Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-10-12

| tact with each other who would not be
| for any other reason hence as the trustees
state 1.-THE overcrowding subverts prop
er classification, as well as interferes with
| the feeling of conteutment which depends
| so largely upon the surroundings or the
! patient y Added to the troubles already
enumerated is the further fact that dur
| ing the two past years the average num-
Der of inmates has been 4Gt, or ol more
| than the ASYLUM can properly accommo-
| date This increase has, to large eX
tent. been caused by the operation of the
| so called Poland pauper law, under which
| as the superintendent states, ABOUT ~
| have been committed to the asylum,
chiefly to relieve the towns from whlch
they came of the burden of supporting
| them.
| It is claimed by the trustees, consider
ing the relation of the institution to the
State, that they 'are not legally holden to
| care for the transient, nor under obllga-
| ton to receive the convict and criminal
| insane.n and that at the rate of increase of
| admissions which has been going on, some
process of exclusion may be forced upon
| Them before another biennial period has
| ELAPSED The trustees make no sugges-
| ton as to the course the state should
adopt. nor as to what they, us trustees, de
| sire in the matter -
| the convict insane there are less than 20
in this institution, so that il other pro
| vision should he made for them the asylum
| would not be seusibly relieved III also APP
pears from other sources that there are
| over 900 cases of insanity IN the stare, ana
| That they are constantly increasing IN
number, which, taken in connection with
the present overcrowded condition of the
| ASYLUM, and the increasing demand Tor
admission to it, leads irresistibly to the
conclusion that immediate steps must be
| taken by the State to further provide LOT
| this unfortunate class.
| Whether it shall be by the erection of a
State asylum at some convenient point
| capable of accommodating part or All OF
| the insane poor and such private patients
| as may be desired, and upon plan Whlcn
will permit of additions or extensions as
| the needs of the State may require, or
fwhether the State will contract with the
| Vermont asylum for the erection OF other
buildings in connection with that lnstltu-
ton and make provision for the care OF all
| its insane poor at that place, or Whether
some other and different plan snail DE
adopted, is question Tor you 10 deter
mine. lean to the opinion that the first
| named plan is the best, but, without urg-
ing my own views in that regard, | do
| most earnestly recommend to your atten-
| ton the absolute necessity OF immediate
action of some kind for the relief of this
| class of unfortunates whose capacity 10
suffer seems all that is left them.
|
| CULTURAL COLLEGE.
| The University of Vermont comes to
you this year with an earnest appeal for
| that substantial aid and support whlch, IL
| is claimed, the founders OF the State con
| templated when the institution was FOUND
ed.
| The trustees in their exhaustive and
| comprehensive report call attention to the
advantage that have resulted from the
gifts of Mr. Howard and Mr.: Billings,
| 1.-The increase in the members OF the facul-
| ty, the doubling of the attendance of stu
dents within few years. the gradual adj
| vancement of the standard OF scholarship,
| the enrichment of the curriculum by the
| introduction of scientific and elective
courses, the manifestations or commence
and interest through gifts and legacles,
| the lourishing condition and high char
acter of the medical department, and the
universal lmpres sion throughout the state
| and abroad that the University IN IN =
prosperous and progressive condition,
| and urge these circumstances as an maj
| cation that the present Is a favorable tlme
for a strenuous effort on the part OF an IN
terested to secure for the University In
creased power and broader field of use
| fulness i'll the future.
They call attention to the fact that a
| grant of State aid was contemplated Ill
the original plan of the University as con,
| ceived by the founders of the state, and
was carried forward in the best way which
the poverty of those early times admitted
by the reservation of town lots
for the benefit of the University
also that the State has reco9-
niZed its interest in and relation TO the IN
stitution in making its State olllcers eX'
oiiico members of the corporation, III the
reservation Of the Fright to appoint one
half of its board of control, aud TO eXer,
else visltorial power over i its affairs and
| proceedings They also claim that by the
charter of 1865 the State assumed new re-
latious to the University and imposed up
on it obligations far in excess of the bene
fit derived from the fund donated by the
general government, and that in entering
into the great and difficult work of adding
| to the ancient curriculum 1.-The large array
of new science, with their applications
with which modern invention has en-
HANGED human knowledge" the Unlver
sity did it with the certainly reasonable
presumption that the State would, in add
ton to the wholly inadequate congression
al aid make liberal grants from time tt
time in furtherance OF the objects con
templated in the charter" And the
trustees, referring to the relation borne
by the State to the University. make ust
OF the following language "She has moi
only duty TO perform, such duty a.
rests on all enlightened States toward thu
higher education has vlrtua
pledge to redeem toward the institution
with which she entered into partnership
by the charter of lS65."
| have thus called special attention t.
the report of the trustees because of thu
great Importance of its subject matter
and because of the intelligence, learning
and character of its authors | bespeal
Tor this report the examination and con
sideration it deserves, and if its argument
commend themselves to your judgment Il
! well founded, and its demands seem T.
you just and reasonable, it is to be hopeC
that such action may be taken as viii
place the University upon plane of use
Iulness BETTING an institution of its char
acter.
Your attention is called to an act o
Congress entitled ian act to establish az
ricultural experiment stations in conneC
ton with the colleges established in tn
several States, under the provisit ms of al
act approved July 2, 1862, and of the act
g supplementary thereto" under which al
5 appropriation of SIS, 900 annually is mad
to each State for the purpose of paying tn
, expenses of conducting such stations
= Section nine of this act provides that tn
= grants of moneys authorized by this &C