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

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ALLAN P. COLBURN Provost CHARLES E. GRUBB Business Administrator

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THE UNIVERSITY ln times as inauspicious for learning as these, the University must remain steadfast to its ideals of scholarship and teaching. For more than two hundred years what is now the University of Dela- ware has been preparing students for service to the state and nation. As academy, college, and university, it has developed a tradition of which we may be proud. Under the heavy burden of preparation for defense, this tradition must be maintained. In a physical sense, the present University of Delaware is far different from the school from which it has grown. The academy of 1743 had as its physical plant the house of the Reverend Francis Alison. The University of today has a spacious campus with well-equipped dormitories, class- rooms, and laboratories. Yet, striking as the con- trast is, this growth must continue if the University is to fulfill its obligations. Physical expansion is but the outward manifes- tation of the deepening and broadening of edu- cation that has taken place. The academy of Francis Alison's day offered instruction in the languages, philosophy, and divinity. The six schools of the University provide undergraduate and graduate instruction in the humanities, the social sciences, the natural and physical sciences, engineering, home economics, agriculture, and education. ln all of these fields teaching is but- tressed by growing contributions in research by members of the faculty. Through the activities ofthe Student Government Association and other extra-curricular activities, students are accepting a larger responsibility in the affairs of the University. Here, as in the class- room, there is an opportunity to develop the quali- ties of mind and character needed for a full and effective participation in community life Whether of town, state, or nation. ln these respects, and in others, the University of l95l demonstrates its vitality. Strengthened by two centuries of achievement in peace and war. it moves forward to new accomplishments. -

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Dean of Men J. FENTON DAUGHERTY, Ph.D. Dean of Women AMY REXTREW, M.A