Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-08
INDUSTRIES COMPETE
WITH UNIVERSITIES
Hard for Latter TO Retain Services
of Trained Men With Salaries
They Can Offer.

Newark, Dec. S.-Tbe designations of
Dean Harry Hayward and Professor e.
A. Short, members of the faculty of Della
ware College, both of whom leave to take
positions with concerns where their talents
and energies viii be employed outside the
profession OF teaching and at increases in
salaries over those which they have been
receiving serve to emphasize the difficulty
the universities of the country are having
in retaining capable men in their faculties,
it was stated here today by member of
the faculty
During the past few years there has
been an increasing demand by the big in
dustrics and private corporations for men
trained in many of the branches taught
Mt the universities, and there has come TO
be keen competition between the big in
dustrics and the universities, with the
latter, in most cases, at disadvantage on
account of lack of endowment and there
fore lack of funds with which to increase
salaries of professors sufficiently to retain
them.
In the great majority of instances it is
presumed that, other things being equal,
the men who have made teaching their
profession would prefer TO remain members
Of college faculties. But it is n notorious
faculties has been far below their deserts
and out of proportion to what trained men
receive IN other professions The m
crcasing cost Of living during the past few
years has served TO emphasize the made
Quacy Of the pay Of college teachers, as
we'll as teachers in schools generally, and
while there have been some increases in
some places. the increases have been on
an average very little Consequently,
when opportunity offers to make con-
ncction with business, many of them have
felt IL n duty to themselves and their
families to make a change.
II has been to meet this condition that
Princeton University has put on cam
paign for large endowment, and that
other universities have done likewise
II WAS realized that the pay Of members
Of Tie faculties would have to be consider
ably increased if they were to be retained
and the teaching organizations rendered
stable The provision III the VIII of the
late Henry C Frick. by which Princeton
gets S15O00,O00, Harvard s5,000O00
and other universities large sums VIII
materially help in their program along
tins line.
The designations from the faculty of
Delaware College. says President samuel
- MItchcli, emphasizes tNH H'Ft ~ tHdt
institution for an endowment II sufficient
amount to enable il to meet such condl-
tions The campaign for tho 100000
is progressing, and there has just been
received some very gratifying contn-
buttons. bringing the amount pledged
10 more than $4,000
Good work is being done in raising the
100000 by Harry Il Cannon q Bridge
vile. Henry Ridgclv Of Kent county. and
II. Rodney Sharp Of Wilmington
The way II beng paved by The ul3i-
vcrSitv authorities for = campaign fer
an endowment Of S2,00O,000 1t j.
realized that an endowment ~ this size
must be secured bv the college if ID is to
progress and keep pace With the other
institutions of learning in the country.
Or Mitchell believes that when plans
have been completed and tie campaign
inauguratcd that there viii he little
difficulty 10 securing the amount desired.
There have been some runors in the
last few DAYS that there would DC other
designations from the faculty OF Delaware
COLLEGE. but no information on this sub
ject could he obtained from the college
this morning