Evening journal., 1914-10-10

country, made easily accessible by
two trunk lines of railway. The
community of Newark by reason of
its culture and character furnishes
an admirable site for a college which
is to inspire youth with ideals of
growth and service through truth
and freedom. It's situation on the
mid-Atlantic seaboard has many ad-
vantages as regards temperate
climate and inherited traditions OF
refinement and achievement. Placed
virtually on the Mason and Dixon
Line. Delaware College is national
in spirit and scope. able 10 interpret
Alright what is best in the North and
what is best in the South in helping
to make the American mind.
"The bases of the college are laid
ON granite in that II is a State in
stitution buttressed by Federal funds
and now beginning to receive the
generous support of its Alumni and
the friends of education. Thus while
its ownership and control are single
centering wholly in the State OF
! Delaware. the support of the college
is three-fold. representing a union of
the resources of the State. nation
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three sources of income is encourag-
ing When Delaware College vas re-
opened in 1870 the income from the
! Federal Government was less than
! $4,000. Today the total income from
the nation is $4,000, and this
| amount will increase for the next
seven years at the rate of 81 260 So
gratifying have been the results of
l IL
! agricultural and scientific lines by
the national government that we
may confidently expect this sum to
grow from decade to decade.
"The financial history Of the coll
lege shows that the State has puts
its shoulder to the wheel. At first
the appropriations by the Legislature
were intermittent, now they are con-
tinuous and increasing. The estab-
lishment of the Women's College at
an outlay of S150,000 by the very
/ Legislature which honors us with its
! presence at this time is an infallible
proof that the State has embraced
this institution in it's affections and
hopes.
Equally significant is the fact that
public spirited men and women, both
]
cation are giving generously CT their
means to strengthen the coiiege ia
/ its noble work of training citizens in
democracy The gift of the Joe
/ Frazer Field" one of the most beau
| tiful in America. marked an epoch in
/ the life of the college. The efforts in
4 behalf of the Alumni endowment are
/ indicative not only of the growing USE
/ fulness of the college, but also of
sound craftsmanship among its
! friends in seeking to achieve the high
er purposes of the commonwealth
! through education. The spirit of CO.
operation on the part of various civic
organizations in the building of the
! Womens College only confirms the
/ belief that the two colleges are des-
tined to enjoy the increasing support
of the people of the State
Delaware stands alone in concen-
trating all its agencies for higher edu-
cation at one point The advantages
Of this plan both as regards economy
and efficiency are apparent. Such
concentration. however implies out
reach to every part of the State. The
unifcation of educational agencies at
Newark will mean little unless there
is effective cooperation on the part
Of the college with all the forces i'm
the life of the State making for pro-
gress. Happily the spirit of cO-opera-
ton has been a signal feature in the
recent growth of the college. Witness
the manifold activities in the Depart
ment of Agriculture. Just now it is
placing in each Of three counties
competent man who will seek TO en-
rich rural life. Very soon a capable
woman will likewise undertake SINH
lar extension courses which the fac
ulty are carrying forward all so to
show that the soul the college is
service"
Delaware College will fail in its
mission unless as result of its ac-
tivities every acre of ground yields a
richer harvest. unless all breeds OF
stock on the farm are improved. un-
less the varied industries are quick
ened with new initiative and power,
unless the life of the home is sweet
ened, unless all the schools of the
State are strengthened, and unless
the churches and all the agencies that
make for a soul social and moral life
are reinforced The influence Of the
College should tend TO string with en-
ergy the arm of every worker and i'm
part a noble idealism to the thought
of every citizen. In fine the task OF
an American College is TO make pub
licists. When men and women have
public-mindedness all reforms accom-
plish themselves thror~h growth and
self renewal of social agencies.
THE events that are now taking
place in Europe emphasize as never
! before. the moral mission of America.
We have cherished hitherto, the de.
tachment of our nation and its inde-
pendent role in the affairs Of mankind
! This path outlined by Washington has
brought to America a moral prestige
unique in the annals of mankind. So
big with import is this fact that it
furnishes occasion for solemn thought
rather than national complacency. In
the presence of such a task the col
lege must energize all the moral
forces in the life of America. 10 must
, temper the mind Of youth with seri-
BUSINESS as regards responsibility, and
sympathy as regards the progress oi
the race.
Il had the pleasure once of hearing
] Joseph Chamberlain address a vast