Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-18

| strictly business lines, just m Sue
ccssful corporation Is conducted. wa
may be able to avoid my considerable
issue OF bonds or Increase In taxation.
The State Ia financially prosperous
| now, but we have no assurance that
our large income derived mainly from
corporations chartered by tho State
will continue much longer.
1t In probable that the General Ar
sembly will be asked during tho present
! session To make appropriations for
various purposes far greater than wore
| ever mado, or asked for before. or
course appropriations must be made
and the State should not be parsimon-
ious in providing for objects that are
essential and good. But it does reem
| that in view Of present conditions the
construction of buildings of all kinds
not absolutely and Immediately essen
tiai. ehouid be reduced TO "a minimum.
We must recognize the fact that our
State is small. with resources com,
paratively limited. and that we can
not do some of the things that larger
states can well afford to do Naturally
4 we want to keep reasonably abreast
| of the times In all good works. but In
| our enthusiasm for Improvement we
| muet count the cost and carefully con-
] sider our ability To pay Delaware has
| been conservative In the past. but that
| very conservatism hns enabled her to
avoid many of the experiments that
| have proved 40 costly 10 other and
| larger states.
Help Urged for Delaware College.
We are proud of our institutions. and
of none more than Delaware College
which Ia rapidly growing In size and
influence and rejecting much credit
upon the State. May request that I'm
your visit 60 Newark you will pay
careful attention TO the needs Of the
institution. I think you viii find that
tho college authorities have always
been reasonable and modest In their re-
quests for appropriations. indeed. I
think they have been So modest that
the college has been I'm danger of hav-
ing ifs work limited for lack of funds
Other institutions of learning are able
TO take come Of our most promising
professors by Offering larger salaries
In this connection I would suggest
that you give particular attention 20
the wish Of the college authorities that
the name be changed from Delawa
College TO the University Of Delaware
BY making 10 a university you will give
a more honorable position 20 tie pro
is-en institution belonging 20 all OF
the people Of the state without regard
90 location, ~denominatio or political
af'illation-~andN YOU will he doing oniy
what other states have done for their
institutions of learning May ] alec
ssk that YOU will give YOUR best
thought 20 tho question Of the develop |
ment of the Women's College. Two |
years ago n teachers training depart |
ment was started within the College |
which already has about fifty pupils /
These young ladies are taking two !
years course with view 10 teaching |
in tho schools of our own state. IL |
qualities the young women of our own /
homes 90 do work Of great value to |
Tho State az a whole and Ht the same /
time TO receive high -rade certificate |
and consequently more pay for their /
LAHORE In order adequately 20 take /
care Of this branch Of the work it |
would seem "a n new residence hall /
were IN immediate demand. and I /
should b happy If you could reach the |
conclusion that such need will be met /
by THE session Of the Legislature.
our State College for Colored /
Students is in transition period |
understand that the Delaware School |
Auxiliary Association IS willing To- put |
the buildings and grounds in condition /
for first class work if the state will /
make adequate provision for teaching /
the pupils enrolled. The Colored Col
lege should he an institution which will /
give q thorough industrial training to
the colored children Of Delaware. and /
I think yeu VIII recognize the Justice
Of tho claims that are made upon you
BY the Trustees Of the institution.
For Clean Elections.
with the hope of improving political
conditions some new things have been
tried In this and other states in ihc
last few years: one of them az the
direct primary law II ia certain that
every new thing IN government is not
an Improvement on the old II matters
not how good the intention. or how
strong the hope Of those responsible
for the change. II Is usually an export
ment and sometimes q fa lure. IL may |
he perfect in theory and exceedingly |
bad In practice. IL would ho well Tor
the Legislature 20 carefully consider
the primary law. now that II has been
It has been given a fair trial and de-
tCrminc whether II has accomplished
the good hoped for. Does Il secure
better candidates. and does Il justify
the expense Of It's operation? Tho
conventions Of parties in
this State have usually been com
posed Of representative citizens, OF
character and capacity, and it is a
question whether nominations made by
them arc not more likely TO be of
higher grade than those made through
the activities OF a few persons in the
district and under law that compels a
candidate TO seek the office and not
the office TO seek the man. Very often
the best citizens will not do this: in
deed sometimes they have 10 be per
suaded TO accept.
We have entered upon an era OF |
In which the women of the
state are entitled. equally with men, to |
the right 10 participate in political af-
fairs and trust they will bring TO the !
task qualities that Will make CON
ditions better than they have been in !
the past. Surely along some. If not
all lines. their opinions and efforts will
be helpful and those who have opposed
as well as those who have favored !
equal suffrage should exercise the :
political rights to which they are en-
titled to the end that better govern
ment may be secured. 1t is TO be
hoped that they viii make their in
fuence for good felt in many ways
a nd ,-Iy in ba of |