The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1859-12-28
hIiddlebury College,

We learn that an attempt is about to
be made to procure further subscriptions
to the funds oi the College in Addison and
other Counties, and that the immediate and
most urgent occasion for this new appeal
to the libsrality of the people is the want
Of d new building on the College grounds,
The nu nhel Of Student. IL attendance IL
now greater than at any previous tine
during the last twenty years and in
consequence ampier accommodations are
now urgently required, 1t is intended, we
understand, to erect new building TOR
Students, south Of the present Chapel
during the coming spring and summer,
it the people shall cordially respond to the
call that is now about to he made upon
them.
The Institution has hitherto be-n EN-.
phatically the Peoples College, having
been founded and carried on thus far
without State aid and solely by the en-.
terprise and liberality OF individuals. We
trust the appeal abou, to be made to the
people will find them ready and willing
to contribute of their abundance. 1t is
undoubtedly true that the College needs,
for the full accomplishment of its high
and bene6cent ends, considerable ad.
dition to its resources ana it looks con.
6dently to the community around it,
which has been benefited intellectually by
its presence in years past, for the help it
now requires. May 1t not look for such
help in vain.
Addison County alone without the 90.
operation of those other Counties which
have shared largely, and almost equally
in the healthful and educating influences
OF the College, can if inclined place the
Institution in position Of permanent in =
dependence. All that is ncedful for this
result is, that the people should generally
contribute as literally as they can afford
and though the individual subscrip tons
may in many cases be small, the aggregate
will suffice for all the wants of the College,
and place it above the necessity of further
appeals to the liberality of the community.
The College may justly hope for the
especial and hearty support ofthe Farmers
whose sons. in great numbers, during the
sixty years Of the life of the Institution,
have been sent forth from its halls pre-.
pared to act right manfully their part in
oil the walks of private and public life.
There are few such farming communities
anywhere, the world over, as that in the
midst of which this Institution is placed.
The high order of intelligence and manly
selt.respect Of our Farmers, which ia
scarcely paralleled elsewhere on this con.
tinant, is in no small degree due to the
presence among them of this College.
They are wise enough to perceive and
recognize the advantages they have de.
rived from it, we fully believe.
Upon every class of men, who respect
learning and high intellectual and moral
culture, the College has special claims.
1t has shown itself in all the periods Of ito
history eminently worthy Of their respect
and confidence 1t has supplied more
than its full share of men, who have been
distinguished by marked ability and use
fulness in the church and in the com.
monwealth.
We trust the response to the appeal of
the College for help will show that it has
many and efficient friends, and that its
services to the State and to the country at
large are duly appreciated. W.