Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-12-18

level OF their fellow students In respect 10
scholarly attachments, instead OF receiving
I57 appointments, they should have had
exactly SO. As coed result as this last
We believe may be expected from an e4ami-
nation of the records of any College where
these young men are found.
Other men of wide observation and large
experience with young men In both their
general and professional courses oil study,
learned Professors and careful statlstlcians,
with no less confidence. state the same gen.
eral results. I'VE are quite sure says
DR.. L. Atwster, of Princeton, n. D., IN the
January. last, number Of the Presbyterian
QUARTERLY and Princeton Rerie1 " that the
average standing as TO scholarship OF Dene-
fciaries in our colleges and seminarles.
mas been ordinarily above the general aver
are. rhey have included many among the
brightes. ornaments and strongest plliars
of the church. who otherwise would nave
failed of liberal education, OF procured III
under disadvantages that would have In
haired ii. and put at hazard health and
usefulness. Or if We 90 out with these
yorng men from the College walls where
their record IS 50 clear, into professional
and practical liie-into those places ana
positions where men must 20 at tho sicri-
fee of ease, and at the price OF sell denial,
and at the risk OF sufering,h not oil lie II
self. 10 enlarge knowledge, to carry the
blessings Of enlightened civilization, and IN
short all those influences that tend TO re-
deem man. and build up the Christian
church and the Christian State, the record
OF this same class o! young men IL equally
clear. Their habits OF endurance are found
IN be of a sterner order, their health more
robust. and their general character, men
tai. physical and moral, more ready TO ell
counter the severe conflicts OF conservation
todutv and devotion to Christ. According
ly the posts OF difficulty and danger have.
Ia the history of the church. which l. also
tac history of the world, been very largely
taken and held by this class. Our present
resource, oi Foreign EvangeliL alton SAYS
the ReuOrt of the Board of Education OF $50,
care derived TO the extent OF more than one
halt from candidates assisted by education
al finds Last year ten out OF eleEen, or all
but one sent ont were from this class IL Is
d well known fact says DR.. B b. Edwards,
that able coadiutor OF Cornelius, and the
editor OF the American Quarterly Register
"th4t those who hav, beeu aide BY education
societies have been volunteers waen any dead
IN breace was 10 be entered. or when any
expo~cd bastiun was To be stormcd when
the drum was beating lor iur!orii hope
L others have shrunk from the porilou-
field. these have not. |. others were ready
o. nestle down IA the pleasant parishes VI
New England, these we're not Oycs-lJr1ard
totl-l l.e strongest statements On this
Yliat sill b, borne out, if any one viii take
The l-t Of Ii 0me and Foreign Mission SJclc-
ties. and mark ,uJ-s who have preached
+ Christ Ia regilc beyoud where hc had not
F been named.
THIS clear s.atemea:. made nearly quar-
ter Of q century ago, by one ei the most
/ careful observers, and a man Is tar removed
! a. possible from extrayagant and rhe'Orlca!
statements, is equally true Of to-day.
Il is for these reasons We rogrc; that the
+ Legislature did no; gran; the requests OF
the trustees. and enlarge the scholarships
for these Young men. And il Is for this
reason, too-tor what these Young men are,
and VII. do for the credit Of our colleges.
+ for the honor of the State and for the wei
fare 10! man, that private benohcence should
now strive 10 do what the State has lett IN
done
W..i4tun. Dec. lo74
STEAM oN ruR CAN41s.-La,; year not
moro than TWO Or three boats propelled by
steam were rua on the Eric canal, this
wear ten ~ twelve have demonstrated the
superiority Of this mode Of navigation. The
question OF time IS serious one with boat
men. \ boa, viii trauspor; a. much lreigh;
As several cars, bat tie number Of cars in a
train and the speed with which they carry
their loaiS, place the s.os moving boats,
drawn BY horses. st q great Disadvantage