Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-10-18

AN ANSWER To THE CURRENT CHARGES AGAINST
ITS MANAGEMENT.

AN ANSWER TO THE CURRENT CHARGES AGAINST
ITS MANAGEMENT.
To The Editor Of The Republican
You admitted to your columns, a few days
since, a communication signed = Farmer, -
dated at Whiting. Vt which proposed to
give what the writer called " the history
and present status" OF the University Of
Vermont and State Agricultural College.
His " history" wa tissue of slanderous
untruths. Its substance was-QD that the
University of Vermont being at the point
oil bankruptcy, (2) cast its eyes upon the
agricultural fund, and set about to get the
fand (3) that to DO this it ' called in the
political element of the State? and by
trickery and manipulation of the Legislature
secured the fund and ~ that, having got
1t, the college added no new prolcSsorships
or educational facilities that the institution
- now Just what and no more than it was
before, except that its professors are better
paid and that the State and especially the
farmers have thus been deirauded of the use
| and bsroi, of tho o,r;o,l,,,I t,
n, '"n1'
| i"e9e s'a'c'nehas are "hoiiy iaise' In gross
and in detail. The truth is Q) that the
| University Of Vermont has at no recent time
been at the point Of bankruptcy. True. il
sent 10 Inc war idr the Union over bali OF
its students-a greater proportion than any
other Nortbern collego--and n, tho oIoso of
| the war il was sill sh,w;ng tho eiJ.ct Of %
great a depletion of its nnmbers R,t he
foundation was unimnairad ;,s r,,i 60
| was unin,umbered lt was nerfectIr s,Ivsnt
1t had the confidence and snnnnrt of a Iorge
and influential Lodv of olrnri and otber
friends. and there was no re,son IN dnpbt
that the return of peace would in due time
bring back its former moderate nrosneritv
10, Tbo I,;r;, Il. ~
aoricnIturaI rnnd,,a, c,,.t - III III
I,n;ro-.;,r Tha -. .r a. -. W
br;et mi. Wbe, ,be G,n,r,,s;.i a.. :"
Jow;no H.. ;rJr.tr;aI ~ ,l'-oaIIaJ =. -
tnraI' cnlleg,s went ;r,o ~, 10 e.,
act;nn IF ,he e,,'Ia,rro''G -. ~. ~
;ncorror.,o, ~, Ta,n,n, ,u;ei.-If t ~ T" IL "a W
as a senarats and indanan - ;n,,;,,,,;, IN NJ
c,n,refS;onaI f,nJ -, ,,taiI, ;.oI"n.o
IN H.. cnJn,,man, ae -, ;'.:,'i.;
and nn, ILL or :, -. "a raiI'.tia s.-
bn;ld;nrs ,Io IeaiIIat"ra soon1;,;"a5 ] ,Sa ~.
arnrnnt;,,;on or ~ fnnI n,n ,La - .nS
cI6o hoo ada;,;onnI '".u alu n;iu ,' ta:,iis y.
arJ ;norooao ,In nd ~ r.o.ir w u. o1'iul
IT, ,.,,i,oaa e - ,,1;.'I.a, H"I, enI ooA' ~
naintoJ hr ,ho o nu;is,r vm''"iai ooii'S.i ap
r. - So ~ NI 'u'i
80; ..-,: M '". Se' "
IonaeJ onJ o,1nest dg"r, :, ;so ,h nsue Inn p,o
O00 b,t w;,bont .,,ceos, IT, ,,r,, go
nec;aII, doei;neJ m roenond - ;.an.saIs
4 ro,, s,,,,araJ .,,L.as;r.;nv '"r, appo"' i;
,;onaJ -, ~ -; (e ~ 90 ~ 'ue eo-u
~ s,,h,a,;hou,, % ~ n =. sne ne" .G.ioso ~
all omo"n.;na >, wv, u" eS,n a1%n IS =, , ''''"la'' anu
a. m".a ahs,,1 " my In, Hian VI 'n' Sum ueeu
~ "iI' ''"' yeai' or
,L .he n - Inn TN "''I"' .f Cm unuet 'no ,erhS ..
