Evening journal., 1915-03-18
Distinguished Educators Point Ouf Value
of Advanced Education In Delaware

With DR.. Samuel Chiles Mitchell.
president of Delaware College; Miss
Winifred j. Robinson, dean of the Wo-
mems College OF Delaware; DR..
Charles A. Wagner. State commits
sioner OF education. and Clifford j.
Scott. superintendent of the public
schools here as the speakers, "educa-
tional day was appropriately obsery-
ed by the members of the New Cen
tury Club yesterday afternoon when
the four above noted educators
spoke on: "The Future of Our Insti-
tutions," dealing with the subject
from collegiate, rural and city view
points. Following the addresses an
informal reception. during which re-
freshments we're served, was held.
As president Of the club. Mrs. j. AL
len Colby presided. The first speaker
was DR.. Mitchell. whose address dealt
mainly with the educational question
from collegiate viewpoint par
ticularly the influence OF Delaware
College on the educational advance
ment of the State. DR.. Mitchell en-
phasized the fact that Delaware was
a State College. II being owned and
controlled by the state, and added
that the real growth OF the college
must come through an endowment.
1T is through Federal and State ap-
preparations that Delaware College
is able to weld such huge influence
In education in our State" said DR..
Mitchell. "The Federal appropriations
Is 100000 and the State appropriation
is $50.0O0 When our college was
founded i'm 1867 the Federal aid was
only $1,000. The increase In the Fed
eral appropriation therefore is one
mark of the growth Of this college" ."
In speaking of the new WOmen's
College. Dr. Mitchell declared that
plans are surthered and the influence
of the college greater than ever be-
fore. The two colleges are co-operat-
ing splondidiy and there is now a
great opportunity opened to the young
women Of our State as well as the
young men.
1T is an age OF education. an epoch,
in fact. said DR.. Mitchell. and our
very thought Is not only for the well
fare OF the students that are put into
our care. but for the influence which
such an institution as Delaware Col
lege must of a necessity have over
the State An influence that in after
years will lead back to the heart and
will never die We stand for de-
mocracy, for continuity Of effort and
for unity of purpose"
College Dean Speaker.
Following DR.. Mitchell's address,
Miss Winifred J. Robinson, dean of
/ the new Women's College OF Della
ware. was introduced. Dr. Robinson's
address was as follows:
Discussing "1he Future of an In.
sttution" Dean Winifred j. Robin
son Of Women's College Of Delaware
said
"1he cultivation Of the intellect is
an end distinct and sufficient in itseli
il is an enlargement or H.
Elimination. These are the words O
Cardinal Newman in his discourse'
on University Teaching delivered il
Dublin in 1852 In the same essa.
he inquiries Are requirements and at
tainments the scope of a uniyersit
education? or eNpertness in parucu
lar arts and pursuits? or moral an
religious proficiency? or something
besides these three?" These are th
questions that have torn the mind
of educators i'm their search for th
true meaning OF a liberal edncatio
from Newman's time until today. Al
agree that the cultivation OF an intel
lect Is an illumination but questio
whether the form Of cultivation shal
be Requirements and attainments' G
an abstract nature, which we think q
as pure science that has no immedl
ate application In our relations wit
the men about us, or 'eXpettnes
in particular arts and pursuits whic
increases our usefulness i'm the worl
of humanity in short whether the the
oretical. or the practical is the scOp
Of the university in giving TO its youn
people a liberal education. II seem
4 TO me that the ethical purpose ind
Gated in the third question is the net
essary correlary o. either form of edl
cation. The fourth question as
whether the scope of the uniVersii
is not something besides all thes
brings up the true philosophy of edl
cation. If. as we are told. Boston
a state of mind rather than a ge'
graphical point on map and Sa
Francisco state of mind of diberol