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

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sp THE BLUE HEN sion courses which the Faculty are carrying forward, all go to show that the soul of the College 1s service, elaware College will fail in its mission unless as a result of its activities every acre of ground in the State ields a richer harvest, unless all breeds of stock on the g,arm are improved, unless the varied industries are quickened with new initiative and power, unless the life of the home is sweetened, unless all the schools are srrcnithcned. and unless the churches and all the agen- cies that make for a sound social and moral life are re- inforced. The influence of the College should tend to string with energy the arm of every worker and impart a noble idealism to the thought of every citizen. In fine, the task of an American college is to make publicists. When men and women have public-mindedness, all re- forms accomplish themselves through growth and self- renewal of social agencies. The Amencan college has faith in the force of an idea. It truses in truch wich all ies subtle potency and lasting power. ldeas alone endure. Early one morning 1 climbed to the height of the tower of the Milan Cathedral in order to get :Et majestic view of the Alps spread out in semi-circle, just as the peaks were lighted up by the rays of the rising sun. Here was the pyramid form of the Matterhorn. There was the white bosom of Mont Blanc. While I stood transfigured by this vision, I heard beside me the tapping of a mason's tools. When I turned and asked him what he was do- ing, he said he was fitting a piece of marble tracery into a niche,according to the plans of the archirect. Dead the architect was, hundreds of years ago, and vet here in the rwentieth century 1 was beholding his idea embodied in marble by the hands of that workman. This is a tense moment in the history of mankind. We can almost hear the crash of the cannon-balls as they fall upon doomed Antwerp, and the fate of that ancient city is only a symbol of the martyred nation of Belgium. The events that are now taking place in Europe, while they fill our hearts with anguisg, empha- size as never heg-;re the moral mission of America. We have cherished hitherto the freedom of our nation and its independent role in the affairs of mankind. This path outlined by Washington has brought Amer- ica to a moral prestige unique in the annals of mankind. So big with import is this fact that it furnishes occa- sion for solemn thought rather than national compla- ceney. Once I had the pleasure of worshipping in St. Giles in Edinburg, Scotland. My mind was wholly taken up with the historic scenes centering in that ancient edifice. Yonder was the table upon which the fathers signed the Covenant. Memories of John Knox erowded thick upon me. The venerable minister devoted a large portion of his prayer to our country, concluding with this ringing sentence: God grant that America, as she is eminent in position, so may she ever continue to be in moral power. That peti- tion voices the most fervent hopes of vour hearts. America is not so many millions of square miles. All the great states have been territorially small. Witness Palestine, Greece, Switzerland, Holland, England. America is not so many millions of population. No, it is none of these. America is rather a tremendous idea in process of realization. This idea involves equality of opportunity for all, the worth of the average man, a deeper sense of human brotherhood, and a passionate

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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-

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desire to promote peace among the nations of the earth. In the presence of such a rask facing our coun- try, the College must energize all the moral forees in the life of America. It must temper the mind of yvouth with seriousness as regards responsibility, and with sympathy as regards the progress of the race, I had the pleasure once of hearing Joseph Chamber- lain address a vast meeting in the Litnyal Albert Hall in London, in the interest of greater solidarity for the British Empire. Behind him on the platform sat more than two hundred members of Parliament, and oppo- site the speaker's stand was a streamer with this legend upon it: Learn to Think Imperially. Re- cent events which fill with anguish the heart of man enjoin upon American vouth concern for a wider solid- zrity-tg:r brotherhood of man: Learn to Think Internationally, Viewing. then, the past of Delaware College and encouraged by all the forces of growth in the past, we may well beg that Heaven's benediction shall be upon all of those who have borne the burden and heat of the day, who have fostered this child of the common- wealth for the noble career of service that stretches out before it. Especially upon the Alumni, Trustees. Faculty, and above all upon Dr. George A, Harter, as leader and inspirer of the College and of the people of this State to give full effect to personality through training, may we invoke the blessing of an all-wise Providence, who planted this institution, that He may guide it into ever-expanding fields of truth, freedom, and service. THE BLUE HEN EEE Y ADDRESS ACCEPTING THE BUILDINGS WOMEN'S COLLEGE OF DELAWARE Evererr C. Jounson, Member of the Board of Trustees CCASIONS such as this offer striking proof that dreams do come true. Steeped in the practical complexities of this work-a-day world, we men are forced to admit that the Ideals of yesterday are the Realities of today. Boasted conservatism in its self- satisfaction fails too oft to sense the needs and demands of these quick changing times. This decade's Ideal, be- ing here today projected into a living Idea, brings its lesson of regret for our lack of foresight. 1t forces, how- ever, an appreciation of our responsibility, and, tremb- ling with its possibilities, we see a civic duty, strongly im- posed. Those who sensed the need, and with an initiative made possible this day, may well feel proud of a master achievement. The Women's College of Delaware is no longer a dream; its need, no longer a theory; its advisa- bility, no longer a question. Itisa beautiful, iving fact. And of this fact, vital in its import, the State has a right to be proud only in the realization that it has rendered simple justice to that part of its people in whose keeping rests most largely the destiny oPBclawart,s tomorrow, Success in recent events attending the entering class and today's enthusiasm, cause us to lay aside regrets for our past neglect and urge us to strongly resolve that chis Institution shall so claim our thought and attention that we may honor well the task imposed. We acknowledge today the demand, and accept the opportunity for public service.