Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-03
delaware College.

The .,1uuai report OF Detawaro Colego-
-~rv beng distributed, Is of unusual IN
s--sst srd importance It is new IN form
w,d detailed m it's information And It
r-y-sls most comprehensively the great
strides made by the institution n recent
u-rs. and the character Of its standing
ensisv among the prominent educationaj
institutions of the country
This years report IS IN the iorm o.
s~,, rssu,phiet publications One contains
The formal report OF President Mitchell
ar,j reports Of the dean Of the college,
siess1 of engineering, dean Of agriculture,
5esn of the Women S College, 2 paper on
ar-7culture bv Henry B Thompson, presl-
dent Of the Board Of Trustees, and
sketch Of Kent and New Castle Halls
The other pamphlet contains the financial
statement toy the year ended June ~
1919. 4 report that is full p detail and
shows how every dollar was expended, as
divided among the vsrious departments.
The report IS really an Innovation "n
account Of it's clarity and comprehensive
arrangement. and has received iaFge
amount Of favorable comment.
Very suggestive IS the item Of enroll
rnent il President Mitchels report. For
The wear 1920, the enrolment at Deia-
ware COLLEGE is 500: for the Women is
CSllere. f33. total, 4S3. Adding the en-
roIlrnent st last year Summer School AZ
Delaware College, and there 's shown
grand total Of OIL. How remarkable :
this condition compared with that o.
previous wears. some not very long ago
II shows resi- aud very pleasing rcvolu-
tion
The fnancial showing also indicates
he great strides that the college has
made. The total income of Delaware Col-
lere for The vtar was $500. .5i2.l0; q the
Wonen's College. So. .S23, $ total of
$50. .365 10. And even this revenue was
not sufficient for all college purposes
each institution havirg boen compelled
to create a deficit. This condition, how
ever, it IS hoped u remedy heiorc long
Delaware College plant and endowment
totals in value 81 .427 ,ol3 &c: the educa-
t;onsl olant Of the Women's college.
s22s. .sss. s.: total for both colleges. ST.
7o5.sOf. .93.
So much for fnances and statistics
They arc encouraging almost beyond
rr,ectst5ons. They show that the IN
stit,tion has largely expanded and has
fsciTities that open the way TO opportunl-
siss for increased usefulness. The reports,
especially thst Of the president show what
hss been done. what is being done, and
what 1t is proposed 70 do. for he cont inued
edvzncemeut Of the colleges They show
thst the fame Of the colleges Is extending,
and thst instead of 2 student body drawn
almost exclusively from Delaware and the
ueigbboring States Of MARYLAND ana
Pennsvlvania. It Is representative also dt
Neu York. New Jersey Virgins and other
States. the District q CoIunshia, ard even
If fsr-of China, enc Chinese student hav-
ing been registered at the Women g CO.
leg last veey-
The vide expansion Of coll, = facilities
aiso IS noteworthy. They are ac adfmlc
scientific. PROFESSIONAL. and especially
agricultural To meet the requirements
q these departments increased facilities
~ needed. and friends Of 'he institutions
are asked to give attention u THIS Im-
portsni matter And special facllitles for
vocational education are found at Della
ware College aud the Women s College
Compare this vide range Of usefulness
snd activity win The limited scope q
Delaware College urtl 6 few yea-e ago
aaly academic and agricultural, with the
aver course Tor years almost { misnomer-
Trlly Delaware College has cast aside
- old res5rlcrlve hznIte and b-anched out
- raoder- edlcatonal institution,
,apsbiv SLING ! great 6eI3 and full Of
prorniss fo- tbe future And the Womens
C1leae only old enough to have sent
elt IL first eiazs Of graduate L az lnsti-
.utIol 81 wiIct .he people II Delaware IRE
justly proud and II which they believe
sAev NAV expect great things