The daily gazette., 1875-04-08
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Letter from, 'SNn.,niH Fridge.
z Major Bigss' Reply,
e De,aeicare Gaette. ~

saturday evening last found on my ta-
BILE an article published in the Eperv Epe-
niag OF March 3lst, evidently intended
for me, although my name is not men
toned. The afticlEiiS 30 intemperate in
Language and SO disrespectful in its
character, and the.authot such a coward
that he Is either afraid or ashamed to
sign. his name 70 ~ viii pass it by as
the idle irind which respect not ran
assassin alwaysready to stab In the dark.
As one OF the Trustees OF Delaware Col
lege !. desire TO, present to the public
some facts connected with the. College
which the citizens of Delaware have
right to know. s41 .rH sm --t
In the first place never offered to be
one OF thirty who would raise the $4,000
asked for by the State. j, however, did
propose that as there Were thirty mem.
bers in the Board, and six Professors,
making thirty six, that each one OF us
should put paying student ia the In
stitution, which would raise over $1,000.
Then In the event of a failure either on
the part " Trustee or a member of the
Faculty TO do SO, let the delinquent pay
tile annual ttntiUn Of $50. That would
Put Us, ali to work, which is right and
proper. 1t the College Is to be built up,
Is IL not worti.y Ot at least some effort
70 te put forth by the Trustees and Fac
nltyY,, What ard the factsp Delaware
sF9lltge Ipw-reerlves nearly $4,000 annu-
glly from The Government Land Scrip.
NE have line Library, an excellent
philosophical Apparatus, a good build
ing; all unencunrc rcred.' And the $4,000
~ appropriated 10 pay the Faculty. Now
leave 1t to any iair, just and honest
man whether 1t Is riylft 10 tax the people
OF TINS State $1,000 autpally, max ing q
subsidy of $1,000 IL s., III order, as il
alleged, to keep tie T., go up. I con-
sciehtiously though O.. think now,
that WITH gift OF S5UVJ. aid semi-an-
nuaiiy' with no debt upon the institu-
lion, We h al no right, indeed to nv mind
1t was very acrong TO ask the heavily tax
co people OF Delaware to tax themselves
annually $4,000 more. ] thought we
ought to help ourselves some. The Rug.
by Academy IN Wilmington asked for no
State aid. The Conference Academy at
Dover asked for no State aid, and these.
with other institutions in the State.
prosper without the aid of one dollar
subsidy. Ni
But now for some of the facts-otbers
| will for the present hold in reserve.
There are IN the College six Professors:
one receiving salary Of S2250 per an
num- Two more receiving each $500 Der
uhnu!ni one $1,000, with perq,,isites ar a
Shemistj one more $1,000, and one $500
These salaries aggregate S805O annually.
Before the State aid was granted two
years age ty our Legislature, one Pro-
lessor received $1,000; three others $1,000
each, which consumed the $1,000 from
the Land Scrip When the State aid
was given meeting of the Board Of
Trustees was called and the salaries of
Lhree OF the Faculty was raised up to
Slzo0 more, taking nearly one half e
The State aid, and the balance was given
to two, additional Professors, although
the College did not number, think, at
that time, more than thirty five stu
dents. On the 23d of last month anoth-
er meeting OF the Board of Trustees was
held. Nine members were present-1iot
one from Kent county; not one from
SUSSEX county, We just had a auoru n
six OF whom were from the town of
Newark, ! believe. A resolution was Of
Tered Mkrng the continuation of State
MD; L opposed At rs l had done two
years ago. 1t, however, passed 10y a vote
of seven TO two. | requested the priyi-
lege OF reporting the vote TO the Iregis-
latrrn as part of our proceedings
FMS WAS denied; thfn had no alter
native hut to write "a sis pdqe letter"
staung my opposition to the continuance
OF Stat' aid. am Perfectly willing for
the letter to be published, us stated in
IL hotLlng but facts obtained officially
1he last Catalogue shows that there nre
about forty-fOur students in the College
and only fourteen of them arc paying
stIdents-eight from Delaware; five
from Maryland, and Que from Pennsyl-
Vanla. All the rest are beneticiaries;
not one of whom their parents pay one
rcd ceut tuition for. From the town of
Newark think There are seventeen, and
only five pay tuition--Mr. Curtis for
four and Mr.. Evans for one-both men,
bers of the Board. | write from memo
ry, not having the Catalogue before me-
Two of tho Faculty send three of their
children to the College, and their sdla-
yies aggregate three thousand seven hun
drsi gnd Jftty dollars annually. and yet
they do not pay ono dime tuition. Is
that fairp Is that right? What do you
think of it, Delaware tax.payersp Yet
if l. rs one of fifteen gentlemen who re-
present n trust on the part of the State of
some $4,000, say one word, l am inter-
fering with the Faculty: Why the poor
est man in the county contributes hie |
mite towards educating his children, and |
feels proud of the privilege. Now take |
town of Newark, at $50 per anpum, and |
you have fund of 1920. But this Is not |
ali, ws have two free students from |
Maryland and one from Pennsylvania. |
Actually have gone out of our State for |
benefciaries, and then call upon the |
heavily taxed people Of Delaware to
make the weight a little more. for we |
must educate free of tuition a portion |
of the citizens OF Pennsylvania and Md |
What farce to say am alarmed when |
see what have done" Delaware tax |
payers will stand by those who stand up |
for the right. / am not alarmed" And |
when the farmer and mechanic and
hard listed laborer comes to understand
that while some work only seventeen |
hours per week, and they work from ten |
to twelve hours per day, little howl |
from one who, when he writes. some- |
times signs his nan,e and sometimes he |
don't, will fall harmless upon those he /
delights 10 injure-or at least try to do |
80. An exhibition of temper is always
to my mind weakness. As friend of |
Delaware College l honestly opposed |
any more State aid. Reflect for a mo-
,nent, tax x-payers! We now have six
Professors to teach fourteen paying stu
dents. These Professors receive annu
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