Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-02-04
TILDEN LADIES SEMINARY.
Correspondence Of tie Boston Eseniag TIar
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/ correspondence o. me lB0St0H EfeHhHY IE0E-
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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Jan. 1865.
. As one ncars this place, either in private
conveyance or in the cars, from Montpelier. st.
ohnsbury, or Windsor, i. C. from the west,
north or south, fine looking edificc il seen on
the n. IL. side of the Connecticut on an cmin-
ence in the outskirts Of the pleasant village OF
West Lebanon, some three fourtls of a mile
from the junction depot. On inquiring he learns
that it 10 the 1llden Ladies' Snnainary, u4.ic4
the care of Rev. Hiram circuit, Il gentleman
well known among the prominent educators OF
New England, who since he graduated OF old
Dartmouth thirty years ago. has devoted his en-
erges to the instruction, for the most part, oI
young ladies', and that with good success a. his
schools at Thetford and West Bratueboro'. vi,
North Granville, n Y. aud West Lebanon, \
H., will testify.
The seminary derives its name from William
Tilden, Esq, successful merchant of New
York city-a native of West Lebanon-but who,
many years since, went to New York and en-
gagged in the manufacture of varnsh. Like the
late Dea Stafford and other successful business
men of your own city, he began small, making
one barrel and selling it, and with the proceeds
increasing his business, and SO ON until his cs.
Enlistment has become one of the. LARGEST OF
the kind in the country.
AT the breaking ont of the late REBELLION with
characteristic foresight he directed the pgr-
chase ofthe material for his business to the
largest extent. The result is, - | understand
il, very large accession of wealth.
The original building of the seminary is I'D
feet by 81. and four stories high 1t was erected
in ISL, at expense of some $4,000 most
of which was given by Mr. Piiden. 1t contain
accommodations for 40 boarding pupils and
their teachers, and has been generally adequate
TO the demands of the public. But Mr.. circuit
having sold his interest in the Glenwood Semin-
AIRY at West Brattlehoro' and devoted his encr
gies to his present school, the place has become
too strait for them. Learning this fact. Mr..
Tilden gave orders for the erection Of two spa
cous wings, each 81 by Sc feet AT an expense oi
Son,ooo. rne north wing is already up and win
be ready for occupation the coming spring. The
south wing will be completed with the utmost
dispatch When completed it will be one Of the
most elegant and commodious buildings of the
kind in New England. The additions will double
the accommodations for boarding pupils and
add largely, by way of bathing. dining, reading
painting rooms, and a gymnastic hall, to the ia
cflitics of education 1t Is also understood that
the generous founder eDtertains very liberal
views in regard to the future of the seminary
and having ample means at his command ii will
not be surprising ii the future should see this
one of the best endowed ladies' institutions III
New England. Who can but wish that it may
be so: While our colleges are being enriched
with liberal cndowmentsy to what better use can
our large hearted men devote portion of their
superabounding wealth than in furnishing the
means for raising the standard of female educa-
ton.
/ The location of the seminary i all that can
! be desired. Four railroads lead to its doors
The eminence on which it stands commands a
wide and picturesque view. The quiet Con
necticut, the scenery of whose banks is not
surpassed by that of the Rhine or any other
European river, flows gently by. Up the river,
at the north, the highlands of New Hampshire
and Vermont embrace each other in the distance
On the west the eye traces the White River Val
south, the view, extending some twenty miles
away, terminates in the noble Ascutney The
vicinity of Old Dartmouth, four miles distant, il
not deemed unfavorable. l know not that the
students have, yet, recognized the daughters
i ofTilden as cousins as the Amherst students
i have these of Mount Holyoke, but it will not be
strange if some such relationship should spring
up. Our country, as Napoleon said of France
/ ''needs Mothers thoroughly educated physi
/ cally, mentally morally. A blessing on the man
and on his memory who, by his wealth wisely
bestowed, does what he can to furnish such. b
tv Summer Session begins April 10Th 1859