Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-06-12

brary building WIS opened last week 10 the
public with appropriate accompanying cyer-
else Rev Prcsilcn, Torrcy delivered dis
course cgpsratulating tho friends OF IL" Uni
vereiiv upon the successful completion
Of an enterprise which ia' gwen
rcrmauen, addition Of great value To-
the Institution. lie referred briefly e. the
circumstance attending the construction Of
the cdifcc, and then spoke at considerable
length Of the utility Of libraries and especial
" Of their intimate connection with the best
interests Of Collegiate institutions in Ameri-
ca. lie was followed by Prof G. W. Bene-
diet. who related facts " no little interest
connected with the first purchase Of books
and the establishment of a permanent library
for Vermont University, in the year 1885.
The Library buil1iug. now completed with
the exception Of some Of its interior arrange
ments, has long been f,lt to De an almost Inn
peratiyc need. some ten Thousand volumes,
all Of them books Of especial value and many
Of them rarely met with IN college or other
libraries, have until recently been exposed to
all the accidents to which the ordinary col
lcge buildings occupied 10y students are lin
be Much anxiety has been felt, especially
by those connected with the University in an
official capacity,to take measures to guard SO
choice a collection Of books against possible
injury or destruction The character OF the
library is pronounced by those who have cx-
alnined it to be such as to fully Justify the
anxiety to obtain for it secure depository.
The books were selected. after long and care
full consideration with special reference to
the wants Of the institution 1t is now about
thirty years since the corporation OF the Uni
versitv, as the result Of protacted effort on
the part of the faculty, were prevailed upon
to appropriate twelve thousand dollars to the
purchase Of books. It was then the work of
many months on the part of the college off
Gers, to prepare and revise, lists ofthe works
esteemed the most valuable in the several de-
partmcnts The limited means ar command
made il necessary To- again and again revise
these lists until only The most select of thc
..1ccti,ns were retained. With list. .r pre-
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