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

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D000 0100!C DELAWARE COLLEGE Continued The buildings of the College, situated in an ample and beautiful campus, shaded by trees as old as the institution itself, consist of the re- cently improved Dormitory, a large brick structure originally the sole Col- lege huilding for all purposes and still occupied, not only for lodgings, but also for laboratories and recitation rooms, the newly fitted library af- fording commodious reading rooms and ample storage for books ; 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 eourse of instruction in the mechanic arts; the Gym- nasium, which is admirably fitted for its purpose. The Experiment Station, which contains the offices, libraries and lab- oratories of the station workers, occupies a building on the College grounds. The station has also a greenhouse, with laboratory adjoining, 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 equal annual installments, by the expenditure of which the workshops have been greatly enlarged and are now entirely adequate for the present needs of the College. The first floor is equipped with wood-working and iron-working machinery and on the gecond floor are found large drafting-rooms and lab- aratories. The sum of $25,000 appropriated by the Delaware Legislature in the yvear 1901 for rebuilding and repairs at Delaware College, was expended mainly in repairing and enlarging the dormitory. The building was re- plastered throughout, and the floors were made secure by the introduetion of new timbers. The sleeping rooms were made comfortable and attrac- tive, and the Oratory was remodeled and redecorated so that it is now one of the handsomest auditoriums in the State. New fronts, corresponding in style with the Dorie portieo 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 increased the num- ber 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 in 1905 has been applied to the building of a Drill Hall and Gym- nasium. In the basement of the building will be found shower baths and lockers for the use of the students. The main floor serves as a drill hall and gymunasium, At the session of the Legislature of Delaware of 1907 a bill was passed authorizing a commission to apply twenty thousand dollars to the pur- chase and equipment of a farm to be managed and condueted by the Board of Trustees of Delaware College at Newark, for experimental purposes in providing efficient instruction in Agriculture and in conducting investiga- tions and original research in connection with the Experiment Station estab- 10010 01001C 000100 IC 0 100 00 0 Jx

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DELAWARE COLLEGE Continued lished as a department of the College. A farm of 217 acres, lyving a mile south of the College, has been bought. It is most attractively situatsd and furnishes execellent means for practical instruction in Agriculture. At the last session an appropriation of $10,000 payvable in two installments of $5,000 each, was made for the care of the College property and for the sup- port of its work along sueh lines as are otherwise unprovided for. $10,000 was also appropriated for buildings on the College farm. The College buildings are heated by steam and lighted by electricity and are supplied with water by the town water works. A considerable part of the rear eampus is occupied as an athletic field and affords exeellent facilities for out-door sports and games. Tuition is free to all students from the State of Delaware, so that the College constitutes a part of our system of free public instruction. She places within reach of the young men of the State a thorough collegiate training with no other cost than that of living and the provision of neces- sary books and a few inconsiderable fees to cover expenses incurred by the institution. Her work is laid out upon broad lines, and the culture of liberal learning and the practical usefulness of the applied sciences are equally em- phasized in her scheme of education. While, in pursuance of the special aims of her organization, stress is laid upon those departments which build up good citizenship and useful manhood, the place so wisely provided in the foundation of the Land Grant Colleges is given to the refining graces and amenities of the older learning. RECITATION HALL