Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-10-29

Z three pieces OF gnu CIV ""'' ~ r' 81
three ways meet, but We want IN 'fgeag-
led union, with one great head wnGn
shall rightly govern the whole He would
he willing TO do anything, or resign any
thing, 10 accomplish this great object IL
had been his principal desire for long
time. crGl
He did not think an Agricultural Col |
leoe would be for the best interest OF the |
state. if il should be rival OF the nSlil0r
tions which our fathers have provided
The reason why our Colleges have not sue
ceedaa hetter i, that they have not 70 !
eeivea sufficient patronage irom the state, |
While the state Of Massachusetts had |
been constantly helping har own nsntu
tions OF learning, httle OF nothing had been |
done by this state for her Colleges, But !
if the state now thoughtful hes, TO assist
the Colleges, together with an Agricntu-
raj College, il would be best to unite the
inst buttons. There is no state IN the
Union without College; and he did not
believe the state OF Vermont would be
willing 10 do without classical College.
Let us strive to make this Agreultu-
raj College. which has been endowed by
the United States, harmomze in every
particular with the old Colleges of the
state.
President Labaree, of Midalebury Col
lege, being called upon, next addressed
: the meeting. He was very deeply inter
ested in the educational interests OF the
state. He had had an eye single to the
upbuilding of one of our institutions.
There was no subject more dear to him
than the one now presented to this meet
{ ing.
He was satisfied that if We wished TO
{ help the cause of education in this state,
we must give more attention to the higher
institutions. The common schools and
, academies are very important, but he be-
ieved that the Colleges are equally so.
3 These institutions are an honor 10 the
I state, even if they are poor and small.
h Middlebury College had educated over a
: thousand young men, over seven hundred
a of whom were natives of this state. Over
) four hundred and fifty had been ministers
If Over thirty had gone to cvilize the world,
: as missionaries sixteen had been presl-
), dents of colleges over fifty had been
n professors in colleges; four have been Gov
: Judges of the Supreme Court of this and
% the United States. 1t has only received
rs about 81 200 from the state, or about one
y dollar and seventy-ene cents to each Yer
5 mont graduate. These items show what
r a small College has done.
ie 1t would be strange if he should oppose
an Agricultural College, as he had been a
Al farmer himself He wished the sens of
d our Vermont farmers to have the opportu-
! nitv to receive better education
r He thought collegiate course the very
1t best course for the development eff the in
. tellect and the culture of the mind. We
10 must have the higher institutions. if we
j. wished to best serve the educational in
ne terests Of the state.
h He had been for a long time in favor oil
the union of the Colleges, and he was
n strongly in favor Of the FIRST resolution
40 but he was not quite so much in favor Oh
the addition of an Agricultural college
- IF we unite our other Colleges with the
- Agricultural College, we shall embarras;
- the classical department.
N The law makes the agricultural the
principal object of the College. II these
40 different objects are united, will there moi
% be heart burnings and lealouses between
b5a the two departments His plan was thi
an same as tnas expressed by Secretar!
IN Adams in his report, viz: to unite tn
wv present Colleges in one of the present Col
of lege buildings, and take the other for tn
Ia Agricultural College. Then there woul
be no difficulties or jealousies between tn
is | two.
he He hoped this great problem may D
er wisely solved, and he thought 1t snoul
ms not be hastily solved.
The resolutions were adopted. and tn
Ter meeting then adjourned.
ne The Freeman says that both presidents
III Torrey and Labaree were decided In thei
he ofinion that the Agricultural College coul
he not be united with colleges like the ones a
u Burlington and Middlebury, or as the LAT
N ter would be if combined, and be sue
cess. Such union would prove, in thel
ed Judgment, prejudicial TO the efficiency o
both the higher colleges, as well as tn
nd Agricultural. 1t would drive away from
the state to other colleges very man,
he young men who seek the higher classica
oil Of and scientific culture, and who would pre-
81 fer a college where this higher SCHOLARSHIP
lat was distinctive feature.
IN g4 rs 4aff
1t is to be hoped that plan may b
n devised, which shall obviate any objec
,se lions of this character, in view of tn
lui great Importance of the proposed union
:" The obstacles in the way, however, ar
ty evidently great, and it will require niue
IN labor and earnest study to surmoun
Lo them, if it can be done at all.
~ BURNSIDE. The Washington CORES
ae pondent of the Tribune says it is no,
on positively ascertained that portion I