Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-09-29

whole State of Delaware, and there
have been many inmates received from
other parts of the State.
The institution is not for one class
of girls alone. 1t Is not only for girls
who have lost their virtue lit is
largely for such girls, but not exclu-
sivelyg for them. It is, one may soy, a
school for incorrigible girls, for such
as are actually beyond the control and
influence Of their parents, and who also
stand menace to the whole COM
munity, as we'll as to their families
and themselves. This school is to
train them in right paths; SO that they
may become amenable to the influ-
ences already exerted Intellectually
elsewhere. M
: The field is large one. How utterly
insufficient are the penal institutions
of this State, and might say Of any
State. How much better it is to have
such girls under the influence OF Chris
tian women, who love the girls and
who are not there SO much to enforce
discipline as to set good example,
and win them by love to follow such
example.
The building of this institution is
an unanswerable REPUTATION to charge
not always answerable, that woman
is u foe to woman. BY reason of the
unselfishness and patience and gentle
ness shown by the managers Of this
institution, other women have an or
portunity Of learning higher ideals.
This human monument deserves the
prayers. and concern of all true hearted
women. 1t affords hope to those with
out cheer; it is for those who have
thought themselves forlorn, forgotten,
perhaps despised. Here they can find
q home and everything that goes under
the name of a Christian home.
Speaking of the outcome of the
efforts in reforming girls, Bishop Cole
man said that the school was able to
point to instances of actual improve
mont. He added that it was a work
which God himself had called them to
do, and that with the results Of the
work they were not at all mindful to
think or to plan. They were content
to leave the results Of the work to His
own blessing and all the reward to
the future day of Judgment, satisfied
that He will not leave them now nor
forget them then.
Following the bishops felicitous re-
marks list Of the contents of the box
to be placed in the cornerstone was
read by Clement B. Smyth of the Adj
visory Board The list comprised the
following The Holy Bible, presented
by Bishop Coleman; a copy Of the deed
from Samuel Bancroft, Jr., and wife,
to Leighton Coleman, Thomas H.
Slavery and Samuel Bancroft, Jr.,
trustees for the Delaware Industrial
School for Girls; four annual reports
of the school; programme of the days
exercises; copy of q plea for the in
dustrial school read before the New
Century Club in February, 1893, by
Mrs. Frances s. Garrett; a copy of the
appeal for the proposed new building;
the daily newspapers of Wilmington,
together with copy of the Woman s
Edition OF Every Evening, April, 1886;
silver and nickel coins Of the current
year envelope containing the names
Of the Board of Managers and Advisory
Board; two copies Of the annual rel
port OF the w. @. T. U. of Delaware,
containing the first appeal in the
interests of the Delaware Industrial
School for Girls.
These articles had been placed In a
tin box, which was tied with a pink
ribbon and placed within the stone,
which was itself decorated with French
cannas. The flowers were removed.
when the time for laying the stone ar
rived. Bishop Coleman, bearing a sill
yer trowel which had been presented
to him in Toledo, o., in 1889, awaited
the adjustment Of the stone and at the
proper time threw several trowelfuls
of mortar upon which the stone should
rest. Then after 1t had been set he
struck it three times with a hammer,
saying. EaC
In the name of the Father, and of
the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, and
in behalf of the managers and advisory
committee thereof, | lay this stone for
the Delaware Industrial School for
Girls, imploring upon the work and
the workers the constant and abundant
blessing Of Almighty God"
The pretty ceremony of laying flowers
on the stone was carried out by Miss
Alice Smyth, who used flowers donated
by the inmates of the school.
The hymn 20 Lord of Hosts, Whose
Glory Fills the Bounds of the Eternal
Hills, was sung. Mrs. Thomas Ben
son assisted in the singing.
ADDRESS BY CHANCELLOR NICHOLSON.
Hon. John r. Nicholson, Chancellor
of the State, was introduced and made
brief but effective address. In open
ing he quoted the verse from Proverbs
running thus: "The heart knoweth its
own bitterness and stranger doth not
intermeddle with its JOY" and said
that although 1t is matter of keen
debate as to whether the suffering in
the world today is greater or less than
hitherto, yet there is no shadow of a
doubt that there is more sympathy to-
day. 1t is q saving virtue of this
Nineteenth Century that the happy
have come to realize their RESPONSE
billy to help those who are suffering
and in degradation and crime. AL
failed, the Chancellor declared that the
industrial school had been tested
already. From his point of view it
was a charity untouched by obstacles
to which he had referred. 1t reached
cases Of souls which did not know their
own bitterness. Many OF them were
helpless victims Of conditions beyond
their control; and on the other hand,
no class could cast more sorrow upon
the community.
Referring to the words of Bishop
Coleman, the Chancellor said that he
would not deem it necessary to detain
his hearers a moment longer except for
knowing the necessity OF such an in
stitution as this. At a time when this
charity did not exist his official duties
brought him into contact with instances
Of outrage, iniquity and perverse-
ness, in which there was punishment
for the wrongdoer but absolutely moth.
ing for the young victim Of the wrong.
He emphasized his belief in the neces-
sity for such charity as this and his
faith In its effectivaneaa