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

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: ? 5 : : 100 0 010010C Aelatware College A Brief Historical Sketch, and Some Information as to the Aim and Scope of the Institution ELAWARE COLLEGE iz situated at Newark, a quiet, well-ordered, and hospitable village of two thousand inhabitants in the northwestern part of the State. Newark is connected with Philadel- phia, Wilmington, Baltimore and Washington by the Pennsylvania, and Baltimore and Ohio Rail- roads, and there are few points in Delaware or in the Peninsular counties of Maryland distant from the village more than a few hours by rail. The region about Newark is one of the most healthful and beautiful on the Atlantic slope. The site of the College, near the center of the town, iz one of unusual charm. The village has 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 students in May of the following vear. The College had been doing for a quarter of a eentury an important work, not only for Delaware, but as well for neighboring parts of Pennsylvania and Maryland, when, by a succession of misfortunes, she was forced in the spring of 1859 to close her doors. Eleven vears later the College was resuscitated, having meanwhile heen designated by Act of the Delaware Legislature as beneficiary under the Act of Congress apportioning to each of the several States large areas of public lands to form the basiz of endowments for Colleges especially devoted to the teaching of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, and Military Tactics. This Act of Congress, commonly known as the Morrill Bill, from its origi- nator, Senator Morrill of Vermont, declares that the Colleges made bene- ficlary under its provisions shall have as their leading object, withoutl ex- cluding other scientific and classical studies and including Military Tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions of life. In consideration of the designation and establishment of Delaware College as the institution to be provided by the State of Delaware in ac- cordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress in question, 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 rep- resentation upon the Board of Trustees was given the State, DIO00 010-01!Q

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7 ; 10010 44 LIBRARY THE NEW COLLEGE D 00 O WIOQOIOJ

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INTERIOR OF THE GYMMASIUM WITH SEATS ARRANGED FOR A RECEPTION TO THE DELAWARE LEGISLATURE