Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-11-20

his line of study as would be thought nee
essary in any branch of seiere'. Il
These would make the course oi STUDY
FOUR FULL YEARS
instead of three short onesi and from these
various and conflicting views the manage
ment must find the right aud proper thing
to be done, and they find it pretty tough
job.
The Dartmouth in number early in the
rear contained an article on the subject,
which carries authority, probably written
by the president, which states substantial
| lv what has been decided on as the plan oil
,ts future course, which contemplates
high and well-rounGel but purely Ensllsh
edueation such rs no academy or high
school can furnish but one which would De
worthy of Il college; which would make
thoroughly intelligent farmer, lifted TO do
duty honorably as highway surveyor,
selec,man, school committee, member OF
the legislature or similar sphere OF action,
and TO furnish at the same time all the
:. knowledge directly subservlent to agrl-
culture Which can be taught IN school"
This
COURSE OF STUDY
is given in the article, with some oIhef
matter, which will be highly suggestive
5 and we clip portion of the article;
1 For this purpose, the course. OF study
f will be, for the present, three J"tt years.
: and the requisites for admission VIII cover
not only the common school stuoies' Du,
i Physiology, American History, Algebra and
o plane Geometry. The proposed college
# course will include Ancient and Modern
@ History, Geometry, Trigonometry, Survey
\ inr, Drawing, Botany, Entomology, Com
IL narrative Anatomy, Mechanics, Phl sizes
i Astronomy, Meteorology, Mineralogy
1t Chemistry, Gncluding Agricultural Chem
ID istry), Rhetoric, Logic, the English Ian
=, pnage and Literature, Intellectual ant
81 Moral Philosophy, Political Economy
y constitutional Law, Evidences OF Chris
tiaujty, Book. keeping, Roads and bridges
,e Veterinary Science, Irrigation and Dram
-. ace, Landscape. Gardening, and iamllla
~ Lectures ON Forestry, Horticulture kota
Ut lion of Crops, Stock-breeding raising an
H. Dairy processes. 1t will be seen at once
t. that the Young man who shall have pun
suel sucI course of study will have re
ceiyed very admirable education--thoug
D including no foreign language-an educa
f. ton of which he will need nowhere to b
NO ashamed.
as Now and then complaint has bee
OF made of the location of The college
IN Hanover, aud something said of removln
ov it. But. so far rs we can learn. this NEAR
~ nothing but an occasional solitary con
"o plant. No thoughtful person who has
heart the good of the institution "ou
nd wish to withdraw it from the place whe
cb if has the use of such a collection OF libr
an res, apparatus and cabinets OF Vario'
'p- kinds, the opportunity of supplement!ll
cr' its limited corps of instructors by calm
ers in at A moderate cost other most comp
to tent teachers in every department, al
-ho the inspriting literary influences OF SUI
'he a seat of learning. The truth is, the ag
we cultural college needs Dartmouth cole
ion \ GREAT deal more than Dartmouth nee
Of The agricultural. The former has thus
"a reapcd no substantial benefit, but has e
perjenced no little care and some cost fe
the Ibis connection. The latter is too meaS
one " endowed to run alone. And what iul
Who it received, would probably have been
; >, by limitation, had not President SIN
- moved in season to save them. reno
nee would be to convert the results OF seve
ere Years toll into chaos again, and to thr
hen away such helping Influences as can
il les found in no other spot in New Hampsn
said And what is said of the two colleges
and New Hampshire may be we'll said oil
.tr. one Institution, the University OF Verm
New and State Agricultural College, and
that proposed course of the New liampsl
eno- agricultural college though perhaps IN
NTH. extended, is very similar, as is also
,art- standard of admission, though we see
four provision for the military tactics wi
lese the law requires. But this article
adu- already too long and must close here