Newark post., 1914-10-14

Twas associated. but III was not ueS-
tined that he should witness the
completion of the work which he sc
Earnestly advocated. In his death
our commission lost a most valued
member, the cause of education an
earnest supporter, and the State a
kindly, lovable Christian gentle
man. After his death was disclos-
ed the fact that in his will he had
left his entire library of almost two
thousand volumes to this college; a
substantial evidence of his great in
terest in this institution. We miss
his presence here today, but the
memory Of his influence will ever
remain with us.
Professor Twitmyer's place was
filled by the selection Of Professor
Harry Hayward, dean Of the Agri-
cultural Department of Delaware
College as the representative of the
State Board of Education. The
first real difficulty which confront
ed the commission was the perform
ance Of the duties imposed by the
|lkgisEature without exceeding the
amount Of money appropriated.
Under these circumstances it was
necessary to proceed with great
care and deliberation.
''The contract for the construc-
ton Of the buildings was awarded
and work begun January 5, 1914,
proceeding without interruption
until the buildings were opened for
occupancy on the fifteenth of Sep
tember last. The individual men,
bers Of the commission were ever
conscious of the responsibility with
which they were charged. The diff
ficulties were minimized by the cor
dia andl cooperative spirit which
existed thruout our deliberations
and in no instance was a question
finally determined until the mem
bers were prepared to support it by
unanimous vote.
Everett G.. johnson on behalf Of
the Board of Trustees accepted the
keys from Governor Miller. The
installation address was made by
President Mitchell to which DR..
Robinson made the following re-
sponse:
The President of the College, The
Governor of the State and my fell
low citizens of Delaware:
In accepting the responsible
ties and rewards of this office,
feel that | am entering into work
which has long been in progress,
for many years ago the thought
came to the minds Of Delaware wo-
men that the education which they
had gained by their own initiative
and effort, by their painstaking
reading and carefully planned
travel, might by the organization,
which we call college, be brought |
to large number of women at an
earlier age than they themselves
had acquired their education, with |
more economy of time and money
than their education had involved,
and thus bring to the State greater
in its women than it ever
had known. Women have done
more thinking than they have ex-
pressed in all ages, ever since
Mary kept all these things and |
pondered them in her heart" " In
this case, however, the thinking
was expressed, first among them
selves, then to their husbands,
brothers, and sons, who in turn
.ook the project to the legislature
where the deed was done, and the
.hought of these women became a
.act, even as in the days of Queen
Dido, "a woman was the leader Of +
he deed"
In establishing the lines Of our
educational policy we must survey
carefully, looking to the future,
md trusting that if they should be
'esurveyed they might be found
rue like the Mason and Dixon line,
a years after it was established |,
when the stone that marked the
boundary between the three States,
Delaware, Pennsylvania and Mary
and, had disappeared and the lat
II workers with their improved
Methods found the bse Of the miss