The Woodstock age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1844-1845, 1845-03-06

ll~hed by Committee Ot the Trustees q
NofwIcA University Commenting ON IN
Prospectus OF The American Literary, Sci
enl'hc and Military University al Norwich
w., which published few weeks aGo
AS | consider the aforesaid CnrW an un
waranlabIe and unlnsllfabIe Interference l.,
this committee, with the affairs Of an lnmr
tn'on with which h'y have nothing to d.
ana with the private dongs OF an indiyid
ual who owes no responsibility to them
and with whose private concerns they have
no right to interfere, | shalt only notice
IT by stating few facts most Of which are
OF public notoricty.
lst' 1t is fact generally known that !
established an Institution 1T Norwich Yer
mont. called the American Literary, Sci
e"lItic and Military Academy, winch was
opened on the 9TH Of September 1890, and
which was sustained in successful opera
ton at my own expense and by my own
personal eSertlons until the spring Of 1928,
when it was removed to MiddIetoWn,
Counericut.
81, That in June 1881, rc-opencd The
same lnstitHton, with the same means, at
Norwich w., and continued it under my
personal superintendent aud direction un-
III November IS32-when Lnty called me
to the superincndance Of an Institution on
the same plan, in far distant section Of
country
81, THAT ia 1884, obtained tie act
tor the Incorporation Of Norwich Uuiyer.
s'ty which IN reality was nothing more than
Incorporating The American, Literary, Sci
en'Idc and Military Academy under neo
name, as the plan Of education was in eve.
ry respect the same; the sane Quarters and
premises occupied, MathematpciaI Appera-
roF, Library, Maps, GIobcs, &C. &c.,
1Sed--ihe same uniform worn, ana the
same course Of instruction pursued.
4th. | vas elected as President Of said
University on its first organization as such
IA l~35--which station occupied until
tie 18Th Of September I943-whra fu
reasons perfectly satisfactory to myself |
resigned, and since thea have had no con-
nccIlon with the Universly--during the
whole time prcsided over the same, it
was conducted III every respect like pr.
ratc Institution, and was in fact as much
SO as the Am Lit, Sci. and Nil Academy,
except that the Board orrrus,eps annually
went through the farm ofro'iDg Diplomas to
such candid ties as presented the, bat
It whose qualifications they we're prsOHal-
~ ignorant, as scarcely an individual , |
The above B0a,W Of Trustees ever atleu-
d"d our annual examinations. The Bull |
t'ors occupied by the University, with the |
Maps, Globes, Mathematician uppefalls,
Acoutlemcnts &c. &c, were all my pri-
'ale property, The Trustees never having |
'"ned one dollar Of property in the Uni-
'crs!ty, and from the autumn Of 1885 to
he period ofmy resignaIiou, was obliged .
o procure and make arrangements to pay
Ill the lnsirucIors--the Trustees merely
my appointments; indeed So
sell convinced we're the Board Of its total |
inability to carry on the Institution (bcing
Entirely destitute Of s)--that in lS49 |
resolution was adopted, formally authorize
NJ meto carry on the Institution on my own
esponsibility and merely to ropor, to the
Board al It's annual meeting what had
o0c-ths resolution was continued in
orcc to the annual session Of I&t3.
From these facts it is evident that the
Ior@ich University, dnring The whole time
t,rnsiiaI ,vcr a. ,t.ps ,.l,,tlr e,y,,i,,,l h..