Evening journal., 1919-12-31
DECEMBER 81. 1919.
OLD DELAwAREs sons AND THEIR COLLEGE
MOTHER

IN ELANARE COLLEGE should have an endowment
~ fund Of at least S2OO0OOol
Its alumni should naugurate the movement and put It
The lopl
It can do It II it desires do It and willing to make
the sacrifices essential the Of such enter
prise!
one trouble OF Delaware Colege has been due to the
fact that as rule there has been a disposition on the
part Of those who obtained their higher education there
10 take as much as possible from in student days and
to give as little possible to It in alumni days.
There have been few noteworthy exceptions but they
have been very few.
Many OF The alumni have done thing Of lnan-
cs or constructive and promoiye nature for Old Della
ware they left it; many others have done so little
that what they done should constitute shameful
recollection.
II instead Of bewang the fact that members OF the
faculty leaving because the college hasn't enough
money pay salaries which will hold them against higher
bidders for their services the alumni would spring into
the breach. organize endowment fund campaign and
work to put it over, It would be far more credabe to
them.
Delaware College has in its alumni men who are well
able put any such undertaking. The trouble IS
that instead OF acting they sit back and do nothing OF
an effective nature.
when Delaware Hospital wanted s25OOOO 1t hired man
Who knew how to funds he built up organiza-
ton and the money raised.
when, later that hospital needed more money 1t pur-
sued The and got il.
The same is true OF the Homeopathic Hospital and OF
many other Institutions In our State.
Il also would be true OF Delaware College II It's alumni
would up IT'S responsibility, recognize the value Of
intelligent and aggressive organization and utilize IT,
In the hospital campaign the Kipinsesque slogan was;
The strength OF the pack the WOLF and the strength
of The wolf is the pack"
That is The slogan that should be adopted and acted
upon by the alumni OF Delaware College.
.rns ~ fuarf nd itch 4
cause OF the distress OF his college mother never yet
passed for legal tender in the matter Of meeting and over
omng her financial endorsements. Il is the college
who digs down himself and who induces his college
brothers 10 dig who really counts In such emer-
seney.
70 do something OF Worthwhile and constructive ma
iure 10 follow the example set by the Of Harvard,
Prime ton Boston Tech and other Institutions, each
sumnus coming TO The front 100 per cent efficient
They should mpari their feeling OF practical Interest
10 Delaware business and Impress upon them what
wonderful business asset Delaware College, properly
financed can become
As long as the colleges able to retain talented pro-
fssors they Will be better equipped for sending out into
rhe world well-iralned students.
These students win take their places in industry aid
their training will depend largely the success OF Amer
lean business in the next generation
The connection between we-pad and able professors
at Delaware College and the business world is. therefore
not at all remote.
The striking success OF Gemanys chemical business be-
fore the due in large part to the fact that there
was intimate relation between the research and teach
ing Of The universities OF that country and the work
seng done by the large chemical establishments.
Amerca has already entered in larger sense than ever
aio world competition in engineering and chemical
branches.
These industries will depend greatly for their future
The type Of man they get from the colleges
and universities.
His training in turn viii depend the type OF pro-
fessor the colleges able to employ to instruct him.
And the employment OF such professors will depend
largely upon the practical interest college take in
their college motheri
Therefore let have wel-paid professors at Delaware
and elsewhere Let have successful campaigns for
these various Institutions not only for the specific good
II viii do them but for the hearenng effect II will have
on colleges generally throughout the country.