Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-09-21
Letter from Dartmouth College.
HANOVER, II. H. Sept. Is, 1871.

hdItor Rutland Herald: During th
winter of II the senior class of this col
iege engaged 10, and successfully carried
" through commendable enterprise. Fol-
many years the students and inhabitant,
9 OF this village had felt the need of having
some Intellectual entertainments, by
which they could pass the long winter
evenings more pleasantly, and at the
same time receive profitable instruction
The senior class realized this necessity,
and took upon themselves the responsible
lity of procuring distinguished lecturers
from abroad, and, by charging a small
admlttance fee, carried through their work
without pecuniary loss. The mantle OF
Il has not fallen upon unworthy should
ers. We have engaged in similar uu.
dertaking, and have engaged the following
PERSONS to lecture, though the precise
time OF their coming has not yet been
tlxed upon: lst. Mark Bailey, Professor
of Elocution in Yale and Dartmouth
Colleges; 2l. George Francis Train: 81.
Fred D1uglass; Ash. Horace Greeley;
9TH Miss Lillian E1garton; 9th. Carl
Schurz, United States Senator from
Missouri; eth. VIM. II. Fl. Murray of
Boston. While mentioning this subject
In connection with Dartmouth, l would
say word, in oommeudation of If. TO the
people of Vermont. L know there ar
many towns in the Green Mountain State
where lectures are OF common occurrence. |
and a course yearly proyided-and ] |
also know villages of considerable 1a4gni- |
tude, abundantly able TO support course
OF lectures, where q lecture is an IN
common occurrence, and even when pro-
Vlded thinly attended. 1 have my
thoughts upon such an one, and with
word OF mine might encourage the peo-
pie to engage in this work. Where there
lectures are supported the people are
much more intelligent and refined, who
can deny it? The subjects treated are
various, and the amount of useful infor-
nation that can be gained from a single
evening is truly astonishing. Now, too
many parents aud children are found
spending their evenings ia bar rooms and
Stores, what profit DO they gain thereby ?
Are they wiser or better I urqua!ifiedIy
answer no! The long winter evenings.
+ passed in this way, teach anything but
purity and morality. BY having a course
Il lectures, the old could gain in-truc-
ion, and the young be stimulated to seek
or knowledge. 1t would open new
worlds of thought and induce Them TO
cad works of merit Il wonld increase
he happiness Of parents-rear up men o'
'etter fitted for life, and euh4rce the ~
Of the community. In coz
liberation of the facts, it seems the duty 4
parents to provide for their children -.
2me way in which they can spend the fr
ing evenings in q proper and Instructive u
hammer, and in no way can they do thi- Ii
SO small cost, as by providing
,urse of lectures. "a
Quite Imaginable sffair occurred -
ere to day. During recitation de-
ctive tficer from Boston appeared olr
our room, and quietly proceeded
arrt st member of our class, much to
c astonishment of the members. Il ar vi
ars that some one in Boston had pro- jF5ES
red, in some way $4,000, and abscond- vi
, few years since, going to Europe, 30
d as our classmate had just returned pa
I'm Germany, answering we'll the de- /
,iption of the forger, the mistake was
ably made. However, the officer was
ally convinced of his error, and depart fs
without his man. vel
DR.. John Lord began Wednesday his a
uual course Of lectures. Though rather
ique in his ways and expressions, he is "
II liked by the boys. H. DIP. bui