Evening journal., 1913-03-13
AFFILIATED
COLLEGE ACT
OBJECTED TO
Senate in Doubt as to Wisdom
Of ApprOpriatinG Unknown
Sum for Maintenance
FIGHT QUESTION
OUT ON MONDAY

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER, Del, March 13-After much
discussion over it, the Senate yester-
day afternoon deferred action until
Monday next on Representative Coop
ers bill, providing for the establish
ment of an affiliated college for wo-
men in cOnnectian with Delaware
College. The bill passed the House
a week ago, and was called up by
Senator Walls in the Senate late in
the afternoon. Several Senators ex-
pressed themselves as in doubt as to
the wisdom of bond issue of S125,O0O
to erect the college buildings and
place the State under the obligation
Of appropriating an unknown amount
each year for maintenance.
Senator Walls explained the bill,
and a Senate amendment that would
place the women's college under the
direction of the Delaware College
trustees He asked that all the Sen
ators vote for the bill.
senator Ewing said he had been in
formed that some of the Delaware
College trustees were opposed to the
women's college. and that the absence
of the trustees since the bill has been
presented in the Legislature was
suspicious "If the trustees favor
the bill" he asked, why aren't they
here" Mr.. Ewing said he had doubts
whether the State was in a financial
condition TO establish and support a
women's college Senator Hazel said
that he did not like to see so much
money appropriated to Delaware Col
lege and the State College farm.
Mr.. Walls said that the new ap-
propriation to Delaware College is
$500 a year and that this amount is
not a drop in the bucket" of what il
takes to run the institution. He said
that, as chairman of the Senate com.
mittee on education, he had only one
man to come to him to oppose the bill
and he only objected to a minor clause
in it,
Senator Fooks then suggested thai
the vote be deferred until the bill was
better understood, he explaining thai
he did not wish to be rated as opposed
to the college project.
Senator Harris said he would be
ashamed to go back home if he die
not use his influence for the afi-
lated college bill
Senator Ewing remarked that the
state is now expending almost so pei
cent of its revenue for education.
Senator Gormley declared that h,
was surprised at the slight amour
of public sentiment that had beer
aroused by the afIiliated college pro
iect
President pro tenn Marshall left thi
chair and in a lengthy speech for tn
bill said that the money for erection
Of the college would be expended b,
commission consisting of the Cover
nor and one member chosen by eacl
Of the following bodies: the Senate
the House of Representatives thl
State Board of Education. the college
trustees, and the State Federation o
Women's Clubs. when a man say
he doesn't know anything about thu
bill he displays ignorance" DR.. Mar
shall concluded.
Senator Reinhardt asked how mucl
it would cost to run the institution
a year. DR.. Marshall replied that h
ulu not KNOW. MI. Atihudlul cuuHll
ted that it was not right to take
leap in the dark on the proposition
He said Charles B. Evans. one of tn
trustees, had told him he was oppose
to the affiliated college.
Senator Reinhardt then called 70
action on Senator Fook's motion Il
defer. "I'm sorry the gentlemen fror
Wilmington wishes to cut me off, re
marked Senator Marshall, who wa
not speaking when Mr.. Reinhard
called for the vote
Il yield to the gentlemen from Mil
ford if he wishes to speak further,
said Senator Reinhardt But Senate
Marshall merely gazed out a windo'
and did not resume speaking. The
he Fook's motion prevailed unanim
lusly. On Monday afternoon. whe
The bill is to come up again, the Del
aware College trustees are to be pre-
sent.