The daily gazette., 1882-08-01
THAT COLLEGE MEETING.
TheF first Lnstailment Of q Full and Au-
thenfie Report, N

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To THE EDIToR OF The GAzEFTf -
A great deal has been said in reference
TO the troubles in Delaware College. / pro
poses as reporter 10 give my version of the
last meeting, but as that meeting lasted all
day, q full and authentic report of the pro
eeedings and discussions, with short descrip-
tons Of some of the more prominent actors
IN the board, would be too great a task for
me at one time, ] shall therefore give you
/ my fFst inetallnieDt and when | get few
moments more leisure, continue them from
time 10 time. The meeting was called to
/ order by the venerable president, after a pro-
! per rubbing and adjusting of his glasses.
He ordered the proceedings of the last meet
ing read, which was done, and after some
slight corrections the president declared
them adopted. Then one fool fellar,
member of the board, for want of sense,
arose and said Mr.. President, / moves
4 that we invites them ere reporter fellars of
the papers wots outside In here, so as them
ere peoples wots outside ma git tru ac-
cont Of wat we're q doin." 1t was some
time before Q seconder forthis motion could
be found One farmer trustee, very ner-
vous, trembling badly, and suffering from
severe attack Of the spinal column, slowly
arose and said, +" second the motion, but
want It understood, only do 1t to bring it
before the board.h When the President
arose and stated the question to the board
| and said he was ready to hear from the trus-
tees In regard to the matter,when the fool
feiiar ris up and sed" Mr.. President, |
don't why we shud be aferd the outer
side people know wat were adOin, If
we don't du ennything were ashamed
| OF. Don't this ere college belong to the
peple of this ere State of Delaware, and
aren't we put here TO run it, an If we are an
are doin wat y rite wat need we kere, wat
If them ere peples watts outside du no wat
we're adoin We alters forgits that this, ere
/ institertution Is belongin tu the peple an
they outer tn MOI tkb wat we're adoin. Haint
we bin spendin the peple's mummy payin
professors, an wat hev we Civ them ere peple
IN return fur the mummy we spended belong
/ In tn them2 I've been a tren fur sum
| yeres tn du suthin fur the farmers Of Della
ware as truste of this ere institertution an
1--WE never done nothin but spent ther mummy,
an not bin given EN- anything back an
| perpose they shall hev suthin back in return
fur It, an If we wont du It'll perpose to ap-
| pele to Q hier power an force suthin to be
dun; an my opinion, Mr.. President, is that
this ere institertution wants he'd ,oue as will
| 60 ahed an not be allus holdin back an
| q settin down warm out the hind part of
his trosers. Civ me feller wot wares out
the soles of his shus with lots of vim in him,
q rele, live, go-ahead feller that won't
let gras gro under his feet, He's alters a
better feller tn make ennything go than
| your nice, silk, Shiny, du-nothin kind of
fellers like sum hoo hev bin at the he'd of
this ere college. nos them ere kind are
all nice for tn 90 tn a party tu meet fine
gentlemen and ladies an talk nice to en, sit
| down on his cheer (Which it is sed is nearly
wore out with constant use) an hey recip-
tions an be called Mr.. President. But all
this ere haint wot we want in an agricul-
terAl collige. Farmers boys an gals don't
i want tn lern no sich stuff as that are, they
wants tn no how tu rede, rite an slfer, tn
make big crops Of corn, wheet, otes,
pertaters an hay, an rase big hogs, big bulls,
cows an chickens, etc., etc. An the gals
want tu lern, beside book larnin, how tu
take care Of milk, make good butter, apple
sass an lots of good things, so when she gifts
tu be woman an gifts married she will no
how tn be wife an not mere doll; that
when her farmer husband comes from his
work in the fields she's all over smiles, an
the house is in flrst.elasss order an is full of
| good things of her own make to plese her
husband an make his home happy one.
like tn incurrage the fine arts, sich like as
music an singin an paintin, but wants EN-
/ Termed common Bence fust. Now, Mr..
| President, I've sed mi sa an Pm goin to sot
| down." l,tlA t+E
A reverend trustee arose pulled up his
| fine black broadcloth coat close over his
| righteous bosom, adjusted his collar, and
then with deep drawn sigh, said: Mr..
| President, am surprised at my friend on
my right for whom have always had the
| highest regard as q gentleman and O true
/ friend, not only of this college, but of all
interests effecting the welfare of this town
and its immediate locality. l never was
| more surprised In my life than when / read
his article In the paper telling of what
/ should be the secret actions of this Board.
By what right do the outside public ask to
know what we as Board of Trustees of
Delaware College are doing. Whenever we
take any action that affects the public out
/ side of the board, our secretary can be au-
| thoriEed to give 1t. I think the gentleman
| has made very grave and objectionable
| mistake" The reverend then took his scat,
when Doctor Cryser arose and eagle like
scared aloft into the clouds of high flown
words, but soon came down persquash on
the top of wood shed, where he found bis
true level. He said at the top of his voice,
"Mr. President, (when all was hushed and
the house was still as death, with every eye
turned upon the speaker) what kind of
a set of men are this Board of Trustees that
have been made a member of without my
being consulted : Why, Mr.. President,
never 10 all my life knew of a mesnber of q
private body of Board OF Trustees rushing
into the public print giving the secret action
of the board TO the public. Why, never
heard tell of such an outrage being per-
petrated. don't want TO be associated with
any such set of men who tell to outsiders
what the board have done. | cannot con-
ceive why the gent'e eman should thus rush
into the public print. Is it possible that the
gentleman who has done this is seeking the
votes Of the public2 Is he a candidate for
any public object At this point this "fool
feller', jumped up aud at the top of his voice
yelled out, "Yas, Pine candidate for the
Levy Court" This last SO took the poor
doctor by surprise that he was al once
squelched. When a lawyer trustee, all
smiles, and dressed Us though he had just
been pushed by some jumping jack out of a
band box, arose as though he was going to
adress court and jury (his long nose pro-
truding far into the room in advance
of his body, the thought struck me |
that If Robeson once saw that |
nose he would exhaust the United States |
treasury or he would have 1t as a cutwater |
for one of those magnificent war ships of |
that navy which he is going to build when
ever our Government gets enough money |
into its treasury to carry out his ideas of a
navy as is navy.) He said, "Mr. President, |
l don't wish to occupy the time of this
board in speech making, but really ! never
was more surprised than that the gentleman
ON my right should have SO far forgotten the
dignity which his position as a member of
tAlnf poa ~ .f Tr,Yotaao hau orivpn him that