Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1838-12-28
UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT.

The Student whose eye is br1Ugh. to
goze upon the richest displays Of the nat.
ural world, is most likely to thirst for The
knowledge Of the Philosophy Of those ex.
ternnl beauties. Where the portals of
such Temple Of science are SO attractive,
the ambition is orouscd to explore the lab
yrinth Of the interior. The great A henan
master never exhibited his tact in reducing
the pursuit of knowledge, from q drudgery
to delightful TOLL to better advantage,
than in the selection &c the Academia for
his seat OF science. BY this skilfnl strata.
gem, in first captivating the intellectual
powers to the charms of one science, The
greatest obstacle to literary ambition was
surmounted; and those powers so happily
brought into employ, would rather seek,
than dread the trans'io" to the study Of
mind and morals, and every other depart-
ment OF human intelligence.
1t would have been well. il the friends
of science in our own country, had taken
the same advantage of the secret springs
OF the youthful mind, in the location Of all
DIR colleges, and other institutions Of learn
ing. And while The people Of this legion
are awakening 10 new regard for liberal
education, | look upon it as felicltous
circumstance, Of no small moment, that the
College most accessible by US, commands
The advantage which has just been named.
to degree unsurpassed by any other in this
Union. The candidate for literary honors,
who as he traverses the beautiful sheet OF
water which separates us from the neigh.
boring state, can fix his eye upon The nat
ura and cultivated beauties of the spot
which he is approaching, and the lofticr
works ofthe creative hand beyond, and
the not less sublime which will meet his
returning gaze whenever he looks out
towards the home he has left. and not feel
new ardor from The thought that beneath
that gll,ering dome, and among those ov
enues, his mind is to explore new and rav>
ishing wonders, may as well be- recalled as
hopeless case.
This however, is only the first working
up of an interest in science-tbe mere aus
picous commencement Of literary career.
| Thanks to the guardians of Burlington
| College. they have placed it under the in.
s'ruc.lon anl discipline ola corps of officers,
who never suffer that awakened in'ercs, 10
slumbcr, or degenerate to irksomeness, md
who know how o lasten it upon the most
useful attainmen's,
1.-THE SUDDEN, is there allowed and even
encouraged to appreciate the noblencss OF
his own nature, he is nevertheless remind
ed of The main Object of his residence there
that rs he comes there to learn. he mus
i learn. If his facilities for intercourse
with :hc most safe and engaging society
arc such, tina, when he returns he is not
exposed to the Notifying discovery thai
his college acquisitions have utterly dis
qualified him fnr III" common dni'os "' GO
cal life, s,iIl they arc not allowed such {
latitude As to endangcr the main obj 'ct
thorough education. 10 short, this college
/ has high attractions for the student dis
. posed towards excellent society, and We
willing to study, and willing to place him
self where the most thorough application il
, required, and where "ihere is no lodging.
And as might be expected under such
system, it is fast growing in public favor
and if Freshman class Of more than lhirt,
"A considerable increase over former year
is a test of rislog property, and if larg
' faculty of the strongest cast is pledge o
continued celebrity, then the University q
Vermont is destined 10 pamy ran
4 among he highest Seminarlcs of tho land
4 And it will be much to our own advan,ag
a when names of many Of our youths or
II found on the pages of its catalogues
Without anything beyond a common inter
y est in the subject, the writer hopes an
believes such will be the case.-Ogdens
4 burgh Times.