The Wilmingtonian., 1885-07-18
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SATURDAY, JULY is, 1885.
DELAWARE COLLEGE.


the citizens of the State of Delaware have
some interest and solicitude about the flu.
ture of Delaware College.
1t is the high school Of the state by right
and should be also in fact Sympathy in
the theory of higher education exists among
us, and of it is born that substantial aid to
college or university which exemplifies it.
self in legacies, grants, and numerous
student patronage This is business con-
sideration of the matter. 1t is not iniud-
cious to give it attention,
Those who have the affairs of the College
in their keeping cannot hide from them
selves the fact that the Wilmington High
School is annually robbing Delaware Col
lege of large share of its matricuators.
The High School is in Wilmington, the
centre of business, of lfe and of the pecu-
MARY interests of Delaware. 1t occupies
the chief centre from which substantial aid
can be expected. 1t ''holds the fort" it
gathers the sympathy of our citizens, their
support, and the patronage of the more ma
tnre student-life, whose future is mapped
out for professional followings.
1t occupies the field that the College
should in the metropolis of Delaware. We
risk the assertion that our High School is
simply silent outgrowth caused by the alb
sence, in this city, of such an institution as
Delaware College. The State of Delaware,
as a commonwealth of this Union cannot be
expected to support two identical education
al institutions that have such very slight
dissimilarity of curriculum Such a hope
would be opposed to the idea for which the
money of the citizens is poured into a state
educational fund.
AS that practical sympathy and moral
support to higher education found among
our citizens, has been gathered by the High
School unhindered by any exertion on the
part of Delaware College to claim its share
OF support, which had it been in the field,
had it been located in Wilmington, the only
live locality in this state whose possibilities
of aid are commensurate with what Della
ware College is entitled to, our State Uni.
versity would have been in position tc
garner all possible advantages of substan.
tial aid. When the opportunity occurred il
sdould have taken advantage of the occa.
sion to locate here,
1t is preposterous to suppose that an,
practical success can be expected by thu
College in its present location The schoo
may as well be 'over the border'' in Penn
sylvania. Some years ago Colonel Me
Combs recognizing the futur advantage t,
Delaware College of being located in VII
mington, offered the trustees splendid 10
and other substantial aid, if they would re
move the school to this city.
The proposition was refused, and follow
ing it when that publc-spirited gentleman
will was read, Delaware College was nc
mentioned except as debtor to the estate
which debt, we understand, was paid b
the Trustees. How much more of sue
practical sympathy has our State Universit
lost simply by its absence, by not being in
position to make friends of the busnes
people of Wilmington. If the College wei
in Wilmington its citizens would soon begi
to identify themselves with it and it woul
become an inalienable responsibility Of til
city, one of its institutions, and it is Id
overdrawing the fact, to say would b
equivalent to making it in reality a stat
institution. Any institution, especially {
an educational nature, must have life, su,
shine, and plenty of support, it cannot c,
Ist eXCeDt as n funpus in thp shade