Evening journal., 1893-02-16
TRUSTEES NEED MONEY
They Must Have $4,000 at
ANY Rate.
SHOULD FOSTER DEL. COLLEGE

The single College In This 6tate-The
Student Gets Free Tuition and Board
Only Costs $3.50 a Year-Trustees Only
Want to Merit the Support OF Uncle
Sam; To Meet Demands Of the Federal
Government.
stat Correspondence Evening Journal.
DOVER, Feb. 16.-The Board Of Trustees
OF Delaware College had hearing before
the Joint Committee on Appropriations
and the members Of both houses In the
| Hall of Representatives during the noon
recess yesterday. The board was repre-
sented by President Charles B. Lore.
Manlove Hayes, and DR.. Nathan Pratt
President A. N. Raub represented the
faculty
Chairman Hall, Of the. committee,
called upon Senator Pilling 70 preside
Manlove Hayes was the first speaker.
He said:
1--WE come before you to present some
needs Of the college. / was not aware
until about noon that i should be ex-
pected to present the matter to YOU.
accepted the invitation Of the committee.
| saw statement showing the relations
between the college and the
state. do not know anything
better to bring before you. It
states that in the year 1862 Congress
passed an act granting public lands to
any state maintaining an agricultural
college. The act provided that not one
dollar should be used for buildings or
apparatus The Legislature of 1895 re.
fused 10 incur the cost In 1867 the
trustees offered the state one half inter
est In the college and in 1857 the offer
was accepted The agreement carried
! with II this agreement that the governor
! should appoint one-half the trustees and
each legislator be allowed to name a
student who should receive free tuition.
The land strip was sold for $S3, 600 and
{ the state pays the college the interest.
The free tuition up to 1885 amounted to
$27, 600
! "The city of Wilmington has not pa
tronized the college as it should. Nine
! tenths Of the students come from tho
rural hundreds The colleges of other
states are drawing away from us.
q The college is well equipped to give
tuition in all mechanical pursuits.
The last General Assembly gave us a
. liberal appropriation. We invite YOU TO
e examine the accounts and see II we have
s not expended IL judiclously. We spent
$23 600 erecting the new recitation hall;
q 81, 600 In erecting the shops for the shop
q work the balance was spent In repairing
y the old building and TO fit up the chemi-
Z cal laboratory.
"We want s13, ,943 to carry out our
present purposes. These include heat
ing apparatus, which we were obliged to
supply In order to occupy the recitation
A. hall during the latter part Of the present
winter. II cost SO, 773, of which we will
= have to pay 81 69S The boiler house
and machine shops will cost 50. 600; fur
y niture for new buildings, 81, 500; testing
3 shop and foundry, $1,000; alterations
and repairs on the old building. 81. 900.
y We ask you TO give this matter your
10 serious consideration"
's DR.. Nathan Pratt, member of the
" board, said that the college was the
le elimination Of the free school system.
le There are 400 school districts In the
n state. See what a small proportion of
l. the school fund Is asked for to-day The
II committee has come to the conclusion
% that It can meet the exigencies Of the
'f case with $4,000 There Is about
le SOL, 900 Of the school fund In the hands
Of the committees of the several dis
A tricts. That money has come from taxes,
q, either local or state. Let a portion OF
ID this surplus 60 TO Delaware College II
D. the state would do this the treasury
would have Just that much more in it.
y The schools do not need It, The money
IN has been laying there for years. The
~ state should foster such an institution az
Is Delaware College.
le Hon. Charles B. Lore said that the
m agreement between the state and Fed
10 eral Government provided that the state
was TO furnish the necessary buildings
and the Federal Government the profes
n..1 n
not do her part the United States will
In withdraw its aid Delaware College hai
!. no occasion to hang her head and blush
for her young men. It occupies a most
complete supplement to the common
sd school system and at a cost most remark
'n bly, low
n 1T is the single college In this state
nc The student gets free tuition and board
ut only costs about $3.50 year. We neec
ne some money to complete the housing
on The sum we ask to-day will complet,
be the buildings. In other states wher,
be these colleges exist they have received
er from 81, 600 to $24, 900 a year for support
is and from $24, 900 to 81, 500, coo to meet
the generous bequest Of the Fedora
81 Government. l think the faculty o.
ne Delaware College is as fine as any college
le have never known an appropriation
"a for education in Delaware to maxi
IL any member to blush for his support o
: it, The money that you see ft to give u
we will guarantee will not be used tC
harm anybody. To lose the Federal ap
a. preparation would be a lasting anc
ne stinging disgrace. The college is oper
r TO your inspection at any time and th,
AZ faculty will be glad to receive you. We
OF do ask you for $4,000 to put Delaware
College where she ought to be to NEE
u the demands of the Federal Govern
ment