Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-11-28

The author OF history OF Del |
College wrote in 1899, "She has Of
late years been justifying her right
to existence, for a good number Of
people hold that Delaware does not
need and cannot support a college.
: x < But her ideal should |
not be great university; =
< = rather shall she find sal
walton in the noble work of prepar-
ing for good citizenship those whom
fitness, preference for a small col
1ege, or a lack of funds debars fom
the great universities"
One can scarcely believe that any
citizen Of this State is willing that
her educational system should be
a parasite on that of Maryland or
Pennsylvania, defending himself by
saying that we cannot support a
college. It would be about as pa
triotic tosend our Legislators to Ma
ryland and say we have no need of
separate political existence, for if
we have no State College we must
fit our school system under that or
into that of some other state, and
by so doing become a part of it i'll
one of the most important depart.
ments of state life. Young men
who yell for Maryland athletic
teams, grow up in a Maryland at
mosphere and are trained by Mary
land teachers, are more truly citi-
zens Of Maryland than they are oil
Delaware. use Maryland only as
an example, for any state other
than our own. We certainly need
a college.
And we certainly are able to sup
port one. Delaware College now
has large and valuable "plant
and an income of $40, 600. None
Of this is paid by the state. Is any
one willing to say that the State
of Delaware is not able to pay the
five to ten thousand dollars a year
which should be added to this tC
keep this $42, 900 in the state anc
to make the college one of which
the state may justly be proud? Tha
need hardly be asked.
No, we need and can have a col
lege which shall be the capstone o
l our system of public education
Now is the present college "it?'
Has she justified her right to exist
ence? Do the people look upol
her as their college, (for that is nee
essary)? And has she shown her
! self fitted for the place? Here ar
E figures. In 1888, the year the arti
Gle referred to was written, ther
were 30 students in the college; il
d 1897 there were II; in 1902 ther
+ were ia. Some of the people Sc
\ the advantage of keeping thei
sons in the state and giving bel
r ter education at home and at
n lower price than they could &c
outside.
n I say a better education advised
o ly, for all thinking men must agre
that the undergraduate is bette
n trained in a small college than in
n university; in a small town than i
3 a large city. The moral and ply
r steal atmosphere is better on til
a face Of it, and nearly all if not a
a educators agree that the more neai
~ ly a student comes in contact wit
II his instructor the more gain he get
n conceding, of course, that the ii
structor is the man he should b
= The Faculty of Delaware COLES
q consists of 8 professors, S assistan
ID and instructors, and a number
lecturers, etc. OF these five a,
n Doctors of Philosophy, two havir
ID received their degrees at the be
81 German Universities; and thr,
N others have studied abroad. 81
m has one of the most healthful loo
Fl tions in the country, near enoug
81 to the large cities to get all Il
m advantages with none of the di
70 advantages; about as near in tin
IL as Columbia, NIX, is from the Blu
I'd mess part of New York Cit
le Among her departments of instru
I'd tons, there is scarcely a college
he which better opportunities are o
tn cred in Chemistry, and the vario
rel Engineering departments; and h
70 academic departments are bell
raised as rapidly as the conditi,
I'd of the state schools will permit.
lie The day when Delaware Cole
ON had the problem Of existence
ey solve is past. With numbers qua