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

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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 originally the sole College building for all purposes and still occupied, not only for lodgings, but alzo for laboratories, the old library, the literary societies and recitation rooms; Recitation Hall, a handsome brick build- ing erected by the State in 1891; the wood-working and machine shop, where are housed machinery and apparatus for a thorough practical course of instruction in the me- chanic arts; the Gymnasium, which is admirably fitted for its purpose. : The Experiment Station, which contains the offices, 1i- braries and laboratories of the station workers, occupies a building on the College grounds. The station hasg also a green-house, with laboratory adjoining, in the rear campus, and several buildings used for storage and other purposes in the conduct of the various lines of experimental work. The Legislature of 1903 appropriated $15,000, payable in two eqgual annual installments, and the workshopa have been greatly enlarged and are now entirely adeguate for the present needs of the College. The first floor is equipped with wood-working and iron-working machinery and on the sec- ond floor are found large drafting-rooms and laboratories. The sum of $25,000 appropriated by the Delaware Leg- islature in the year 1901 for rebuilding and repairs at Dela- ware College, was expended mainly in repairing and enlarg- ing the dormitory. The building was replastered through- out, and the floors were made secure by the introduction of new timbers. The sleeping rooms were made comfortable and attractive, and the Oratory was remodeled and redeco- 21

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receive four-fifths of this amount annually, the rest going to the college for the colored race at Dover. 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 mathe- matical, physical, natural and economiec sciences with special reference to their applications in the industries of life, am:l to the facilities for such instruction. THE GYMNMASLITIM Stimulated by the increased income provided by these recent Acts, Delaware College has, within the past few years, enlarged her corps of instructors and greatly in- creased her equipment of apparatus and appliances, so that she iz now vastly better enabled than ever before in her whole history to perform her appointed duty, 20

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rated so that it is now one of the handsomest auditoriums 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 im- provements have increased the number of sleeping rooms, and furnished handsome apartments for recitation rooms and laboratories. The appropriation of $15,000 which was made by the Legislature of Delaware over a year ago has been applied to the building of a Drill Hall and Gymnasium. In the base- ment of the building will be found shower baths, plunge baths and lockers for the use of the students. Provision has been made for a swimming pool, which we hope will soon be completed. The main floor will serve as a drill hall and gymnasium, At the last sesgion of the Legislature of Delaware a hill was passed authorizing a commission to apply twenty thous- and dollars to the purchase and equipment of a farm to be managed and conducted by the Board of Trustees of Dela- ware College at Newark, for experimental purposes in pro- viding efficient instruction in Agriculture and in conducting investigations and original research in connection with the Experiment Station established as a department of the Col- lege. A farm of 217 acres, lying a mile south of the Col- lege, has been bought. It is most attractively situated and furnishes excellent means for practical instruction in Agri- culture. The College buildings are heated by steam and lighted by electricity and are supplied with water by the town water works. 22