with
enthusiastic cheers.
On the following morning the formal re-
ception took place, at 10 O'Clock, in the
College Chapel The Chapel was quite
tastefuIly decorated with flowers and devices,
conveying a welcome no fuller to be desired
in spirit and sincerity. The prominent di-
vines, lawyers and citizens of the town were
present. An address of welcome was de-
livered by Mr.. VIM. H. Miller of the Exc
cutive Committee, on behalf of the trustees
and faculty the tenor of which, and espe-
cialy his witty and well-timed remarks, left
pleasant impressions upon the audience, and
caused many broad grin to overspread the
countenances of the Freshmen. when men
ton was made of Sammy, Johnny, SHADY
or Dutchy, the ready appellations to the
members of our noble faculty by new class
men delighting in the strange feeling OF beng
college students for the first time. Mr.. Mil
Ter was followed by Mr.. Wimbrough of the
Senior Glass, who made neat little speech,
welcoming the Dr. on behalf of his fellow
students.
The Rev. Doctor returned thanks for the
kindly welcome which had been offered HIM,
and made some very appropriate remarks IN
regard TO the future prospects OF the College.
In the course of his remarks he said that he
had accepted the office of President. with
the intention of devoting the remainder of
his life TO the interest of the College, and
with the CO. operation of the Conferences, OF
raising Dickinson TO a place among the trst
colleges of the land. During the delivery
of his remarks, those famed powers of ora
tory and command Of language were brought
into fall play, and produced an effect upon
his hearers which is not likely to be soon
forgotten.
Some remarks were then made by the act
ing President, Prof. Hilman, at the close
of which the citizens present and the stu
dents were introduced personally to the DR..
Dr. Dashiell left here on last Friday and
returned to his home in Orange, NY, TO
arrange his domestic affairs, preparatory to
returning here about the lst of October,
when he will assume the duties pertaining to
his Office.
For the past few years Dickinson College
has had precarious existence. Her income
has been insufficient to meet the demands
made upon her treasury, and the weight of a
heavy debt had weil-nigh destroyed her ex-
istence But with the centenary endow-
ment, and an alumni faculty. and an alumni
president 10 represent her interests In the
Conferences, her prospects are in the as
ceudancy, and the time is not far distant
when she will take her place by the side Of
Yale and Harvard, and will sen'i out men Of
future mark, as she has done in the past,
who Will proudly call her 81 Alma Mater
go"