Delaware and the Eastern shore; some aspects of a peninsula pleasant and well beloved . ^^. k& EDUCATION AND UPLIFT IN DELAWARE Conference Academy of the Methodist Church,^chartered in 1873, was established at Dover as acentral point, where it has since served a highly-useful purpose as a preparatory school ofhigh standards. A recent educaticflial under-taking at Wilmington of significant interest isthe largely endowed and admirably equippedTower Hill School. A few years ago Pierre S. Du Pont becameinterested in the expansion of Delaware College,and matured in his mind a comprehensivescheme
Delaware and the Eastern shore; some aspects of a peninsula pleasant and well beloved . ^^. k& EDUCATION AND UPLIFT IN DELAWARE Conference Academy of the Methodist Church,^chartered in 1873, was established at Dover as acentral point, where it has since served a highly-useful purpose as a preparatory school ofhigh standards. A recent educaticflial under-taking at Wilmington of significant interest isthe largely endowed and admirably equippedTower Hill School. A few years ago Pierre S. Du Pont becameinterested in the expansion of Delaware College,and matured in his mind a comprehensivescheme for the improvement of public educationin rural Delaware, and to use a term savoringof cant, for general civic uplift. CharlesLamb once said, when it was proposed to erecta conspicuous monument to a worthy and use-ful but invincibly shy person, We should bemodest for a modest man. If outward signsare to be trusted, Mr. Du Pont is such a the story of his public benevolence willbe told here in brief form, and with scrupulousregard for Lambs happy and characteristicutterance. B
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