Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-30

activities outside OF ths in.titution---
educational, agricultural. industrial ),
commercial, professional, ruiRiou,. These
representatives with mombcn Of the
Board Of Trustees and Of the faculty should
be formed into a council for pl,nning
program to relate the Institution more
and more closely tn the life and welfare
and need. of tho State.
woMEN's COLLEGE.
"Tho Women's College established In
the conviction that that precious thing.
tho 'womanly idenl-can best be fo-tercd
and developed by certain degree oil
separation from the depar tincnts in which
the masculine ideal necessarily now IL
paramount---rnust offer To tho womon oil
Delaware tho same opportunity for train
ing In nrts, education and agriculture ~
are available to men, whose purposes
and aims have already been discussed.
The Womens Colegc-through all it's
departments hn- n special and vita
mission in its effort TO meet the critical
need Of teachers in the State, need
which has reached a condition 50 danger
GUS To education as To constitute real
calamity. Every means must be EN-
ploved 10 impress the situation upon the
mind Of the pubic. which apparently goes
its WAY quite unconccrned about q con-
dition which imports the very foundations
of our national life and welfare. w. can
not afford to let the present generation
grow TO maturity uncducated. In the
State of Delaware there are many schools
without teachers this year, and many
Others having teachers who hold only pro-
virional certi Gates. In such rircum-
stances every proper citizen OF this
State must do his or her part and activ ly
support the movement for better trained
and botter paid teachers, for adequate
acoommodatiorr at the Womcns College
for all who come there 10 be trair od, for
campaign to lay before the yourg men
az well as the yourg womcn OF the State
tho dire rosd Of teachers and the splendid
opportunity for service and sclf-expression
such work affords"
DR.. George A. Hartor, In behalf OF
the faculty, welcomed the new president.
He gave a historic sketch Of tho college.
ron wonar's coLLroy.
Dean Robinson Of tho Woman's Col
icge, said;
''In welcoming YOU To the presidency
Of the Women. College of Delaware we
are asking YOU To enter upon task that
is barely begun. The loom has been set;
the warp has been strung; few strands
of the border oolors have been woven into
this tapestry which Delaware shall one
dav hang upon the walls Of our nations
great educational structure 20 say, This
!. the pattern Of education for women
which Delaware has wrought This loom
was set UP by our State Legislature when
it made the first appropriation for the
establishment and maintenance Of the
Women's College The warp Of this
tapestry is taut and firm for IL is made
Of the thread Of sincere purpose OF the
faculty TO maintain high standards, what
ever pattern may be introduced. The
border has three parts
First There il the old blue Of the
general education in history, Language and
science which we believe will serve ar
training of the mind that will make our
Young women sensitive to the needs of the
world about them. and reasonable in their
plans 10 meet these needs
Second. The sunlight colors indicate
the study Of all the problems that enter
the management Of the home the food,
the clothing, the budget These, however,
have not been woven singly, but are com
bined with many tones 40 that expertness
in the use Of the material equipment Of
the household shall be joined with the
broad culture which changes the house
into a home.
"The third part is colorful in many
hues, for il is woven with the purpose OF
expressing our desire 10 meet tho needs of
the State for trained teachers, both for
our high schools and our elementary
schools So greatly has this interested our
citizens that for this more than for any
thing else Though individual interest has
been verv often expressed have they
come forward, saving Use not only what
the State has provided, but add my gift
for your weaving
There are many colors that we would
introduce Our vourg women are askir z
for courses in philosophy, in ethics, in
advanced psychology, and we feel the
assurar ce that yours viii be the spirit and
the ability TO secure these for them, that
we NAV weave IN the threads which lrdl-
cate the true intellectually of these
courses which lead 10 the point of view OF
the investigator who secs within his daily
problems the creative elements that make
them sublime.
This tapestry should show lights ard
shadows that indicate where not ouly the
class room periods, but the other hours
of the dav are made part of our desig1.
| might well say 'parti-colored,' = for every
one of US recog"i ICES the need Of play
education as uch as work education
Delaware was the first State TO recog-
nize that there are many problems in the
education of women that are distii ct from
those Of the education of men, ard 10 lay
the fou1dations for meeting these prob
lens bv the establishment OF q college
for women. CO-education has been re
garded as expedient and economical as a
part OF the free public educational system,
but the various forms of organization such
as the class honor societies, the Women's
League, the wOmeu's dramatic ard ath-
letic associations indicate the segregation
that is TAXI place in our western univer-
sites, in the attempt 10 give 10 women
students in a co-educational institution
the same opportunity for developers
executive ability and training in team
work that men have long enjoyed while
at college Elections tend toward
natural segregation also. A professor of
literature In a western university said to
me not long ago Il might as well be teach
ing In a woman's college, my courses are
so largely elected by women and.
professor of economics in the same insti-
tuition told me that his courses were
almost entirely elected by men.
'The Civil War brought the nation into
the consciousness OF the fact that women
must be educated. Co-education and
duplication of the curriculum of mems
colleges in colleges established for women
followed. The great war has made us
realize that women must not only be edu-
Gated in the same way as men, but that