Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-07-04
From the Burlington Free Press
University OF Vermont and State
Agricultural College.

Many of our readers are aware that
in accordance with the wishes OF the
Alumni and other friends of the
University, the trustees some time
ago decided to attempt to raise the sum
OF 100000 FOR the institution. The
regular academical department needed
to be strengthened and enlarged. By sc.
Ceptlpg from the State the grant for es-
tabishing the Agricultural and Scien-
titiC Department the trustees had virtu.
ally pledged themselves to furnish ex.
tended courses of Instruction in the
physical sciences. New prOlessorships,
a chemical laboratory and new means OF
illustration were therefore required. The
necessity for an increase OF the resources
OF the University was manifest, and 1t
was wisely determined to endeaver to
obtain sufficient fund to place the
University on q strong foundation. As
In any business enterprise, it is wretChed
economy to work with inadequate cap
ital so 1t is unwise to attempt to meet
the wants of a college by procuring g
small sum this year, and working 1t up,
and another small sum next year, TO be
employed in the same way. The funds
should be so large that the income will
supply all needs while the principal re-
mains untouched. A donation then be-
comes q permanent and ever productive
investment. With such views the trus.
tees resolved to ask for an addition Of
800 900 TO its funds.
They decided TO request the citizens of
Burlington and vicinity to contribute a
sum Of not less than $4,000. 1t gives
US great pleasure to say that the request
has already been cheerfully met by sub
sCriptions amounting TO more than 49,
000 and 1t is not at all improbable that
they will reach $40 900, or even larger
sum. We do not remember to have seen
large sum raised with so great ease in
Burlington. The interest OF our citizens
in the University was never before so
strong.
The Alumni undertook to raise a sum
large enough TO endow the Professor
ship of Moral and Intellectual Philoso-
ply. A large proportion Of the amount
required has already been subscribed.
But as the books are circulating in vari-
Gus parts Of the country, we cannot
state exactly what amount has been Oh.
tanned. A sum of not less than S25, 900,
and not more than $4,000, is fixed as
the endowment
The trustees did not feel justified in
asking for contributions in the State at
large, until the citizens OF Burlington
and the Alumni had manifested their
interest by their subscriptions. They
are now about taking measures, we are
informed, to give an opportunity to all
who desire the highest successes OF the
Institution, to aid its treasury. Some
very handsome subscriptions have been
sent in by liberal gentlemen, who had
! not been solicited.
The University has been carrying on
| its work with vigor aid success during
| the year. Courses in the History of
Civilization and in the Modern Lam
guages have been added to the Academ.
| ical Department. A class has been pur-
suing the prescribed studies in the first
year OF the Agricultural aud Scientific
Department. The demand for larger ac-
| commodations in the chemical courses Is
| likely to be so pressing that the trust
| ees are now having rooms in the North
College fitted as laboratory. Desks
are provided lor twenty students OF An