Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-03-29

NEWARK, March 2s.-The prediction
as made in EVERY EVENING last night |
that a rigid investigation into the ad- |
ministration of President Raul would |
be ordered by the board of trustees, yes.
terday, has been thoroughly verified,
such resolution having passed the |
board unanimously and crowned the
work of the day.
The trustees present at Yesterdays |
meeting were Chief Justice Lore, chair
man of the board; w. Il. Causey, Cap |
tain Charles w. Roberts, David ].
Murphey, j. Alexander Fulton, Lewis
G. Vandegrift, pr, William II. Purnell,
DIR. George w. Marshall, j. Harvey
Whiteman, John b. Pennington, 5. NJ.
Curtis, John c. Higgins, Man,ove
Hayes, John G. Stockley, George G..
Evans, James Hossinger, Dir. II. &. NJ.
Kollock, DIR. A. N. Raub, DIR. Nathan
Pratt, DIR. David Mustard, John +.
salisbury and William II. Stevens.
The meeting opened with prayer by
DR.. Purnell, after which various bnsi
ness such as the reading CT the minutes,
&C., was got through with. President
Raub was then asked to read his report
which was much more prctentious
document than he had ever presented
before, covering nine pages. The report
is given below with the omission only
Of few matters of no interest to the
public:
PRESIDENT RAUB's REPORT.
The present number OF students is so,
divided as follows: Seniors 10; juniors,
2l; suphomores, %; freshmen. 10; specials,
>. The studentsSin each course are rs fol.
lows: Classical, Z; Latin, scientific, 80;
modern language, and science. .: civil
engineering, III mechanical engineering,
5; electrical engineering, ~; agriculture,
u; special courses 6; total of 80 in the
mechanic arts and agricultural courses.
All these with rare exception here and
there, are doing satisfactory work. The
number of students enrolled this year is
10 per cent less than last year, partly be-
cause of the so.called hard times and partly
because large percentage of those who
applied for admission last fall were re-
jected in the entrance examination. y u
While the total attendance may seem
small we have. nevertheless, more than
twice as many native students considering
| population and territory as any other state
| in the Union, and III some cases 10 times us
many. 1t must be remembered that 50
students for Delaware means nearly 5p
for Maryland, 100 for Pennsylvania ana
ZOO for New YORK, though none Of the
| colleges approach these numbers. In
| calling attention to the necessity of n
! closer connection between the college and
the public school system of the State DR..
Raub said: III the principals of the
graded schools were arranged to rearrange
| their courses of study SO us to fit their
| graduates directly for entrance to Della
ware College, AS is done in various States,
| both college and graded schools would be
very much strengthened and would secure
u higher grade OF students"
The total number of graduates since the
| reorganization of the college is exactly $50.
After comparing certain COURSES OF study
| in Johns Hopkins, Harvard, Yale. aud
other colleges, with the Latin scientific
course here, the doctor drew the con
cliision that delaware College graduates
in this course have passed and completed
courses quite equal IN standard to those Of
the most prominent colleges of the coun-
try. Criticism TO the contrary has,
know, been made, but it has evidently
been made without knowledge of the
facts, and deem it but proper to direct
attention to the exact truth.
DIRE CONFUSION REIGNED. i
All had been PLAIN sailing until the
question of the disposition Of President
ltaubs report came UP before the meet.
ing. There was at once the direst con-
fusion, and motions of all sorts were in
the air, some wishing q reference to
committee, Others q full, free discussion,
and others u postponement of considera-
ton until the report Of the work of the
agricultural experiment station for the
year was read. The last course was
adopted.
+ When it was seen what formidable
looking document the station report
was-30 or 40 large typewriter pages
-sighs of approaching fatigue werc
heard through the room, but it soon be.
came evident that such members didn'l
know what they were signing about, foi
a motion to refer it to the committee OH
agriculture was properly lost and DR.. A
Il. Neale, the director of the station
was invited to come in and read as much
of the report as he could in 10 minutes
Carefully putting his watch on the desk
before him, DIR. Neale commenced. The
report was not one OF dry statistics but
/ was a direct, concise and connected
story Of the great work conducted By
: the station in the suppression and con
troll, as far as possible, OF those two
dread cattle diseases, anthrax and tuber
, culosis. Exactly in Is minutes to thu
dot, DR.. Neale stopped, but like "Olivei
, Twist" the board called for more until
$ the report was read nearly through.
FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
After this the subject Of the prcsi
dents report came up, and Mr.. Causel
I, made motion to consider it In execu
= tive session, which meant, as he late
= said, session minus the reporters. Ill
: made this motion not as a reflection oi
= the newspapers but merely in the in
: terests of more full and frank discus
! sion of the presidents report and az;
: ministration which would be largel,
personal.
DR.. Purnell:
2 For oyer 30 years the presidents repor
!. has come before the full board for fire
discussion and there is no reason no,
o why IL should be smothered I'D in con
K mittee. What we want is frank discui
sion of things as they are and US the
/ should be. 1t is our duty TO know til
!. condition of affairs, and we cannot eyad
our duty in this way. What do any of i
know about the inside workings of tn
college.
Is DR.. Pratt;
@ think the report should come befoi
il the full board. ! have no friends to r.
l. ward and no enemies to condemn, but
N will do my duty. No institution wit
If which am connected do | want to stan
n under a cloud of suspicion.
If Mr.. Hayes, pronounced supportt
l. of the president in many things col
tended for quiet, star-chamber invest
CATION and Mr.. Stockley also demande
an executive session.
" Mr. Salisbury said
le l am in favor of turning on the ligh
i Let us sec where the trouble is and let l
re man stand in the way.
to rvrcrr,y, s,ss,.,.