The sun., 1898-11-27
j. A. McCaul,ey; Trustees, Stansbury ].
Wiley, William r. Field, Joseph Swift
and s. Bancroft, Jr.
FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
People of delaware Scarcely Appre-
ciate what m Institution They
Have In delaware College.

The n,ui, object Of interest in Newark,
a quiet anu ntirrd ,ow about twelve
niles soul Inv, it vi Wilmington, il Della
ware College, the seat Ut l',ghe, tdu.A'
tiun in t,,is State. Before describing his
institution, n brief history of It's progress
will not be anliss. a ssk 81.
Delaware, or Newark College" AZ il
WAS then called, MAS chartered in 1888,
and the d,Drs oi The college were thru" u
ulsn tu students ON May =, 1884 Sixty,
four Students VI. " enrolled, and. f"r =
quarter Of y century, the college WAS y
mighty power for yt,Od in Delaware and
neighbMinp parts IT Mar, land. Pennsyl-
.valiia and Virginia. In 1859, through
financial enbarrasenrnts, tile college
was forced to suspend operation. In
1870, however, D. la~are again started
up, and an agricultural department was
orYanixed In or,ter that the college might
receive endownlents under the Land
Grant Act u 1862. Al this time the col.
lege was, uade State institution, and
sUOn after . military department was
Established. Fro0, that time to the
present day, as shown in the records III
the alumni, the collrge has been sending
out each year young men well equipped
in mind and body for the after struggles
Of life.
According to the catalogue Of 1893,
nine,y-one students are enrolled, u
which number seventeen are from Will
n,ington. The faculty consists nf ten
professors and three instructors. Dr. =.
A. Harter, who has been c0nnected with
the institution for sOn,e time, il, now
president, Tuition 10 free to all students
from Delaware. ,-. ,.ls,. 4 y A;t II
The buildings are situated at the corner
Of North College avenue and Main street.
On entering The, large 9and spacioua
grounds The stranger g first imp,vsssd
with the venerable college building q
the farther end Of TIE avenue OF Lin.
dens." This building, formerly the sole
building Of the college, 10 now utilized ae
q dOrtnitory. The dOrmit0ry consists Oi
central hall and two wings to the light
and left respectively. At the end "i
each wing are the two Literary Society
halls, that on the left being the Ati'en.
aan aud in the right the Delta Phi. In
the basement are the biological and
chemical laboratories. .J
Recitation hall, On tile right Of the
campus, is taken up mainly with reci'a.
ti0n ruIrns, the new Oratory, library aud
assembly r',olr. This building il the fin.
est structure on the grounds. ..
Not far from recitation hall is the ex.
pertinent station, established by the
State. 1t is u brick bnilding, and is au
ornament to the campus.
Following tie wellshaded and we'll.
kept paths We come 10 Mechanical Hall,
erected during the pr sent year, to take
tue place uf the buildings destroyed by
fire last April.
The q Alnasium building is two-story
frame building. The gymnasium proper
is un the second floor and contains al
first .class apparatus for exercising the
body. In cold weather the gymnasium il
useu as drill hall.
Back Of the main buildings is the back
campus, used manly as an athletic field
To the left is u large greenhouse belong
ing to the college. and to the left is tl.'
college farm.
Tie buildings are surrounded by lin
den trees as old as the first college build
ing.
May this grand old college keep up il
future wears her ancient habit Of turning
out strr,ink. upright, and welltrainet
men, t" the great glorv OF our little Dla
mond Slate.