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

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m THE INSTALLATION OF THE PRESIDENT Cuartes M. CurTis, Chancellor of Delaware N behalf of the Board of Trustees of Dela- ware College, and in its name, 1 hereby install you, Samuel Chiles Mitchell, Ph.D., as Pres- ident of Delaware College, and bestow on you all the rights and powers of the office and impose on you all its duties and responsibilities. In token whereof I give into your hands the keys of the Colleges, a sym- bol of your responsibility to keep watch that none enter here unprepared, or depart hence unhrred. 1 also deliver to you the Charter and by-laws of the corporation, the source of your authority and your guide in the use of it. Having full confidence that your powers will be exercised with wisdom, courage, and patience, and your duties performed with fidelity, zeal, and efficiency, and pledging you the support, loyalty, and co-operation of the Trustees, the Fac- ulty, the Alumni, and the students, we look forward hopefully to a realization of the high aims entertained for the upbuilding of this institution of learning for the young men and women of the State of Delaware. BLUE HEN S INAUGURAL ADDRESS STRUCTURAL ASPECTS OF DELAWARE COLLEGE SamuieL Curires Miteneir, Ph.D. Mr. Chancellor, Ladies and Gentlemen: HESE words of welcome and encouragement move me deeply. The weight of responsibility in accepting the keys of Delaware College is more than I could bear, had 1 not these assurances of the hearty co-operation of Faculty, Trustees, and Alumni in working out the senious tasks before us, We have histened, my friends, to a series of signally able addresses, and the keynote of all of these has been to interpret the constructive purrlposes of the State in terms GF education and service. I am glad that these ntlemen have shown that this institution is a growth, ne of our distinguished guests is fond of repeating the maxim, Mothing great as great begins. It may be truly said of the founders of Delaware College that they builded better than they knew. Structurally the College embodies the ideal for an institution of this kind in an American commonwealth. This appears from many points of view. The College 1s fortunate in its location in a beautiful region of farm country, made easily aceessible by two trunk lines of railway. The community of Newark by reason of irs culture and character furnishes an admirable setting for a College which is to inspire youth with ideals of growth and of service through truth and freedom. lts situation on the Mid-Atlantic seaboard has many advantages as regards temperate climate and inher-

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THE BLUE HEN ORDER OF EXERCISES On tHE Occasion oF THE INstaLiaTioNn ofF Samuel Cuiies MiTcHELL as Presivent oF Deraware CoLLEGE, aND oF THE DEpication oF THE Buipings oF Tue Women's CoLLeEce oF DELAWARE. AND THE INsTALLA- TioN oF WiniFrep . Rosivson as Dean, on OcTtoeerR TEnTH, NiNeTEEN FoURTEEN. NEW era in the history of higher education in Delaware was begun on October 10, 1914, at MNewark when with impressive ceremonies and in the presence of the State Judiciary, the State Off- cials, tl:c Members of the Legislature, the Board of Trustees, the Faculty, and Representatives from Col- leges and Universities and other invited guests, Samuel C'Etilcs Mitchell, Ph.D., was inauj of Delaware College, and the Buil College of Delaware were dedicate Robinson, Ph.D., installed as Dean. urated as President ings of the Women's and Winifred J. The exercises were divided into two parts. The inauguration of the President took place on the cam- pus of Delaware College at eleven o'clock in the morn- ing. Chancellor Charles M. Curtis presided. After he had made the opening address and the Right Rev- erend F. . Kinsman, Bishop of Delaware, had deliv- ered the mvocation, addresses were made by Honor- able George W. Marshall, M.D., for the Trustees; ex-President George A. Harter, Ph.D., for the Faculry; dege Victor B. Woolley, LL.I., for the Alumni; and enry Ridgely, Esq., for the State Board of Education. The exercises of the morning closed with the formal installation of President Mitchell, and his response. The dedication of the Women's College buildings and the installation of Dean Robinson took place on the campus of the Women's College at two o'clock in the afternoon. Governor Charles R. Miller presided. After the cornerstone had been laid by The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Delaware incimt Free and Accepted Masons, Reverend George Edward Reed, .1, read a passage from the Secriptures and offered prayver. The keys of the buildings were then presented by the contractors to Governor Miller, who in turn presented keys and buildings to the Board of Trustees through their representative, Honorable E. C. Johnson. Immediately following the dedication of the buildings and their acceptance by the Board of Trustees, Winifred J. Rebinson, Ph.ID., was installed as Dean by President Mitchell. In her response, Dean Robinsn stated the ideals and the policy of the new institution. Gifts to the College were next acknowledged by Mrs. A. ID. Warner, The formal exercises of the afternoon were closed with an address by Mrs. Lois Kimball Matthews, Ph.D., Dean of Women at the University of Wisconsin. At the close of the formal exercises, American Flag Council No. 28, Junior Order United American Mechanics, of Newark, presented an American flag to the Women's College. The presentation address was made by Reverend Alfred Brooks, and the flag was accepted by Honorable Chauncey P. Holcomb. lhe benediction was pronounced by Reverend Francis H. Moore.

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ited traditions of refinement and achievement. Placed virtually on the Masen and Dixon Line, Delaware 1s nntinnaf in spirit and scope, able to interpret aright what is best in the North and what is best in the South in helping to make the American mind. The bases of the College are laid on granite in that it is a State institution buttressed by Federal funds and now beginning to receive the generous support of its alumni and the friends of education. Thus, whereas its ownership and control are single, centering whally in the State of Delaware, the support of the College is three-fold, representing a union of the resources of the State, the Marion, and endowment. An analysis of these three resources of income is encouraging. When Delaware College was reopened in 1870, the income from the Federal Government was less than $5.000. Today, the total income from the Nation is $85,000, and this amount will increase for the next seven years at the rate of $1,281. 5o gratifyving have been the resules of this investment in educavion along agn- cultural and scientific lines by the National Govern- ment that we may confidently expect this sum to grow from decade to decade. The financial history of the College shows thar the State of Delaware has put its shoulder to the wheel. At frst the appropriations by the Legislature were intermittent; now they are continuous and inereas- ing. The establishment of the Women's College at an outlay of $150,000 by the very Legislature which honors us with its presence ac this time 15 an infalh- ble proof that the State has embraced this institu- tion in its affections and hopes. Equally significant is the fact that public-spirited men and women both among the Alumni and the friends of education are giving gcnerously of their means to strengthen the College in its noble work of training citizens in a dcmotmy The gift of the Joe Frazer Athletic Field, one of the most beaurtiful in America, marked an epoch in the life of the Col- lege. The effores in behalf of the Alumni Endowment are indicative not only of the growing usefulness of the College, but also of sound statesmanship among its triends in seeking to achieve the higher purposes of the commonwealth through education. The spinit of CD-tJPtrdtlUl'l on the part of various civie Grganlzallnns in the building of the Women's College only confirms the belief that the two colleges are destined to enjoy the increasing support of the people of the State, Delaware stands alone in concentrating all of its agencies for higher education at one point. The advantages of this plan both as regards economy and efficiency are apparent. Such concentration, how- ever, implies outreach to every part of the State. The unification of educational agencies at Mewark will mean little unless there is effective co-operation on the part of the College with all the forces in the life of the State making for progress. Happily the spirit of co-operation has been a signal feature in the recent growth of the College. Witness the manifold activities of the Department of Agriculture. Just now it 15 plac- ing in each of the three counties a competent man who will seek to enrich rural life. Very soon a capable woman will likewise undertake similar extension work in home economics. The lectures, bulleting, and exten-