Smyrna times., 1877-06-27
JUDGE HoUsroN ON DELAWARE COLLEGE,


Last week Judge Houston attended the
commencement exercises at Delaware
College. In speech which he was
called upon to make, he said this: Every |
State should afford facilities for collegiate |
as we'll as elementary education within her
own borders. No State is on an equality |
with another that cannot confer as good an |
education on her citizens as that other |
We, of Delaware, wanta acompletesystem,b be- |
ginning with the primary school and ending
with the college. The State must under
stand that the people will have it. He was
mortified that the last Legislature did not
do anything toward this great subject"
Judge Houston then briefly told how the
Trustees of Delaware College, who held all
the property of the institution, had turned
it over to the State in order to get for the
State the benefit of the Government APP
preparation for Agricultural and Industrial
Colleges. "Now," said he, emphatically,
/" the State of Delaware owns the College
and hasn't paid cent for it. Uncle Sam
has paid $S0,000 yielding about $1,000 a
year-about all we can depend on. The
State must do as much as the Government.
She ought to be Shanacd Om of her n,c1nncSs
She has as much wealth as any State in
proportion to her size. Why should any
member of the Legislature refuse to vote
for an appropriation of $4,000 or $4,000 for
this great object" Judge Houston con-
cluded, amid hearty applause, with the
declaration that he did not intend to rest
until the Legislature should do this, their
duty
DELAWARE CoLLEGE.-The commence
ment exercises of Delaware College took
place last Wednesday.
The Salutatory was delivered by Miss
Annie Willis, of Kent CO., Nd.
Henry G. Stone of Newark, followed with
an Grafton on Habit"
VIM. G. Lyman of Stanton, delivered an
Grafton on Oratory.
Stansbury j. Wiley, Principal of the
Wilmington High School, delivered an
Grafton entitled "The school master and
the State.''
The honorary classical Grafton, with the
valedictory address, was then delivered by
Charles NJ. Curtis. His subject was the
"Study of the Classics"
The Masters Grafton was delivered by j.
Newton Hustled, of West Chester, Pa, on
the " Psychology of the Senses"
President Purnell presented the degrees
as follows: The degree of Bachelor of
Arts, to Charles NJ. Curtis, of Newark, that
Of Bachelor Of the Elements, to Annie NJ.
Willis of Cecil county, Nd. that of Bache-
J Newark, Bachelor of Philosophy, to VIM.
G. Lyman, of Stanton, and Stansbury j.
Wiley, of Wilmington. In presenting the
parchment to the last named gentleman,
F., President Purnell said, "Mr. Wiley,
!. although you are only an adopted son,
j.. promise the good old Alma Mater will
-, make no difference between you and her
:. sons"
Q Tho degree of Master of Arts were as
b follows: j. n. Hustled, o? West Chester,
r Pa; DR.. George w. Marshall, Milford Del
a aware; William r. Martin, of Easton, Mary
land, and Alexander F. Williamson, ot
. Newark, Delaware.
q Henry w. Colvin, of Baltimore. Mary
land, and Gouverneur Emerson, of Milton
a Pennsylvania, who were not present also
!. received the degree of A. NJ. and Robcr
!, Grimshaw, of Philadelphia, that of Maste
of Elements.
The prize of $25 annually awarded by the
alumni for the best essay was awarded t
!. Charles NJ. Curtis, for his essay on 9TH
}. advantages of the Republican Form o
o Government"
|, A DESPERATE THIEF CAUGHT.-The maj
S who blew open the safe of merchant il
!, Centreville, named Price, and who is nov
G, in Denton Jail, is desperate fellow. ii
has carried on q wild system of thievery
er Besides the attempt on Prices safe, he wa
Q, the fellow who stcle the safe of a Mrs
: WEIGH, at Crumpton, and carried it Oft
< entered the bedroom of John w. E. Sudlel
+, at Sudlersville, whilst he was asleep an
ID carried off his pants and money; robbie
Of the store of Graham g. Co., at GoldsborC
and afterwards came over to Delaware an
Is. robbed tho store of Mr.. Cubbage at NJ
is Oliver, and that of Mr.. Connor, at SanC
| in I,o 80 A
,f these robberies have been perpetrate
a within the past two months--the last tw
Il on the 18th inst. Says the Denton Journal
m "Some excitement having grown out {
n. these repeated robberies, a search wa
n. instituted. He was tracked to the in
go mediate vicinity of GoldsbOrough. NJ
ID Graham, Mr.. McCulley, and two othe
Mt gentlemen at Goldsborough, came upon
no suspicious character on Saturday nigh
-. l6th and upon a search being instituted,
IN bunch of skeleton keys was found upon hi
m person. He gave his name as John JOIN
Ne son, 26 years of age, and duplicates tw
ne other parties, whose names he still will
~, holds. lie told Mr.. Graham where h
- goods might be found, and upon a search
oo directed, part of them was found in til
ee9 woods, about four hundred yards from IL
NO store, in a damaged condition. Anoth,
lot was found stored in the garret of I'll
,os church, in sight of the store. A portion
PC the goods belonging to Mr.. Connor WI
adj found on his person. johnson was give
rv into the custody of Sheriff Collins and
,nt now confined in our Jail (Denton) to ava
inf trial at the next term of our court. +
,ot also confesses to be an accomplice in IL
nd robbery of store ut Crumpton sever
,or weeks ago, when an iron safe was remove
nd from the building and taken down to Il
nd river to be riiled of its contents. lie sa
q there are two others of the band yet
Inv large. johnson talks of turning State
re-. evidence and giving full exposure OF the
ter other robberies. These parties are tran
yos robbers, and are unknown in these parts
me
TO Stono Limo NJ {Vordoni