University of Delaware - Blue Hen Yearbook (Newark, DE)

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have as their leading ohject, without excluding other scientific and classical studies and including Military Tacties, to teach such branches of learning as are related to Argiculture and the Mechanic Arts in order to pro- mote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursnits and professions of life, In consideration of the designation and estab- lishment of Delaware College as the institution te be provided by the State of Delaware in accordance with the provisions of the Aet of Congress in guestion, a joint and equal interest in the grounds, buildings, libraries and vested funds of the College proper was conveyed to the State of Delaware, and equal represen- tation upon the Board of Trustees was given the State. The Board of Trustees consists of fifteen members, representing the ori- gimal Board, and fifteen members on the part of the State appointed by the Goy- ernor, five from each of the three counties. The Governor of the State and the President of the College are members ea-officio. In 1888, by Act of the Drelaware Legislature, the Delaware College Agricul- tural Experiment Station was established as a department of the College under the provisions of an Act of Congress approved March 2, 1887, commonly known as the Hateh Bill, appropriating $15.000 annually for the purpose of acquir- ing and diffusing among the people of the United States useful and practical in- formation on subjects connected with agriculture and tc promote scientific in- vestigation and experiment respecting the principles and applications of Agri- cultural Science under direction of the College or Colleges established in each of the States and Territories in accordance with the provisions of the Morrill Bill. Delaware College is beneficiary also under a further Act of Congress, known as the New Morrill Bill, approved August 20, 1800, which appropriated for one vear then current $15,000 to each State for the Land Grant Colleges and pro- vided for the increase of the appropriation by $1,000 each year uniil it should reach $25,.000 a vear, Delaware College receives annually four-fifths of this ap- propriation, one-fifth, in accordance with the provisions of the bill, being applied to the maintenance and support of the College at Dover for the education of col- ored students. The appropriations provided for in this Act are to be applied to instruction in Agriculture, the Mechanic Arts, the English Language and the various branches of mathematical, physical, natural and economic sciences with special reference to their applications in the industries of life, and to the facilities for such instruction, Stimulated hy the increased income provided by this last Act, Delaware Col- lege has, within the past few vears, enlarged her corps of instructors and greatly increased her equipment of apparatus and appliances, so that she is now vastly hetter enabled than ever before in her whole history to perform her appointed duty. The buildings of the College, situated in an ample and beautiful campus, shaded by trees as old as the institution itself, consist of the recently improved Dormitory, a large brick structure origimally the sole College building for all pur- poses and still occupied, not only for lodgings, but also for laboratories, the old library, the literary societies and recitation rooms: Recitation Hall, a handsome brick building erected by the State in 1891 ; the wood-working and machine shop, where are housed machinery and apparatus for a thorough practical course of in- struction i the mecnanic arts, I8

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THE DORMITORY A BRIEF HISTORY OF DELAWARE COLLEGE Delaware College iz situated at Newark, a guiet, well-ordered, and hospit- able village of fifteen hundred inhabitants in the northwestern pant of the State. Newark is connected with Philadelphia, Wilmingtona, Baltimore and Washing- ton by the Pennsylvania, and Baltimore and CYhio milroads, and there are few points in Delaware or in the Peninsubar counties of Marviand distant from the village more than four hoursfhy rail. The region about Newark, is one of the moset healthful and beautiiul on the Atlantic slope. The site of the College, near the center of the town, is one of unusual charm. The village hias a supply of ex- cellent water and is lighted by electricity, Delaware College was chartered in 1833 by Act of the Delaware Legislature, and the doors of the College were first opened to studens in May of the following vear, The College had been doing for a quarter of a century an important work, not only for Delaware, but as well for neighboring parts of Pennsylvania and Marvland, when by a succession of misfortunes, she was forced in the Spring of lH:-.lJ 1o close her l.l.l..llll':'u. Eleven vears later the College was resuscitated, bhaving meanwhile been designated by Act of the Delaware Legislature as heneficiary under the Act of Congress apportioning to each of the several States large areas of public lands to form the basis of endowments for Colleges especially devoted to the teaching of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arnts, and Military Tactics. This Act of Congress, commonly known as the Morrill Bill, from its originator, Senator Morrill of Vermont, declares that the Colleges made heneficiary wnder its provisions shall 17

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RECITATION HALL The Experiment Station occupies a building on the College grounds, which contains offices, libraries and laboratories of the station workers. The Station has also a green-house, with laboratory adjoining, in the rear campus, and sev- eral buildings used for storage and other purposes in the conduct of the various lines of experimental work. A considerable part of the rear campus iz occupied as an athletic field, which affords excellent facilities for out-door sports and games. The College buildings are heated by steam and lighted by electricity and are supplied with water by the town water works. The sum of $25,000 appropriated by the Delaware Legislature in the year 1901 for Ti.'hl'lil.dil!H and n'l:air;-' at Delaware 'L..':llh:l..:l'. WaS 1-:!'131':1':!.-.:1 nu'li.n:-m'- in re- pairing and enlarging the dormitory. The building was replastered throughout, and the floors were made secure by the introduction of new timbers. The sleep- ing rooms were made comfortable and attractive, and the Ormatory was remodeled and redecorated so that it is now one of the handsomest aunditoriums in the State. New fronts, corresponding in style with the Doric portico of the main entrance, were placed on the wings, and at right angles to the wings and parallel to the main structure were built three-story extensions. These improvements have in- creased the number of sleeping rooms, and furnished handsome apartments for recitation rooms and laboratories. In 1yos the Delaware Legislature appropriated the sum of $15.000 to Dela- ware College which has been applicd to the building of a gymnasium. In the basement of this building are found shower baths, plunge Taths and a large swim- ming pool, with lockers for the use of the students, The main floor serves as a drill hall and gymnasium, and contains a running track, suspended from the roof trusses, The Legistature of 1903 appropriated $15,000, payable in two equal annual 19