', s''' o'' q ~. '0 P"t
lssr pau i" s".n 'uot'. lug
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aa. III ~ w." Ill: !; = Nv .na'
~ o. y Ii 10 VI, - .ri .y " 'epaia'e
."u.t n"' oI c'nt p'oeu.ou' 'n'y aPpieu
" M - t"iousu
neI.tu. ". liz ~, Iu"a =, Iriu!u m VIC inaue
80 Is. a.'i. -' "'," 'o"1se was too
MI, Hm "s" -"fo 'na'
into any such arranoemcnt bnt tho state
University at Burlington had bcrn vii
ling to consider the subject and thu,
by its aid the Agricultural iuni misbt
perhaps vet he saved 10 the State
This repor. puts upon plain record the other
wise well-knovn fact that tho aver,urps for
the union of the University AMI Agricrltur,l
COLLEGE came from the Agricultural r,llegc
and not from the University and that The atfi-
tude of the Inivarsitv v,s that of c,pscnt;n,,
for reasons of pus.l,c u,iIity t,nuIert,ke rbis
additional trust. The Univer.itv did NOT
make or nedde with the l,si-L,ti,n wbi,h
followed. The bill (rcnnrted ami rcr1m-
mendei hy the trustees Of The Ayrieulrura1
COLLEGE, for the union of the .oIlares was
referred 10 hr.e r,mmitte,s n( rho two
IIouses-that of the U,psc c,n.is,;,, cf
IL euber from each e,uptv in the state On
those committees thor. wa b,t =, sin,re
alumnus land M Other renre.rrt,tirpl nr
the University and he was nor n',rtirnIarIv
active in the matter. Other alumni and
friends Of the University in the legislature
iid not look with favor on that ar anv
scheme which involved the surrender of the
old and yery valuable Charter of the Irni-
yersity.
(2N Tho ..r.I;,;.,l or,,,o,., r H.
stare, u,s ,., lid j., - IL.
occasion for calling il in Not the slightest
political question came mn in the whale mat
Ter and the bill uas>c1 h,rb IIous,. withnut
INV division importapt cn,ush l., he re-
corded in the journals either Of the Uonse
,r Senate. beg you To note the fact that the
bill was moi mere attachment Of the Agri-
.uItural Cpllesr Ia AN existin,. ,,ll,,,, snrb
IL took rlaee in Rhode Island Cnnnectieut
md other statea Oar If,i.latnre
.hattefed a new Institution untsI the
title Of the Uni,er.ity If Verm,nt and
Stat. Agricultural Cane,, 4, IN. C,rmrJ Ly a
,niun of the A-ri,ultur,I r,lle,,. tho hi
.er,ity and Middl.burv and Nnrsieb rJ-
eye. If tbcv ,hosp T., ,,,,;ta rb.r..,,i,b ~,
I did nat hc,,u,e in fact , .,,,;..,, ~ ,.V ,Lo
visiting colleses in rho S,,,o 49, boo,,,o
he tw, Last n,,,ed III rnt d, ., -.
viii il / suhmit ,bst his w,s i;s,;n,,ti, .
MT A ..,nLI linz, of ,h, ,,,r;,,I,,-.I RE,
~ the Inivsrsity .rhc uhoI. ,r,r.,,,,;,,.
vas os anon and .h,v, L,,,J -. :, :, -;
he far sn,h -, tr,,s,..ti,, t,L. ~, r.,
f .trirkerv'' ar w.,in,l,,,; a n. -, I
,ture by the Irn,,,r,,tv Ms ,nt Leori or =,
bousht of at the ,imr ,r nm ,,,rs at,er
rhen II v,s ;,y.rtaI e. -. ,.L;,h
will describe hereafter
80, !
ine . nis'i9'y ana ''sl I'nI'ntai . Oh .
f8s thu7 "e.amI unii'' III one institution
,ue' one ","''u VI ,'"S"''' a''' unuer q
i'aI'er "n''h pi'sti'''u 'nr enaf1e'er anu 0
'u'poees VI ''' ','>'i'"'''n; " ''h tAat thar L
TT 'ie ,i"'t'tS hnr III NJ i'-F''t- strictly +,
pul',ru M NO .'s'l''s,n' person supposed
'hrn ., Tue 'naI',t va, enacted lnai II ne'rS-
u ,ry i'q"il.u ,,'o 'un',ii's " an rAPerimtii
~ ia''" ~ I1i'': T":. ,":y .uA''y 'Io un'.eI
!, 'n,S ~ VI '"o anu s','"''" al
w "''iy u'q"A"' II V'uiu
Ut p1 '"ousu' :" ",'"'"' an auui,inh
'nc iuhus, wnicn n,'tAer pubic =,
OF fINa'V huuih'th't uIS seen NJ u