Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-06-20
University Of Vermont and state Agricultural
CoIIese Burlington, Vermont

College. Burlingt0n, vermont
This Institution offers to those who ar,
designing to pursue course of liberia
e studies. the following inducements
|. 1t is growing but not large Col
lege. No doubt large Colleges have then
advantages. They present to brilliant and
ambitious students larger opportunities and
more fattering rewards for distinction to
the dull and the idle they afford better ia
elites for preserving and concealing their
inferiority. But for all average minds,
the opportunities for constant personal su-
peryision and individual instruction and
guidance, afforded by the smaller Colleges
and impossible in the larger ones, outweigh
all other advantages. To enter an lnstitu-
ton which numbers its students by many
hundreds, is fascinating to the Imagination
Of 4 young lad it really means, to come
under the instruction Of young tutors just
out Of College, to see Professor but rarely
before the Junior year. and to be mathe-
matically certain of not being obliged to
recite more than once or twice 4 week. In
the smaller Colleges instruction is given al
most exclusively by mature and experienced
Professors, and every student is held res
ponsible for a certain amount of work every
day.
The asccrtained fact corresponds to what
the natural expectation would be-that the
smaller colleges send out prOportionally q
larger number Of men who rise to distinc-
ton.
H. The local influences surrounding this
University are eminently favorable. Bur-
lington Is one of the most vigorous and
thriving Of the smaller cities of New Eng
land. While it escapes the distractions
and vices of large cities and enjoys all the
salGbrity and simplicity of country life, lit
is entirely free from provincialism. Its in
telleetual standard is high, and its preva-
lent ideas are enlarged and liberal. 1t sup
ports daily paper, is filed with churches
/ Of all denominations, has excellent public
| and private schools. and especIaiiy brides
| itself on its social culture and refinement
! The society Of Burlington is probably I'M
| equalled except in such other University
| Cities a Cambridge. New Haven and Prov
| idence. The education which a young per-
/ son unconsciously receives amid such inhu-
enceS, i hardly less valuable than that de-
rived from his formal studies.
III. The variety Of our courses of study
enables rs to meet the needs of all classes Of
students The classical course. time-hon-
ored and neyer to be superseded a. an in
strument of liberal culture. retains its due
prominence. The Agricultural College fund
Is devoted to the maintenance of Scientific
Courses branching after the first year into
the departments Of Civil engineering.
Mining Engineering and Agricultural and
General Chemistry. Graduates from these
departments are now filling important and
lucrative positions Besides these courses,
we have recently established a Literary
Scientific Course, embracing Latin and
Modern Languages. and various branches
Of Science, physical, political, mental and
moral. Persons not candidates for de-
gree may pursue select courses for any
length of time. We desire particularly to
call attention to the prominence here given
to literary and English studies, to cOmpo-
Sition and public speaking, in connection
with the Scientific departments.
The University has also furnishing Med |
zeal Department, in which chairs arc oc-
]
turers in the United States.
". The scale of expense Is moderate |
throughout. Tuition Is from one half to |
one quarter Of what it is in some of the /
larger Institutions. and other expenses are |
proportionate. This Is owing not merely to |
the smaller cost of living. but to the prey
alonce of frugal habits both in the commu-
nifty and in College. Though We have a
falr proportion of Young men from wealthy
families. the mos; rigid economy is per
fectly respectable. The Young man whose
poverty is extreme and undisguised has lust
a good a social standing in College rs
though he were a rich man : son find on
careful inquiry that young man entering
College free from debt and making good
Use of his vacations. borrowing money from
time to time as he wants it, need not be
more than Il 600 in debt on leaving Col
lege. II be bring most of his provision
from home, as young men residing in the
vicinity frequently do, and board in a club.
he need not be more than 5000 in debt In
any event. the student who can borrow
money to carry him through College. can
easily repay 1t IN less than two years after
graduating. The demand for literally
educated teachers is now 50 great that we
cannot satisfy one quarter Of the applica-
tons made TO Us every year for men 10 ill
positions worth from ) eco to 81 800 per
annum. The College expenses proper.
which are the same in all the Departments +;
Except the medically are * follows
Tuition per annum. Sij 90
Contingent expenses. l3 50 TO l6 80 {
Room rent. 9 90 to II 90
Table board in private families or board
ng-hou>eS, $3.50 10 $3.50 per week. L
The expense of books Is not very seri- :
1us item in College accounts, as the same
books pass down from class to class with
illght depreciation at every sale T
The long summer vacation of ten weeks a
'fords opportunity for earning money at :
ime when labor j. most remunerative.
The Vermont Railroads permit students 0
o travel on half-iare tickets between their h
homes and Burlington. a
\. y limited number Of scholarships can
elling tuition are at the disposal of the D
.aculty and are awarded to needy and de- Ia
erylng young men. n
VI. Prizes. Of $50 to the candidate pass ,
ug the best examination for admission. a
nd 500 To the second best. will beawarded Il
h both the Academic and the Scientific re
at the entrance examination 10
n July and Sept, 1873.
VII. The Institution opens its doors and 10
hers ITS facilities for instruction to per pc
)ns OF both sexes. During the past wear
ght young women have been in attend
nee. The sentiment Of the community is =,
favor of giving this experiment a fair ~
nd courteous trial. The young men have To-
INDICTED themselves with entire propriety III
ward their new associates. IN
VIII. The Institution i not managed in
e interest Of any one religious denomina- toi
IN, but it aims TO he decidedly Christian go
its teachings and influence. 1t is conf in
ntly believed that better moral tone =,
es not prevail in any Of the New England -''
'legeS. " llazing' and other barbarities IN
Inch have disgraced American College life. We
ere never known here; the less heinous 90,
Hesc practices which existed a generation
% are fast becoming obsolete, and the as
identS are settling down into commu mil
~ acknowledging the same rules of GOOD Pr,
oedlng which prevail elsewhere. =
Catalogues will be sent, ard full informa- ca
n communicated by letter. to any who Mo
y desire to make further inquiry. of
NJ. IL. BUcEuAn, President. Il
The Aquarium Car tina, was Wrecked. y"
he experiment of carrying live fish from ~
waters Of one shore Of the continent to
other. which came TO Grief hy tho -"