The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-06-15
FIFTH EDITION.
DELAWARE COLLEGE.

The Trustees OF that Institution Me,
Yesterday, but Excluded Reporters.
The Drill Question Considered and
Discussed ut Lengthsf
The trustees ,s6f Delaware College
held their annV meeting yesterday
but with cloaeU doors, no reporters
being allowed TO Ne present, though
Hon. Charles b. Lore STRONGLY advo.
Gated the admission ofeihem, and
strange to say that though the board
is composed OF Intelligent gentlemen,
three OF them being editors Of weekly
favor of admission. The trustees
present at the meeting were:
i'd / Murphey. nrfH. @. M. Kollock
and james HossI1ker OF Newark; Geo,
W. Cruikshank 81 Elkton, Md. Man
love Hayes. J. A. Milton, John j. Sauis-
bury OF Dover; D%Geo. w. Marshall,
DR.. Nathan Pratt OF Nfiiford ;Beniamin
4. Biggs. Edward Reynolds Of Middle-
town; John q. Stockley OF Smyrna.
Dr. Hugh Martin of Seaford and Ed
win Il. Paynter OF Georgetown; Presl-
dent A. n. Raub OF the college.
The, board conferred the degree Of
bachelor Of science on i. Kirkwood
Martin and Thomas A. Bedford; bach
elor of arts, 8. Edwin Grant, Benjamin
Is. Smith, Charles w. Jones, James w,
Lattomus, Fred Il. Ricards, p. Blair
Pho, Willard 4. Smith. The degree OF
muster of arts was conferred on Albert
+. Polk OF Georgetown.
President DR.. AN. Raub made his an
nual report. in which lie said that dur
Ing the past year there had been OF the
college ninety. seven students and
two post graduates. There were 10
seniors % juniors, 81 sophomores and
~ freshmen. There were II In tho
classical departments; ~ In the Latin
scientific; 81 In civil engineering; III
mechanical engineering; 2 In electrical
engineering and in agriculture.
A number or other reports were pre-
scented and referred to appropriate
committees. and at o'clock tho board
took recess until 2 o'clock.
At2 o'clock tho board resumed bust.
ness and continued In session until
O'Clock.
The building committee reported
that the new bnllding and the other
smaller buildings would be con.
Ipleted swithin the $4,000 allotted
for that purpose.
The ty-laws wore changed SO that
the veto Of the President OF the Cot
lege can>be overruled by a two-third
NpLO vi In6
The officers OF the board of trustees,
Charles B. Lore, president; Manlove
Hayes, vice-president and George g.
Evans, secretary and treasurer, were
elected. The faculty was conti1.
ued the same as at present. $50
/ A new committee OF five on dlsci.
pline and instruction was added to the
list OF college committees.
i The military drill matter was
brought up and occupied the attention
of the trustees the moat of the differ.
moon. The drill has been the source
! of much trouble Of late, aud 1t Is be-
lieved that the United States officer,
Lieutenant l.. c. Brooks, may wltbt
draw from the college. Major Sanger,
the United States inspecting officer. In
, his report complained that some ca.
diets wera not uniformed, tire cannon
was dirty, and unless there was an
improvement the officer should be
withdrawn.
A number OF the trustees thought
that the drill matter had better be left
with the parents and guardians. 4
csulutlon was therefore adopted Ieav,
ling tie matter with tho parents and
guardians, but the sons OF parents In
favor the drill will be required to be
on time promptly and must uniformj
, This settles the matter over which
there has been SO much discussion and
feeling. The trustees think that they
have decided upon the easiest plan to
settle the drill matter. The govern.
Iment appropriation to the college will
not be Withdrawn because the military
officer ia Withdrawn. but will be
''blackllsted" so far as the War p
partment 10 concerned.