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

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The Board of Trustees The Charter of the Univeraity provides that the Board of Trustees shall consist of twenty-eight members, together with the Governor of the State, the President of the Uni- versity, the Master of the State Grange and the President of the State Board of Edueation, all of whom shall be members of the Board, ex officio. Eight of the trustees are appointed by the Governor and twenty are elected by a majority of the whole Board, The Trustees pictured here are representative of leadership in the broad fields of the arts, sciences, profes- sions, business and industry of not only the State of Dela- ware but our nation, Several of them enjoy international reputations. Contributions of our Trustees to the we;ijiare and . j wrogress of the University are many and varied but none JUDGE HUGH M. MORRIS L more significant than the imposing record of 150 vears President of the Board of service to our Alma Mater by the combined tenure of four present members of the Board: Chancellor William Watson Harrington, 53 years; Mr. Hugh Rodney Sharp, 38 years; Mr. Henry Francis duPont, 25 years; and Judge Hugh Martin Morris, 24 vears. The Class of 1954 salutes these ladies and gentlemen and expresses its appreciation of their distinguished gervice. Seated: Governor J. Caleb Boggs, Chancellor W. Watson Harrington, Harold W. Horsey, Judge Richad 5. Rodney, Mr. Joseph L. Marshall, Mrs. Charles P. Townsend, President John A. Perkins, Judge Hugh M. Honorable Elbert M. Carvel. Third Row: Mr. R. R. M. Carpenter, Jr., Morris, Mrs. Henry Ridgely, Mrs. Albert W. James, Mr. Henry Belin Mr. Walter J. Beadle, Mr. Haland Carpenter, Mr. John G. Leach, Judge duPont. Second Row: Honorable C. Douglass Buck, Mre. H. Hodne'y George Burton Pearson, Jr., Mr. Warren C. Newton, Mr. John Pearce Sharp, Mr. Henry Francis duPont, Senator J. Allen Frear, Jr., Dr. Cann, Mr. Hyland George, Mr. Preston C. Townsend, Mr. Harry C. Charles M. A. Stine, Mr. George M. Fisher, Mr. Arthur F. Walker, Mr. Johnson, Mr. G. Franklin Waples. Thirteen

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JOHN A. PERKINS, President Toward the Class of 1954 1 shall always feel a special kinship, We began our careers together at the University of Delaware in the Autumn of 19560. This University to which we came so full of expectations has not disappointed us. Temporary, makeshift, post-war buildingz have been replaced by several new dormitories and eclassroom facilities, The Memorial Library has added thousands of volumes, The faculty, always devoted to learning, seems to have become ever more so, New teachers have joined the staff to enrich the variety of courses offered. Each member of the Class of 1954 must ask himszelf, Have I kept my own development abreast of that made by this remarkable institution of which T have been privileged to be a part? Too often students permit education to appear as the one commodity for which the buyer tries to make the worst possible bargain. Many of you have indeed responded to the opportunity provided. You have made the maximum effort during the last four years. You have given yourself completely to the enterprize of learning. You are rewarded not only with a love for the University but you have discovered that effort put forth in learning brings its own rich and lasting reward, I need only extend to each member of your class every best wish and ask that vou keep, throughout your life, faith with your University and its teachings, Fourteen