Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-22
LEGISLATORS ARE
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continue to operate on the same scale =
Mt present, Mr. Miller said the two col
leges ahouid jointly receive From the Stat
S157,OstS2 cach yenr. lie estimated thu
income from othor sources each year a
| S12f, 130 and the expenditures at 1921,
2lt.62. The amounts needed from ths
STATE per annum tp21-23 for operctioi
nnd maintenaace are as follows Delaware
College, SS3, ,O22 50; experiment station
and farm, $4,000; farmers short course
$1,000, Women's College. $53 ,0Sl 80
These amounts, plus the deficits of SOL J,
Ea7554, make n total Of s405 ,6a4.7s dc.
sired from the State, and Mr. Miller aug
Gerted appropriations of &202 sR22.3d
per annum The statement analyzed by
MIR Miller indicated the distribution oi
deficits by years and departments and
itemized income and expenditures 10 show
| the increased cost Of operation.
ON A Pan wrrti OTHER COLLEGES.
Mr.. Miller directed attention 10 the
| fact that the appropriations requested
| for Delaware College and the Women's
| College are about equal TO the appropris-
/ tions made To other State colleges by the
| several States two and three years ago.
| Hessubmitted q comparison and remarked
| that the = 81 .0s4 63 State appropriation
| required annually for the operation uf
| Delaware College and The Women's Col
| lege for the 1922 and 1929 periods
| ia far below the appropriations whlril
| other States arenuw making. lie mentioned
| that AZ persons entered the Nornens
| College last fall to take courses ~ teacher
training The two colleges have Al stu
dents, 300 men and l78 women. Delaware
students include 2l3 men and i3a wornen,
outside students as men aud ID women
Wilmington students lO4 men and 81
women. rural New Castle county students
50 men and ~ women, Kent students
n men and 81 women and SusseN stu
dents 80 men and "a women. Mr. Miller
stated the expenses have greatly Increased
and the deficits would be much larger II
good friends uf the colleges had not con.
tributed t55 600 He believed the ttenerai
Assembly will accord the colleges generous
treatment. AS a representative OF the
People and n former executive, he felt
that the State will continue certain sc'iyi-
ties and tho Legislature will support the
college trustees. whom he described as
conscientious, painataking and persistent
irtRsssrp EXPENSES.
DIR. Hullihen, president Of Delaware
College, as reported by Every Evening
Yesterday. cited the chief factors enter
ing into the increased cost Of operation.
He said more than two-thrds 81 the IN
creased cost must he charged to Instruction
During an Investigation he failed 10 find
that money had been spent unwiselv.
He stated the financial adminis'ra ton IL
ahmirahle He mentioned that since 1918
10 women students have increased 100 Der
cent and men students a. per eent. and
10 of IL instructors have been added TO
al fa.,.f4,s l.. That EHK44
Hall will eosi $500. 600 New Castle Hall
st3p, 600 aud farm buildinl $4,000
He said the number of hours devoted to
instruction and To other work necessary
30 che position Of instructor averages,
for instructors in Delaware College, : u
hours per dav end runs high as hnllis
for certain members of the staff
In recent application for admission
20 the list If Standard and Accredited
Colleges of the Association uf Colleges
of the Middle States and MARYLAND. f1r
Hulihen stated. the chief point in who
Delaware College failed ta measure up
20 the standard af en- Accredited. efficient
college waa in the fact that several mem
bera Of the faculty had 60 Bee reported as
carving more hours of work than thc
maximum permitted by The association
standard and practically at SIS carrying
peak loads Prom thia he said. IL must be
concluded that all os the present instr1io-
tors ere necessary for teaching the presnt
number of glasses.
INTERFERING CoMrAHfEoN.
In comparison of tho number OF stu
dents to each instructor Dr Huilihen
showed that Delaware College. with |
students ~ each instructor. stood 22d
in a list of ~ colleges Ha said the cost to
the State per student at Delaware Col
lego Is s309. lle stated further proof ol
economlcal management ,s found IN the
fact that Delaware College can show this
comparatively low cost to the State per
student in spite Of the fact of not having
co-educatlon, which greatly reduces the
necessary number of classes aud many
other expenses IN most of the instltu-
tions with which comparison was made
The operation Of the Womens College
IN combination with Delaware College.
however. is much more economical than
operating II As n separate and independent
college. A very conservative estimate
would put the oosto operating the Nomens
College separately at $50. 40 to $4,000
more than IL costs at present The course
in teacher training at the college could
not be gwen n a separate normal college
for less than $50 900 more than II costs
the State under the present arrangement
DIR. Hullhen assumed that the State
can help Delaware College and the Women
College, but If It cannot help them be
saw only the closing of the colleges or
the cutting out of certain departments.
Cutting out engineering and agriculture
would save the State s3s 110, but Della
ware college would lose Federal ap-
preparation Of $4,000.
Henry b. Thompson, president of the
board of trustees. told the legislators the
financial statement was IN concrete form
and requested them TO study it. He de-
clared the proposed appropriations are
absolutely necessary and believed the
State would support the General As
sembly In granting them. He said the
Women Collegeassumedgreat Importance
by training women to be teachers. He
showed the need of trained men 10 meet
world problems and stated the legislators
should not hinder the cause of education.
President Pro Tempore Handy of the
Senate and Speaker paskay nf the House