Evening journal., 1901-05-28
Brief Sketch Of Founding Of
Delaware College
PROMINENT MEN GRADUATED
General Assembly Passed an Act in
1918 Authorizing the Establish
ment Of Institution

those who will be graduated from Del
aware College, as from that institution
many of the brightest professional and
business men Of the State have received
their diplomas.
Upon the suggestion of several
prominent men, the Evening Journal
prints the following outline of the col
lege:
Delaware College was chartered on
February 5, 1888, by an act passed by
the Delaware Legislature, and the
doors OF the institution were first
thrown open to students on May 8,
of the following year.
Numerous appeals had been made
prior to this line to members of the
General Assembly to establish State
college, but nothing Of Importance was
done until January 10, 1918, when an
act was passed to enable the trustees
of Newark Academy to raise $4,000
by a lottery for the purpose OF erect
ing and establishing a college In New
ark
The following named men, then
trustees of Newark Academy,
were appointed to manage the lottery:
The Rev. DR. Thomas Read, the Rev.
James MGrau, the Rev. John Burton,
the Rev. Samuel Bell, DR.. George Mon
TO. George Gillespie, Walter Finney,
William Cooch, Nicholas Van Dyke,
Andrew Gray, Joseph Downing and
James r. Black.
The money raised by the lottery
was to be applied to the erection of the
college and the surplus, il any, to the
endowment thereof. The following
was the mode OF operation:
Tho IN ann onrc Ktrrfsn IN r,r-oqaad fO tho
drawing and completion Of the lottery
either by classes or otherwise. The
prizes were to be paid within one year
after the class to which they belonged
had finished drawing, subject, how
ever, to a deduction Of Is per centum
IL any prize was not demanded, il
should be applied to the birpose for
which the lottery was instituted; pro-
vided that notice of the fortunate
numbers had been given in the press
Of the State and of the neighbOrine
cities, Philadelphia and Baltimore
The managers were allowed to sell tht
&C Chcme OF the lottery &C employ aveL:S
to sell some or all OF the tickets, pro
vided security was given. II the
tickets were net sold within five
years the managers were under OBJ
legations to return the sums paid FOL
the tickets.
In 1921 the college was granted thC
proceeds of certain taxes on stage lines
and on steamboats, plying between
Philadelphia and points on the Della
ware. The tax on stage lines was tiXe
at per cent. on fares received from
persons above IA years Of age and 4
per cent. from those between : an Is
Each steamboat was taxed 25 cent?
for each passenger over IA, and 12H
cents for every one between 4 and IA
1t was ordered in 1924 that tn,
money raised by the above devices
should be invested in some productive
stock, which. with the dividends on 4
and further donations, should form tn.
college fund.
The act OF 1918 was supplemented II
1925 by an act limitins the sum 10 b.
raised by lottery TO $4,000.
February II, 1885, another act wal
passed for the benefit OF the college
According to it the lottery schem,
might be employed In raising 800 00l
to be applied as follows The sum o
$50 900 was to go to the college, s25.
600 was to- be applied to the fund 70
establishing schools in the State o
Delaware, and $4,000 was for use o
the State
The efforts to establish a college b,
means Of lottery were supplements
from time to time by acts in whicl
the lottery scheme was not involved
In 1921 the General Assembly passe,
an act To establish a college at the vii
lage Of Newark or its vicinity for th'
education of youths in the English
Latin and Greek languages, beside
ats and sciences"
This act provided that the institu
tiOn should bear the name Of Della
ware College and that the beard o
trustees should consist Of not mon
than thirty members. to be app0inteI
by the General Assembly.
Finally. Newark College was ee
tablished under a charter granted II
1898, and buildings were at ono
erected"
THE CHARTER.
The chief provisions of the charte'
granted by the act of February 5, 1888
we're as follows:
Sec. /. Be il enacted, etc, That col
lege for instucting students in Ian
guages. arts and sciences, with powe
TO confer degrees. shall be establishes
in Newark, in this State, by the nam
of Newark College. There shall b
q beard Of trustees OF said college con
s.sting Of not more than thirty-thre
Numbers: there shall be a faculty O
said college composed of the teacher
when the board OF trustees shall fror
time to time consider It expedient b
employ. No member OF the facult
shall be a trustee. The board of trns
tass shall choose by ballot from thei
own members their president, secre
tary and treasurer.
SEC q The following gentlemel
were appointed trustees: ThoTna
Clayton. Willard Hall, James r. Black
Peter Robinson, David Hazard, Rev
r. w. Gilbert, Samuel Stevens, Andrey
Gray Henry Whitley. George Plat
Joseph Chamberlain. Thomas w Han
dy. Henry NJ. Ridgsly, John NJ Clay
ton, JcseDh G Oliver, James c
C~cCwe Jacob Faris. James Rogers
Rev 8. w. Freshman, william Meter
William ID. .Waules, Alexander
Hayes. Louis McLane, Rev. Josepl
Mo ortsqtrr Dav Rnhorf nrohop, Dav