Evening journal., 1906-07-11
COURSE
A SHAM AND FARCE
Grand Master Walker, Of State
Grange ArTaignS Delaware
College Trustees
TRUSTEES HAVE
ALIENATED FARMERS

Dr. A. T, Neale has agreed to remain
at Delaware College as head Of the De-
pattment of Animal Husbandry and
Agronomy and the Trustees who voted
for his removal and chose Professor II /
lis of Vermont as head of the Delaware
College Agricultural Experiment Station
believed that any unpleasantness and
notoriety which has ATTENDED their ac-
tion has not been forgotten.
The farmers in the oranges Of Dela-
ware. however have not forgotten the in
cident by any means and it would not be
surprising if the action Of the trustees I'M
this matter would result in a smaller at
tendance at Delaware College next year.
Hervey Walker. Grand Master of the
State Grange and chairman Of the Granse
Committee. which appeared before the
trustees and protested against their ac-
tion. gave the following statement Of the
feeling Of the oranges regarding the mat
ter to a representative Of The Evening
Journal this morning.
my attention has been called to an.
article in your paper Of June u, in regard
to Delaware College and the removal Of
Dr. A. T. Neale as director Of the expert
ment station. The article says the trustees
were averse to talk, Cno doubt they were
troubled with a guilty conscience). The
one who did venture to talk surely didn't
ease his conscience after making such
statements He made only one statement
that was correct. viz: THAT matters were
well stirred up by the grange element
THAT can testify to as correct in
every sense of the word, and will add
right here that thty are not yet settled
by any means. and won't be while the
farmers sons who are taking the agricul-
tural course in Delaware College are be-
ing buncoed out of what is due them, by
the trustees Of that institution. He says
that the doctor declined to teach agricul-
tune. He knows that the doctor was not
asked to teach and therefore had no
chance to decline. And Furthermore, that
It was not the intention of the trustees
to have the Professor Of Agriculture
teach. They so assured us at our con-
ference with them. He says also, When
Professor Ford retired from the chair Of
agriculture we decided TO combine the
directorate and the chair Of agriculture.
and DR.. Neale was so informed and did
net make application to the trustees for
the position as combined We would in
fer from that that they could not elect
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apply However. he didn't apply for the
position to which they have just elected
him. The State Grange Committee sent
a letter TO each trustee asking him to re-
tain Dr. Neale in the combined position
and giving good reasons for asking TO
have his services continued. But the doc
tors and lawyers voted against the farmer
trustees to oust him. What an excused
Again this trustee says: When the
gransers learned of our plans they be-
gan to bark up the wrong tree, and er-
roneously surmised that we were going
20 oust Or. Neale
Several weeks before their meeting,
one Of their number, Mr.. Hossinger, ad-
mitted to me that they were going to ousi
him and were looking for a man to take
his llucts nave AlltL dtAlpAS IiONtu lidl
we were barking up the wrong tree? ]
think not.
I'VE know exactly which tree that coon
is in and we arc going to smoke him out
The Agricultural Department of Delaware
College, as carried on at present, is MOTH
ing but a sham and farce and the farm
ers know il, and the last professor OF
agriculture left the place in disgust in
the middle of the course. He even ad.
vised my son not to take an agricultural
course at that college as there was moth.
ing there worth spending time and money
for: but to go to some other State where
they had something practical to give him.
"The trustees by their action have sew
cred the tie that connected the farmers
and the oranges of this State with tn,
college. The grange has used its influence
and its money to build up the institution
Dr. Neale was removed for a purpose and
our committee knows it. It is up to the
trustees to come out fairly and squarels
and let the people know the real facts, foi
the people demand them. The people owl
the institution; not two or three indiv.d
uais."