Evening journal., 1901-05-28


years, but could be revoked at the will
Of the General Assembly.
Sec. 4. The corporation could not be
dissolved by a failure Of the trustees
to effect an organization OF the board
to choose a president or to appoint a
faculty
Sec. 5. The State treasurer was re-
quired to transfer to the trustees ALL
the stock and money OF the colleNo
fund created by the act OF 1924.
The said stock and money when
thus transferred were to- become the |
stock and endowment of the college
Sec. 6. The college buildings, when |
completed, were to be transferred, to-
gether with the land, by the trustees
of Newark Academy to the trustees of
the college. The balance OF the lottery
fund was to be transferred to the trus-
tees OF the college for the endowment
of the same
Sec. Z. A copy OF the charter was to
be furnished to the second-named
trustee, Willard Hall, whose duty 1t
was to give notice Of the first meeting
of the board Of trustees.
Sec. s. The act passed in 1891, under
which nothing had been done, was
thereby repealed.
The college had been doing for a
quarter OF a century an important
work, not only for Delaware, but as
well for nelghbOring parts OF Pennsyl-
vania and Maryland, when by a series
OF misfOrtunes, IL was forceA in the
Spring OF 1859 to cADse its doors.
Eleven years later the college was
resuscitated, having meanwhils been
designated by act OF the Delaware
| Legislature as a beneficiary under the
act Of Congress, apportioning to each
Of the several States large areas of pub
lie lands to form the basis of endow-
ments for colleges especially devoted
to the teaching OF agriculture and the
mechanic arts and military tactics
This act Of Congress commonly known
as the Morrill, bill from its origl-
nator, Senator Morrill,, OF Vermont,
declares that the colleges made bene-
fciary under its provisions shall have
as their leading object, without ex-
cluding ether scientific and classical
studies and including military tactics,
to teach such branches OF learning as
are related to agriculture and the me-
chanic arts, and in order to promote
the liberal and practical education OF
the industrial classes in the several
pursuits and professions of life" In
consideration OF the adoption and es-
tablishment Of Delaware College as the
institution to be provided by the State
4 Of Delaware in accordance with the
i provisions OF the act OF congress in
question, a joint and equal interest in
the grounds, buildings, Libraries and
vested funds of the college proper
was conveyed to the State of Delaware
and equal representation upon the
board of trustees was given the State
The board Of trustees, when all are
In attendance consists Of fifteen mem
bers representing the original board
and fifteen members on the pari
!, OF the State appointed by the
governor, five from each OF the three
3 counties. The governor Of the State
and the president OF the college arr
members ex-officio.
2 In 1889 by act of the Delaware Leg
3 islature the Delaware College Az
b ricultural Experiment Station was es
r tablished in connection with the col
lege under the provisions of an act o.
2 Congress approved March 2, 1887, com
3 monty known as the Hatch bill, ap
/ propriating $4,000 annually for ths
purpose OF acquiring and diffusinl
! among the people of the United States
! useful and practical information OF
| subjects connected with agriculture
and to promote scientific Investigation
) and experiment respecting the princi
pies and applications OF agriculture
science under direction OF the colleg,
3 on colleges established in each of tn,
5 States and Territories, in accOrdanc,
3 with the provisions OF the Morril
/ bill.
, Delaware College is beneficiary ais,
under further act of Congress, known
! as the New Morrill, BILL approve,
) August 30 1890, which appropriate
for the year then current $4,000 I,
) each State for the Land Grant Col
leges and provided for the Increase O
Q the appropriation by 81 900 each yea
0 until it should reach $4,000 a year
I Delaware College receives annual,
= four-hfths of this appropriation, one
r NTH, in accordance with the provision
( OF the bill, being applied to themainte
I nance and support of the college a
Dover for the education OF coloret
v students.
h The appropriations provided for IL
! this act are to be applied to instruc
tiOn in agriculture, the mechanic arts
J the English language and the various
= branches of mathematical, physical
e nautical and economic sciences Will
special reference to their application
5 in the industries Of life, and to the ia
cilities for such instruction.
= Stimulated by the increased incom,
r provided by this last act, Delawar,
I College has within the past sever
e years enlarged its corps OF INSTRUCTOR
and greatly increased its equipment o
apparatus and appliances, so that /
Is now vastly better able than ever be
n fore in its whole history to perform
2 its appointed duty.
The buildings OF the college, s.tuat
ed in an ample and beautiful nmpus
r shaded by trees as old as the institu
!. tion itself, consist of the dormitcry.
large brick structure originally tn,
: sole college building. and still occu
. pied in part by laboratories, the oil,
r library, the literary societies and rec
4 itation rooms; recitation hall, a hand
g some brick building erected by tn,