Middletown transcript., 1894-03-31

| 71SMM xS-hhM would be ordered by
| MI Ah1M nv the board of trus
| lINNW - N tees, Tuesday, ha:
.>-I(WIlF -. lin been thoroughly
J 49, '~ verified, such reso
luton having pass
ed the board unanimously and crowned the
work of the day.
The trustees present at Tuesdays meet
ing were: Chief Justice Lore, Chairman O.
the board; W. F. Causey, Captain Charlie.
w. Roberts, David J. Murphy, J. Alex
ander Fulton, Lewis C. VANDERBILT DR.
William H. Purnell, DR.. George w. Mar
shall. J. Harvey Whiteman, John B. Pen
nington, S. NJ. Curtis, John C. Higgins
Manlove Hayes. John C. Stockley, George
G. Evans, James Hossinger, DR.. H. G. M
Kollock, DR.. A. n Raub. DIR. Nathan Prat
DR.. David Mustard, John F. Salisbury and
William H. Ste vens.
The meeting opened with prayer by DR.
Purnell, after which various business such
as the reading of the minutes, ETC.. was got
through with. President Raub was then
asked to reid his report which was a much
more pretentious 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 80
divided as follows: Seniors, 10; juniors, 81
sophomores, 25; freshmen, 10; specials
5. The students in each course are as fol.
lows: Classical, Z; Latin, scientific 3d. mod
ern language, and science, 2; civil engineer
ing, IA; mechanical engineering, 5; electri-
cal engineering, 10; agriculture, 6; special
courses g. total of 35 in the mechanic arts
and agricultural courses. All these, are
doing satisfactory work. The number OF
students enrolled this year is 10 per cent
less than last year, partly because of the
so-called hard times and partly because a
large percentage of those who applied for
admission last fall were rejected in the en-
| trance examination.
While the total attendance may seem
|
twice as many native students considering
population and territory as any other
State in the Union and in some cases 10
times as many. 1t must be remembered
that so students for Delaware means nearly
500 for Maryland, 2200 for Pennsylvania
and 2700 for New York, though none OF
the colleges approach these numbers. In
calling attention to the necessity of closer
connection between the college and the
public school system of the State DR.. Raub
said: "If the principals of the graded
schools were arranged to rearrange theil
courses of study so as to fit their graduates
directly for entrance to Delaware College
as is done in various States both college and
graded schools would be very much
strengthened and would secure 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, and
other colleges, with the Latin-scientift
course here the doctor drew the conclusion
that Delaware College graduates in this
course have passed and completed course:
quite equal in standard to those of the
most prominent colleges of the country
Criticism to the contrary has, 1 know, beer
made, but it has evidently been made with
out knowledge of the facts, and deem i
but proper to direct attention to this exac
truth.
DIRE CONFUSION REIGNED.
All had been plain sailing until the ques
ton of the disposition of President Raub'.
report came up before the the meeting
There was at once the direst confusion, an(
motions of all sorts were in the air, some
wishing reference to committee, others q
full, free discussion, and others postpone
ment of consideration until the report O
the work of the agricultural experiment sta
ton for the year was read. The last course
was adopted.
When it was seen what formidable
looking document the station report was
80 or 40 large typewriter pages-sighs O
approaching fatigue were heard through
the room, but it soon became evident thai
such members didn't know what they were
signing about, for motion to refer it to the
committee on agriculture was properly los
and Dr. A. T. Neal, the director of the sta
tion, was invited to come in and read as
much of the report as he could in Is min
utes. Carefully putting his watch on the
before him, DR.. Neal commenced. The re-
port was MT one of dry statistics but was
direct, concise and connected story of the
great work conducted by the station in tn {
suppression and control, as far as possible
of those two dread cattle diseases, anthrax
and tuberculosis. Exactly in Is minutes to
to the dot, DR.. Neal stopped, but like
oliver Twist" the board called for more
until the report was read nearly through.
FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
After this the subject of the presidents
report came up and Mr.. Causey made q
motion to consider it in executive session,
which meant, as he later said, session
minus the reporters. He made this motion
not as reflection on the news papers but
merely i'll the interests of a more full and
frank discussion of the presidents report
and administration which would be largely
personal.
DR., Purnell:
:: For over 80 years the presidents report
has come before the full board for free dis
cussion and there is no reason now why il