Evening journal., 1912-02-19
new CHARTER
FOR DELAWARE
GranGerS Have Suggestions to
Submit to the State Board
Of Education
COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS
FORM OF NEW INSTRUMENT

At the last session of the General
Assembly a proposition was made that
perpetual charter should be granted
to Delaware College and commission
composed of the lieutenant governor,
the attorney general and the secretary
Of state reported strongly in favor of
charter. The committee also stated
that they found little or nothing to
criticise in the management of the
college and very few critics.
Some members of the Grange in this
county replied at that time, through
the columns of THE EVENING JOUR-
NAL, that there were two issues.
neither Of which had been noted by
the committee The first was the title
to the property of Delaware College,
which was officially inventoried at
Washington at 100000 in round num-
bers, one-half of which had been deed
ed to the state two years before, after
the farmers had discovered that prior
to that time all of this money stood
in the name of the original board Of
trustees of the college. The second
issue was a repetition of the claim
that federal funds were not expended
in strict accord with the federal con-
tract. This second position was sup
ported, the Changers contendcd, Oy
Official figures taken from the annual
report of the treasurer of the col
lege.
AS a result Of this attack by the
Grangers the report made by the above
cited commission was not officially re-
ceived or acted upon by the Senate
of Delaware. Two members of the
board of trustees, Messrs. G. b. Evans
and j. Harvey Whiteman. appeared
with the following proposition: Title
10 all properties at Delaware College
will be coded TO the state If the state
Will grant to the original board twelve
grant to the original board twelve
members of thirty-two, the full board.
This proposition was rejected, and
State Board OF Education was ordered
by the General Assembly to make q
complete investigation and report on
the charter question to the General
Assembly at it's next regular session
The State Board of Education met
last week and organized a committee
of three to make a study and report
p form Of charter for Delaware Col
lege.
The Grangers who have given
bought to this matter very generally
accept the following conditions: First
That all the property at Delaware
College should stand in the name ci
the state: second, that the trusted
board should be limited to twenty
seven members, nine in each of th'
three counties Of the state; that three
from each county must be drawn from
the ranks of those actively engaged Il
farming; three from those interested
IN mechanical arts and three from
among the alumni Of the college &
represent the professional and cultura
element in the state.
This would give to those who nov
represent tho original board thl
proportion which they claim in thei
nroposition TO the Senators at the las
session of the Legislature. The fourd
suggestion is that the twenty-sevel
members of the board must be name'
BY the chancellor. the chief justice
and the three associate justices of tn
state for terms limited to three D
Eve years as the case may be; fifth
that the Supreme Court shall be
court Of appeals to which those dis
satis'fed with the management of tn
board may turn.
The committee Of three appointed Z
1raft a form OF charter for the col
lege comprises: Henry Ridgely, Sup
erintendent Twitmyer and DR.. Hay
ward of Delaware College. A com
mittee Of those interested in agricul
ture has nut the propositions outline
above befoTe Dir. Twitmyer and tn
matter will be considered by the sub
committee OF the State Board of Educa
tion, which is considering the propose
new charter.
Whether constitutional question
will interfere with the imposition c
these duties upon the Supreme CouI
is question for the lawyers to decide
but as the attorney general OF Tn
state has suggested that the appoint
ment of the trustees should be in
posed uuon one member of the ST
preme Court It is believed that n
obstacles wilL be met in the namin
of the full court