Evening journal., 1894-05-09
DR.. RAUB IS ALL RIGHT.
The College President De-
serves and Receives Praise,
INSTEAD OF PUBLIC CENsURE

Complete Report OF the Com mlttee'a
Work At = Special Meeting. and the
Report Kronerates DIR. Haub.
The Board of Trustees Of Delaware
College. at a special meeting to-day has
unanimously adopted the report of the
Investigation Committee. aud a resolu
tion was adopted thank ng the commit
tee for It's work Resolution also adopted
that the report be submitted TO the
papers Of the state for publication.
The Report In Full.
To the Board Of Trustees Of Delaware
College;
GENTLEMEE AT your meeting on the
9Th day OF March A. d., 1894, you
adopted the following preamble and
resolutions:
Whereas, Certain reports are In
circulation which are prejudiolal to the
college, aud IL being the duty OF this
board TO ascertain that the college is well
administered, therefore
"Be II resolved. That committee Of
five (5) members to be appointed by the
president Of the board shall make a
thorough investigation OF the college
including the efficiency Of the president
OF the college and his associates, and
report the results of said investigation
10 the board at a special meeting TO be
held on the second Wednesday In May
next. at 10 o'clock a m.
Resolved, That the committee OF
Eve (5) TO be appointed TO investigate
the administration Of affairs IN this in
stitution have access to all books and
papers Of the college, and that each
member OF the faculty bo required 20
afford said committee every possible
facility In their said investigation, also
that said committee be authorized In It's
discretion TO have any testimony taken
by Htenographer and typewriter, and
that the expense thereof be paid by the
treasurer out OF any funds properly
applicable TO the payment Of such ex.
pense"
Pursuant to these resolutions, the
president appointed as the committee
therein named, Lewis O. Vandegrift
chairman; Manlove Hayes, George g.
Evans, William f Causey and Dr. V. L.
Mustard
In fuldnment Of the duties imposed
upon u by resolution Of this board, your
committee met In the new college build
ing at Newark, Delaware, on Wednesday,
April 2J, 1894, at 10 o'clock, a m and
adopted the necessary rules for lts guild
ance In the investigation which It was
instructed TO make
Believing that fuller information could
be obtained by secret sessions, the com
mittee adopted aud signed the following
agreement-which was also made appli
cable TO the stenogiapher, who was ap
pointed as secretary Of the committee
viz:
"NEw COLLEGE BUILDING,
NEWARK. Del April %, 1894.
1--WE the undersigned do hereby
solemnly agree and promise each to the
other that without the concurrence Of q
majority OF the committee We will not by
sign, hint or word divulge or make
known anything that the members oi
this committee may suggest, say or dc
during the course OF this investigation
nor anything anyone else may suggest
say or do In the presence Of this com
mittee during the course Of this inves-
tlgation, aud that We and each OF us will
preserve In violate all proceedings tbal
take place before this committee Ia tn,
performance Of It's duties"
LEWIS G VAEDEGRIFT, Chairman
M HAYES,
GEoEGE q EVANS,
WILLIAM f. CAUsEY,
ID. l.. MUSTARD
81 do hereby bind myself in accordance
with the terms Of the above agreement
"E O. HARDEsTY,
"Stenographer aud Secretary"
Your committee would further repor
that the investigation at the place abov
mentioned continued FOR two days will
full attendance Of the members Of tn
committee; and as each witness appeare'
he WAS Informed that whatever he sal
would be regarded by the committee a
confidential, aud that the object Of tn
committee was to be made acquainte
with the exact condition Of affairs as the
existed at Delaware College
The witnesses brought before the com
mittee without exception responded {
this appeal, and, as your committe
believes, endeavored 20 give their homes
opinions in regard to the needs of th
institution. They were examined an
cross examined most searchingly, and
was the endeavor of the committee I
leave nothing undiscovered that Dor
upon the management of Delaware Co
lege or the efficiency Of the presiden
and his associates. The committee OK
amined thirty four witnesses In th
,, course Of the investigation, commenc
ing with the local trustees an
following with the examlnatio
Of the president, the faculty, Lleuten
, ants Frier and Brooks, citizens In th
town OF Newark supposed to have pc
, culiar knowledge OF the workings OF th
, Institution, young men who had gradI
ated under the present administrator
! and closing said Investigation with a
] examination of many Of the preser
4 students OF the college.
9 Getting at the Charges.
: An investigation such As this boar
called upon your committee to MAX
under the resolutions first quoted, va
one by no means easy 20 be made, for n
reason that no definite charges were hle'
and such charges against the admins
; tration Of the institution and ii
: efficiency Of its president and his sssl
!; cistes-the two things your commits
d was instructed to investigate-were
the shape Of rumors only and were so II
tangible that It was with difficulty tbs
your committee could formulate an
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