Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-06-16

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE TRUSTEES AMEND
| MENr TO THE CHARTER PRoPosED PRODUCTION
| OF SALARIES.
| Correspondence ofMe Commercial.
| NEWARK, June Is, 1875
| A stated meeting Of the Board of Trustees o.
Delaware college was held, to-day. The follow
| ing members of the Board were present Col
| Henry s, McComb, President, DR.. Lewis p
| Bush, John III. Bewley, BENZ 4. Biggs. S. Nj
| Curtis Geo. q. Evan. Hon. John W. Houston
| John Hickman, DIR. Allen V. Lesley, Chas. B
| Lore, Rev. James McIntire David j. Murphy
| Wm. II. Purnell, Edwin r. Paynter, John IL
Pennington, Elias S. Reed, John A. Reynolds
Geo. 4. Tybout and John f. williamson.
| The annual report OF the President of the
College and various minor reports were read and
| accepted.
Committee of iive,of which Judge Houston
was chairman, appointed for the purpose of TAX
ing into consideration the report OF the Presi-
dent of the College on the condition Of the In
stitution, submitted the following report which
was adopted with the amendment that section
and 3, referred to in the resolution, should be
amended by requiring those receiving instrue-
ton in the college to teach two years instead of
one as named in the charter referred to.
The Committee are satisfied that it is well to
continue the normal course OF instruction which
has been adopted and pursued in the college by
the faculty. for the education and preparation
of teachers IF our free schools, although there
is no express provision for this purpose to be
found in the present charter of it,. There was,
however, wise and excellent provision to that
effect expressly incorporated in the charter Of
1851 and to be found embodied in the seventh
and eighth sections Of it and they would, there
fore, recommend to the Board of Trustees the
adoption of the following resolutions
Resolced, That we recommend the continu-
ance of the present system OF normal lnstrnc-
ton pursued in the college by the faculty for
that purpose and also that application shall be
made at the next session of the Legislature for
an amendment to the existing charter of the col
lege incorporating into it sections and Of the
charter, passed at Dover, February 1851, with
the view to establishing i'll connection with the
college and the course of instruction and educa-
ton pursued in it, good and efficient normal
school for the preparation OF. teachers i'll our free
schools, and for the proper support of the same
by law part and parcel of the Free School sys-
tenn OF the State"
On motion it was resolved, upon the recon-
mendation of the faculty, that the degree of
Bachelor of Arts be conferred upon the follow
ing Thomas Davis, Walter j. O. Colt, George
Morgan; and that the degree Pl B, be con
ferred upon the following Walter q. Curtis,
Frederick William Curtis, Septimus ID. Jay, and
Lewis G. Vandegrift; and that the degree of b.
L., be conferred upon the following Elizabeth
s. Blandy, Harriet IL Curtis. Ellie q. Mack
ey, Geo. L. Davis and John Webster Dorsey
all of the graduating class.
On motion 1t was resolved that the degree Of
LII d. be conferred upon Edward s. Joynes,
Professor Of Modern'L Language, Washington and
Lee University, Virginia.
The election of officers of the ensuing term
resulted in the selection of the following gen.
tlemen Col. Henry s. McOomb, President,
John f. williamson Vice President, George q.
Evans, Secretary and Treasurer
On motion it was resolved that the proper Of
ficers of the College be and they are hereby au-
thorized to borrow as needed, sum not ex-
ceediug four Thousand dollars to meet the ex-
penses OF the Institution during the next ensu-
ing two years.
The salary of the President OF the College and
those of three OF the Professors were reduced
$3.50, each.
On motion IL waa raaolvad that this Reapd
1aanly raorats the failnre op the r~,,- - .i-~
Legislature at its last session to make the appro-
priaton asked for the College.
The Board then adjourned.